New Delhi, May 14 -- In a surprising start to the 108th PGA Championship, South Africa's Garrick Higgo was docked two strokes for arriving late to his first-round tee time. The world No. 85 player, a two-time PGA Tour winner, showed up just one minute past his scheduled 7:18 AM ET start on the par-4 first hole at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania.

Higgo was grouped with 2003 PGA Championship winner Shaun Micheel and Michael Brennan. Notably, he had been warming up on the nearby putting green, but officials ruled he was not inside the official starting zone.

The PGA of America explained the decision in an official news release. Local rules define the starting point for rounds on holes 1 and 10 by rope, gallery stakes, green bike fencin...