David Higgins (golfer)

David Higgins
Personal information
Full name	David William Higgins
Born	1 December 1972 (1972-12-01) (age 38) Cork, Ireland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nationality	Ireland
Residence	Waterville, Ireland
Career
Turned professional	1994
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour	3
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2007, 2009
PGA Championship	DNP

David William Higgins (born 1 December 1972) is an Irish professional golfer.

Higgins was born in County Cork. He is the son of European Seniors Tour golfer Liam Higgins. He was the country's leading amateur by the time he reached 21. Following match play victories over Pádraig Harrington in the finals of the South of Ireland and the Irish Amateur Close championships he decided to turn professional in 1994.

Higgins earned £67,000 in his rookie season on the European Tour in 1996 to finish just inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit. In 1997 he broke his left wrist and right elbow in a horse riding accident.^[1] On his return, he failed to immediately rediscover his form and dropped down to the second tier Challenge Tour in 1999.

In 2000 Higgins won three times on the Challenge Tour, and finished 2nd on the end of season Rankings, to graduate back to the European Tour for the following season. He failed to make an impact at the highest level and returned to the Challenge Tour in 2005. He again found success, finishing 12th on the rankings to earn another shot at the European Tour,^[2] but he was unable to maintain that form, again losing his card at the end of 2007.^[3]

Amateur wins (3)

• 1989 Irish Boys Championship
• 1994 Irish Amateur Closed Championship, South of Ireland Championship

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	11 Jun 2000	NCC Open	–10 (69–70–64–71=274)	3 strokes	Martin Erlandsson
2	23 Jul 2000	Günther Hamburg Classic	–18 (69–69–68–64=270)	Playoff	Carlos Rodiles
3	27 Aug 2000	Rolex Trophy	–17 (70–66–66–69=271)	4 strokes	Carlos Larrain

Other wins (1)

• 1995 Ulster PGA Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

References

1. ^ http://indigo.ie/~kands/kands/html/higgins.html Retrieved July 22, 2007.
2. ^ "Higgins turns up the heat on Tour return". Irish Independent. 3 March 2006. http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/higgins-turns-up-the-heat-on-tour-return-105697.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 
3. ^ "Counting the cost of failure to cement place on Tour circuit". Irish Independent. 20 December 2008. http://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/counting-the-cost-of-failure--to-cement-place-on-tour-circuit-1581907.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17. 

External links

• David Higgins at the European Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Higgins, David
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	1 December 1972
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Date of death
Place of death