LOS CABOS, Mexico — Garrick Higo shot an 11-under 61 on Saturday to match the course file set by Diamante’s El Cardonal and advance to the ultimate spherical of the Worldwide Know-how Championship with a one-stroke lead over Carson Younger.
Already a winner this season, Higo chipped in for eagle on the primary par-5 gap, made par on the second, after which made 5 consecutive birdies on the entrance 9 to complete at 7 beneath par and 29. The 26-year-old left-hander from South Africa went on so as to add 4 birdies, ending with a birdie on the par-5 18th gap for a rating of 22-under 194.
“I hit it nice, made quite a lot of good putts and even chipped in as soon as,” Higgo stated. “All the things was actually stable and I took benefit of the alternatives that have been out there to me.”
Higgo posted the bottom rating of his PGA Tour profession, turning into solely the sixth participant to hit 61 photographs on the course.
Younger shot a 63 with 11 birdies and two bogeys. The 30-year-old former Clemson participant is winless on the PGA Tour.
“Simply hold doing what you are doing and simply deal with enjoying your personal recreation and never trying an excessive amount of on the leaderboard or worrying about different folks,” Younger stated. “Final yr we completed second right here and missed the playoffs by one spot, so I am actually trying ahead to it. It appears like we’re getting revenge right here to get into the ultimate group once more. I am trying ahead to seeing if we are able to break via.”
Ryder Cup rookies Ben Griffin (66), Trevor Cohn (65) and Chad Ramey (67) are two strokes behind. Sami Valimaki (69) was at 19 beneath and second spherical chief Matti Schmidt (71) was at 18 beneath. On Thursday, Valimaki and Nick Dunlap every took 61 photographs.
There are solely three tournaments left this season, together with this one within the southern tip of Baja California. The highest 100 gamers within the FedEx Cup will maintain all PGA Tour playing cards for subsequent season, down from 125 final yr. Higgo is 57th, Younger 136th, Cohn 179th, Ramey 123rd, Valimaki 103rd and Schmidt seventieth. Griffin has two wins this season.
Higgo gained his second PGA Tour title in April when he gained the Corales Punta Cana Championship within the Dominican Republic. The occasion passed off throughout the road from RBC Heritage. The previous UNLV participant has posted three consecutive top-seven finishes. He tied for seventh in Silverado, tied for 2nd in Mississippi, and tied for 4th in Japan.
“There’s nothing significantly new about it,” Higo stated. “We’re simply doing quite a lot of the identical factor.”
Luke Listing screwed up the par-4 fifteenth gap with a 12 in his spherical of 85. It was the second-highest gap rating on the PGA Tour this yr, behind William Mau’s thirteenth gap on the par-5 sixteenth within the second spherical of the American Specific on the PGA West Stadium Course.
Listing was final at 6 over out of the 75 gamers taking part within the weekend qualifying.
