Ben Griffin | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Benjamin Griffin |
Born | [1] Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. [1] | May 6, 1996
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) [1] |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) [1] |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | St. Simons, Georgia, U.S. [1] |
Career | |
College | North Carolina |
Turned professional | 2018 [1] |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Canada PGA Tour Latinoamérica LocaliQ Series |
Professional wins | 3 |
Highest ranking | 15 (June 1, 2025) [2] (as of August 24, 2025) |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 2 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | T8: 2025 |
U.S. Open | T10: 2025 |
The Open Championship | CUT: 2023, 2024, 2025 |
Benjamin Griffin (born May 6, 1996) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. [1]
Griffin attended East Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he won two North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 4A individual state championships. [3] He then played college golf at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2014 to 2018, winning three tournaments and being named a two-time honorable mention All-America. [4] [5]
Griffin turned professional in 2018 after graduating from North Carolina and began playing on the PGA Tour Canada. He won the Staal Foundation Open in July. [6] In 2019, he played on the PGA Tour Canada and Korn Ferry Tour with limited success. [6] In 2020, he played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica and LocaliQ Series (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [6] He stepped away from golf for most of 2021 and worked as a loan officer for a mortgage group in North Carolina. [1] [7] He returned to golf and earned his Korn Ferry Tour card for 2022 via Q-school. [8] [9]
In 2022, Griffin played on the Korn Ferry Tour and finished runner-up in three events: Astara Golf Championship, LECOM Suncoast Classic, and BMW Charity Pro-Am. [6] He finished 8th on the regular season points list to earn his PGA Tour card for 2023. [10] He has two runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour: the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship [11] and 2024 RBC Canadian Open. [12]
He earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Andrew Novak. [13] Griffin then followed that up less than one month later, winning the Charles Schwab Challenge on May 25, 2025. [14]
On August 27, 2025, he was named to the USA team for the 2025 Ryder Cup by team captain, Keegan Bradley.
Griffin's great-grandfather, Ben Shields, was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1920s and 1930s. [1]
Griffin suffers from symptomatic eye floaters, which is why he often wears sunglasses. [15] [16]
Source: [5]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | April 27, 2025 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with ![]() | −28 (62-66-61-71=260) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
2 | May 25, 2025 | Charles Schwab Challenge | −12 (66-63-68-71=268) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2023 | Sanderson Farms Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | List won with birdie on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Jul 15, 2018 | Staal Foundation Open | −22 (68-68-66-64=266) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2022 | BMW Charity Pro-Am | ![]() | Lost to par on second extra hole |
Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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Masters Tournament | |||
PGA Championship | CUT | WD | T8 |
U.S. Open | T10 | ||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Source: [6]
Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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The Players Championship | T35 | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Source: [6]
Tournament | 2023 |
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Match Play | T31 |
"T" = tied for place
Professional
Source: [6]