Jake Higginbottom

{{short description|Australian professional golfer (born 1993)}}

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Jake Higginbottom (born 15 October 1993) is an Australian professional golfer.

In 2012, Higginbottom won Australia's second-oldest amateur golf tournament, the Riversdale Cup.{{cite news |url=http://waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/teen-takes-title-at-mount-waverley-golf-club/ |title=Teen takes title at Mount Waverley Golf Club |newspaper=Waverley Leader |location=Waverley, Australia |date=28 February 2012 |accessdate=7 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402053203/http://waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/teen-takes-title-at-mount-waverley-golf-club/ |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}

On 25 November 2012, Higginbottom became the first amateur in more than half a century to win the BMW New Zealand Open.{{cite news |url=http://www.pga.com/news/other-tour/jake-higginbottom-wins-new-zealand-open-first-amateur-do-so-1956 |title=Jake Higginbottom wins New Zealand Open, first amateur to do so since 1956 |work=PGA of America |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=7 December 2012}} He turned professional two days later.{{cite news |url=http://www.pga.com/news/other-tour/jake-higginbottom-speeds-plan-turn-pro-after-new-zealand-win |title=Jake Higginbottom speeds up his plan to turn pro after New Zealand win |work=PGA of America |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=7 December 2012}}