Garrick Higgo has won the Corales Puntacana Championship for his second PGA Tour victory. -AP
Garrick Higgo has taken advantage of Joel Dahmen's late meltdown to win the windy Corales Puntacana Championship for his second PGA Tour victory.
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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.
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