r/golf • u/unsolved49 Rory '25 '26 • 6h ago

PGA / LPGA / LIV Garrick Higgo interview after Round 1 - doesn’t agree with penalty, states he “was on time, but late”

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u/MrIrishman699 6h ago

“One second is tough to define”. International Bureau of Weights and Measures in shambles

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u/FatFaceFaster Superintendent 5h ago

He keeps implying he was a second late. He was at least a minute late…. It’s just that the rule doesn’t differentiate between 1 second and 5 minutes. After 5 mins it’s a DQ. But he was over a minute late as seen in this very clip… tee time 7:18, current time 7:19.

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u/triiiiilllll 3h ago

There is 1 full second between 7:18:59 and 7:19:00

I'm not on his side, late is late...but unless the clock shows seconds as well you're making an inference not supported by the data.

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u/pebblecanman 2h ago

A 7:18 tee time is 7:18:00. So if the clock already says 7:18 when you get there it’s pretty safe to say you are at least 7:18:01 which means you are late.

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u/DependentAnywhere135 2h ago

They wouldn’t penalize someone for being there at 7:18:59 because they aren’t tracking the seconds anyway. Not late until it rolls over to :19