Garrick Higgo has taken advantage of Joel Dahmen’s late meltdown to win the windy Corales Puntacana Championship for his second PGA Tour victory.
Higgo got an unexpected share of the lead when Dahmen missed a one-foot par putt on the 17th hole for his second straight bogey, and won when Dahmen couldn’t get an eight-foot par attempt to fall on the last.
Playing in the group ahead of Dahmen, Higgo also bogeyed the 17th, then parred the 18th for an even-par 72 and a 14-under 274 total.
Dahmen shot 76 after leading after each of the first three rounds in the event he won in 2021 for his lone tour title.
Higgo, a 25-year-old left-hander from South Africa, also won the 2021 Palmetto Championship at Congaree. The former UNLV player earned a two-year exemption with the victory, but doesn’t get a spot in the Masters.
Dahmen tied for second with fellow Americans Keith Mitchell (71) and Michael Thorbjornsen (73), German Jeremy Paul (72), Argentine Alejandro Tosti (68).
Thorbjornsen missed a four-foot par putt on 18 that would have forced a playoff.
Veteran Australian Aaron Baddeley missed out on a golden opportunity to pick up vital FedExCup points after closing with a 75 to finish tied for 26th at seven under after starting the day joint 11th.
