Nate Bargatze had a great line about the golf course when he called it “the most rule-following place on Earth.” Countless weekend duffers headed out to their local municipal have encouraged the wrath of starters who see a great difference in 10:27 a.m. and 10:30 ish . They'll encounter a side eye or some passive-aggressiveness but they are usually sent on their way with a charge to catch up to the group ahead of them. At the professional level, an inability to show up on time is much more punitive. Garrick Higgo, playing in the second PGA Championship of his career, posted a double bogey on his first hole Thursday, then rebounded by playing 3 under through the final 17 to post a 69. But a 67 would have made him the leader in the clubhouse. It would have put him atop the leaderboard with seven others, including Scottie Scheffler after the first day of action ... had he showed up to the major challenge on time. But he didn't. His tee time was 7:18 a.m., crucially not 7:19, when he arrived on the tee box.…