When you're late to your tee time at a major championship, you'd better believe the golf world—and especially the TV broadcasters—are going to take notice. Garrick Higgo learned that lesson the hard way on Thursday at the PGA Championship, and on Friday, ESPN made sure he wouldn't forget it.

Here's what happened: Higgo arrived just one second late for his first-round tee time on Thursday morning, resulting in a rare two-shot penalty. In a sport where precision and punctuality are practically sacred, missing your start time—even by a heartbeat—is almost unheard of at this level. "I was there at 7:18 and 30 seconds," Higgo explained afterward. "I don't want to be there 10 minutes early. I know that five minutes is fine. I thought I had time. I was obviously too casual."

Despite the penalty, Higgo showed impressive composure, shooting one-under par. Without those two penalty strokes, he would have been tied for the first-round lead—a remarkable "what if" that added drama to his already compelling story.

Fast forward to Friday. Higgo arrived not just with a chance to make the cut, but with an opportunity to climb into contention on a crowded leaderboard. But the real story? Whether he had learned from his Thursday mistake.

ESPN's golf broadcast team, handling one of its biggest events of the year at the PGA Championship, clearly decided to have a little fun with the situation. About 40 minutes into Friday's coverage, as Higgo appeared on screen warming up and chatting with his caddie and coach, the network flashed a graphic that said it all: a countdown clock, tracking his arrival time for all the world to see.

It was a brilliant, cheeky troll—and easily one of the best moments of the golf season so far. Because in golf, as in life, timing is everything. And sometimes, a little reminder is all it takes to stay on schedule.