Garrick Higgo is contending at the Sanderson Farms Championship after shooting 13-under through two rounds.
Higgo opted against hip surgery for a labrum injury, instead changing his workout routine to heal.
The South African golfer recently overhauled his swing with coach Sean Foley, a process that initially led to poor results.
JACKSON — Garrick Higgo’s hip injury didn’t impact his golf swing. Just everything else.
The 26-year-old South African shot a 6-under-par 66 in the second round of the Sanderson Farms Championship on Oct. 3. He is 13 under and had a two-shot lead with about half the field still on the course at the Country Club of Jackson.
Higgo, who has battled a recent hip injury, is finally playing well because of two decisions: To overhaul his swing and to not have surgery.
He was scheduled to have hip surgery in early August. There wasn’t pain or rotation problems when he was swinging, but the injury showed up pretty much everywhere else in his life.