South African Garrick Higgo is in a four-way tie for the lead after the first round of the US PGA Tour Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi. PHOTO: AFPSouth African Garrick Higgo, chasing his second US PGA Tour title of the season, carded a seven-under par 65 on Thursday to join a four-way tie for the lead at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. Higgo was tied with Americans Eric Cole, Sam Ryder and Danny Walker, all two strokes in front of a group of eight players on 67. Ryder had seven birdies without a bogey and said he too leaned on his putter after hitting just seven of 14 fairways and 12 of 18 greens in regulation. Higgo is 88th on the points list, with the top 100 assured of full status in 2026.