NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Garrick Higgo lost track of time, and then he lost two strokes.

Hopefully, come Sunday night he doesn’t end up losing the PGA Championship by a stroke or missing a playoff by two.

Had it not been for a span of scant errant seconds, Higgo would have had a share of the lead in the PGA Championship after his first round Thursday at Aronimink Golf Club. But because he was seconds late to the first tee for his 7:18 a.m. tee time, tournament officials penalized the 27-year-old South African two strokes before he took his first stroke of the round.

Higgo went on to finish his opening round with a 1-under-par 69, which would — should — have been a 3-under 67.