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    THE SMILING ASSASSIN

    Jul 22, 2021 6 minutes
    Interview ELLIOTT HEATH
    Photography GETTY IMAGES

    Garrick Higgo has made a remarkable start to life on tour. His recent victory at the Palmetto Championship 22-year-old sits eighth on the Race to Dubai after his two wins in the Canary Islands earlier this year and now finds himself inside the world’s top 50. Elliott Heath meets the man who has taken to professional golf like a duck to water…

    How did you start playing the game growing up in Johannesburg?

    My dad introduced me to the game when I was little. He wasn’t a pro or anything, he just loved the game, so I went out and played with him when I was young. It was only when I was 10 or 11 that I really started to get into it properly and practised hard. The golfing bug bit me early.

    Did you watch much golf as a youngster?

    I never liked watching

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