{"id":21978,"date":"2025-10-05T06:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21978"},"modified":"2025-10-05T06:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:04:02","slug":"higgo-stretches-pga-tour-lead-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21978","title":{"rendered":"Higgo stretches PGA Tour lead in Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Africa’s Garrick Higgo closed in on his second US PGA Tour title of 2025 on Saturday, carding a five-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead after three rounds of the Sanderson Farms Championship.<\/p>\n

Higgo fired six birdies with one bogey at Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi to build an 18-under-par total of 198.<\/p>\n

Leading by one to start the day, he was two strokes clear of Americans Steven Fisk and Danny Walker.<\/p>\n

Fisk conjured seven birdies in his seven-under 65 while Walker had an eagle and seven birdies — including five straight to cap his 67.<\/p>\n

“I’d say it was quite a good fight,” Higgo said. “I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. I mean, it’s never easy. Golf never really goes your way. I just stayed patient and tried to put good swings on it and tried to roll the ball as good as I can.<\/p>\n

“Made some good saves,” he added. “But I think I just stayed patient and then just let it come to me.”<\/p>\n

The event is the second of the US tour’s Fall Series featuring players jockeying to secure their status for next season with a top 100 finish in the standings.<\/p>\n

Higgo, 88th, is assured of playing privileges next year after a victory at the Corales Puntacana championship in April.<\/p>\n

Since then he’s been slowed by a hip injury, but he can gain entry to the elite signature events if he can crack the top 50.<\/p>\n

“I’m going to play as if I’m behind tomorrow and be as aggressive as I can be and make as many birdies as I can,” Higgo said.<\/p>\n

Fisk and Walker, both battling to get into the top 100, were one stroke in front of American Taylor Montgomery, who stumbled with two back-nine bogeys on the way to a 69.<\/p>\n

Veteran Matt Kuchar, a nine-time winner who hasn’t lifted a trophy since 2019, carded a 65 to headline a trio on 202, alongside Frankie Capan and Vince Whaley.<\/p>\n

“Super pleased all week,” said Kuchar, who had a hole in one in the first round.<\/p>\n

“The game’s been good. I feel good standing over the driver, which is important out here. It’s a very gettable course, but you’d better put it in the fairway to try to get it.”<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s Garrick Higgo closed in on his second US PGA Tour title of 2025 on Saturday, carding a five-under-par 67 to take a two-shot lead after three rounds of the Sanderson Farms Championship. Higgo fired six birdies with one bogey at Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi to build an 18-under-par total of 198. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}