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Jake Higginbottom

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Past Champion

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Profile

Age: 30 years old
Place of Birth: Charlestown, NSW, Australia
Turned Professional: 2012

Notable Achievements

  • 2012 New Zealand Open

2012 was a turning point in Jake's career winning the New Zealand Open and then turning Pro two days later!

Another Australian to come through their successful amateur programme, including victory in the prestigious Riversdale Cup in Newcastle, the second oldest amateur tournament in Australia in 2012.

Later that year with the New Zealand Open then in November, he became the first amateur in over 50 years to win the New Zealand Open at the Clearwater Resort in Christchurch.

He immediately turned professional, and after the covid years, has plied his trade between the Asian Tour and the Australasian Tour.

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