![]() "It makes me focus and get more into the shot. I enjoy that more than big wide-open fields where you can hit it anywhere," he said. "The requirement here of hitting tee balls well, shaping them both ways, and then hitting into exact spots into the greens. He is optimistic about the challenge the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass presents. Higgs doesn't blast away off the tee and prefers courses that require some thought. Higgs hasn't finished higher than a tie for 21st since and enters The Players off three missed cuts in a row. However, 47-year-old Stewart Cink shot 65-65 on the weekend to lap everyone and finished two shots ahead of Higgs. He had a marvelous start to the season at the Safeway Open, shooting 62 in the second round (with an albatross) and shooting 19-under 268. Higgs punched his ticket for The Players through his FedEx Cup standing, which is 66th entering this week. "Harry is just one of those guys who loves people and is always happy," Redman said. I think that makes you appreciate it more when you get here."Īnother fellow Players rookie, Doc Redman, said it just come down to DNA. "Harry and I both played in a lot of different places and had the same experience getting to the PGA Tour. "When you've had a journey like that, it's another perspective," McCumber said. Tyler McCumber had another theory about Higgs' sunny outlook on life: Higgs' path to the PGA Tour was similar to his: stints on PGA Latinoamerica and Mackenzie Tour-Canada, two stabs at the Korn Ferry Tour and finally getting his Tour card after winning on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2019 and finishing fifth on the money list. He doesn't have matinee-idol looks like Adam Scott or Rickie Fowler.īut fans will identify with a guy who looks like any number of their golf buddies in a Saturday foursome. He doesn't bomb it like former college teammate Bryson DeChambeau or Dustin Johnson. If Higgs has success on the PGA Tour - and he's in a bit of slump at the moment - he can become the next Everyman crowd favorite. I also think I'm self-aware enough to realize how fortunate I am to be doing this at this level, to play and compete in these tournaments.” "I enjoy meeting people and I was raised to be positive and optimistic. ![]() "I look more like them than a lot of other guys and I don't feel as if I act that much different than the fans," Higgs said on Wednesday during The Players Championship's annual news conference for first-time participants in the tournament. ![]() His shirttail usually manages to escape from his slacks every other shot. He fights a losing battle against his mother's chocolate-chip cookies (which she brings when she attends one of his Tour events) or when she makes his favorite meal: Buffalo chicken, tator tots and brussels sprouts. Then there's, well, not to put too fine a point on it, the look. One example was lip-synching to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," for the PGA Tour's Twitter account. Higgs smiles and laughs easily, seems to enjoy media obligations and is a bit of a free spirit. His parents Mike and Denise and a large extended family form his biggest fan club. Predictably, he is steeped in Midwestern humble. His brother Alex caddies for him. Plus, he was raised in America's heartland, in Overland Park, Kan., not a golf oasis such as Florida, Texas or California. Let's start with the basics as to why: the name. Harry Higgs has become a fan favorite on the PGA Tour.
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