Higgins Shows BMW Class

David Higgins has been a multiple winner of Race to Mount Juliet in association with PING which normally culminates at the famous Kilkenny venue with an end of season final event. 

Having won the Irish PGA Order of Merit on numerous occasions Higgins is an experienced  golfer. All no surprise given he hails from a golfing family with his Father,  Liam, a veteran of the European Senior Tour in recent years. 


As a result by the time David was twenty one he was the country's leading amateur.

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.

In his Rookie season in 1996 Higgins earned £67,000 finishing just inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit. The following year he broke his left wrist and right elbow in a horse riding accident and failed to rediscover his form on his return to the game dropping down to the Challenge Tour in 1999.

In 2000 Higgins won three times on the Challenge Tour and was ranked 2nd at the end of the season earning his playing rights back on the European Tour for the following season. Having been unable to make the breakthrough over a few years Higgins returned to the Challenge Tour in 2005 finishing 12th - earning playing rights for the European Tour once again. However he lost his card at the end of 2007. 

In 2009 he qualified for The Open Championship in Turnberry and in winning the Irish PGA Order of Merit earned a place at the 3 Irish Open and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth - failing to make the cut at all three events. At Stage of 3 of Q School last December at the PGA Catalunya the Waterville professional man also missed out on a return to the main Tour

This season David has been very consistent on the Irish PGA Region winning five times - including the Quinn Insurance Pro Am and a second place at the Southern Championship in Powerscourt behind Eamonn Darcy. However he failed to qualify for the 150th Open Championship at St Andrew's with a bigger disappointment to come in September when he failed to make it through European Tour Qualifying School Stage 1 at Dundonald Links.

In his last two outings at the BMW PGA Championship Higgins has missed the cut. But this year he has broken the mold and on the second day carded an impressive  two under par in the windy conditions to secure a share of 17th place.

Personal Fact File

DOB: December 1st 1972 in County Cork.

Attachment: Waterville GC

Career: 

1989Irish Boys Championship

1994 Irish Amateur Closed Championship, South of Ireland Championship

European Challenge Tour

2000 NCC Open;

Günther Hamburg Classic

Rolex Trophy