Ben Griffin (golfer)

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Ben Griffin
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Griffin
Born (1996-05-06) May 6, 1996 (age 28) [1]
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. [1]
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm) [1]
Weight185 lb (84 kg) [1]
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence St. Simons, Georgia, U.S. [1]
Career
College North Carolina
Turned professional2018 [1]
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour Canada
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
LocaliQ Series
Professional wins1
Highest ranking 66 (August 25, 2024) [2]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2023
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2023, 2024

Benjamin Griffin (born May 6, 1996) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. [1]

Contents

Amateur career

Griffin played college golf at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2014 to 2018, [3] winning three tournaments. [4]

Professional career

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. [5] In 2019, he played on the PGA Tour Canada and Korn Ferry Tour with limited success. [5] In 2020, he played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica and LocaliQ Series (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [5] He stepped away from golf for most of 2021 and worked as a loan officer for a mortgage group in North Carolina. [1] [6] He returned to golf and earned his Korn Ferry Tour card for 2022 via Q-school. [7] [8]

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. [5] He finished 8th on the regular season points list to earn his PGA Tour card for 2023. [9] He has two runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour: the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship [10] and 2024 RBC Canadian Open. [11]

Personal

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]

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Jul 15, 2018 Staal Foundation Open −22 (68-68-66-64=266)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Riley Wheeldon

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship Flag of Sweden.svg Ludvig Åberg, Flag of the United States.svg Luke List,
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Norlander, Flag of the United States.svg Scott Stallings 		List won with birdie on first extra hole

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2022 BMW Charity Pro-Am Flag of the United States.svg Robby Shelton Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament20232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUTWD
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew

Source: [5]

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20232024
The Players Championship T35CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = tied for place

Source: [5]

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2023
Match Play T31

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Professional

Source: [5]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Ben Griffin – Bio". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Week 34 2024 Ending 25 Aug 2024" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved August 26, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ben Griffin – Bio". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Benjamin Griffin". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ben Griffin – Results". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ Pelletier, Justin (May 27, 2022). "After time away from golf, Ben Griffin finding his game in time for Rex Hospital Open". The News & Observer.
  7. ↑ Griffin, Ben (May 9, 2023). "'I got a job as a mortgage loan officer': Ben Griffin's journey from a member-guest to the PGA Tour". Golf Digest.
  8. ↑ Prise, Kevin (March 10, 2023). "Ben Griffin's sliding doors now wide open for Players weekend". PGA Tour.
  9. ↑ Prise, Kevin (November 22, 2022). "10 stories to remember: 2022 Korn Ferry Tour". PGA Tour.
  10. ↑ "Luke List makes 45-foot birdie to win 5-way playoff at Sanderson Farms". ESPN. Associated Press. October 8, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Robert MacIntyre wins RBC Canadian Open for 1st PGA Tour title". ESPN. June 2, 2024.
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