Lanto Griffin

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Lanto Griffin
Personal information
Full nameLanto Maitreya Griffin
Born (1988-06-15) June 15, 1988 (age 35)
Mount Shasta, California
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
ResidencePonte Vedra Beach, Florida
Career
College Virginia Commonwealth University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins5
Highest ranking 49 (March 14, 2021) [1]
(as of June 18, 2023)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2020, 2021
PGA Championship T19: 2020
U.S. Open T35: 2021
The Open Championship T33: 2021

Lanto Maitreya Griffin (born June 15, 1988) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

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Early life

Griffin was born in Mount Shasta, California [2] and moved with his family at a young age to Blacksburg, Virginia. [3] He played college golf at Virginia Commonwealth University where he was the 2009 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year. [2] He turned professional in 2010.

Professional career

Griffin played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2015 and 2016. He won the Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC in 2015. Also in 2015, Griffin won the Virginia Open. [3]

At the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament in December 2016, Griffin missed qualification by just one stroke. [4] Nonetheless, this enabled him to enter tournaments in 2017 as a reserve, and to be eligible for a place in the reorder category.

Griffin won the Nashville Golf Open in June 2017, becoming the first player on tour in 13 years to win an event after making the cut on the number. [5] He finished 23rd on the regular season Web.com Tour money list to secure his PGA Tour card for the 2017–18 season.

During the 2017–18 PGA season Griffin finished 171st in FedEx points.

Griffin played on the Korn Ferry Tour during its 2019 season and finished 6th overall for the regular season (The 25) driven by consistent performance and a win at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship, earning him a spot on the PGA Tour for the second time.

Griffin had a great start to the 2019–20 PGA Tour season. He finished in the top-20 at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, the Sanderson Farms Championship, the Safeway Open, the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, and the Bermuda Championship. On October 13, 2019, Griffin earned his first PGA Tour victory by winning the Houston Open. [6]

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Oct 13, 2019 Houston Open 66-74-65-69=274−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Scott Harrington, Flag of the United States.svg Mark Hubbard

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Jul 2, 2017 Nashville Golf Open 72-70-62-68=272−16Playoff Flag of Mexico.svg Abraham Ancer
2Apr 21, 2019 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship 68-68-69-68=273−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Robby Shelton

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2017 Nashville Golf Open Flag of Mexico.svg Abraham Ancer Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2019 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship Flag of the United States.svg Robby Shelton Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Nov 1, 2015 Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC 67-68-68-68=271−92 strokes Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Rafael Campos

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament20182019202020212022
Masters Tournament CUTCUT
PGA Championship T19CUTT60
U.S. Open CUTT43T35CUT
The Open Championship NTT33
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20212022
The Players Championship T35CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20202021
Championship T29T22
Match Play NT1T61
Invitational
Champions NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 11 2021 Ending 14 Mar 2021" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Dudley, John (July 5, 2017). "Griffin arrives at Peek'n Peak fresh off first Web.com Tour win". GoErie.com.
  3. 1 2 King, Randy (July 13, 2016). "Lanto Griffin is starting to make money from golf success". The Roanoke Times.
  4. ↑ King, Randy (December 11, 2016). "Lanto Griffin misses earning spot on pro golf tour by 1 stroke". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Lanto Griffin wins Web.com's Nashville Golf Open in playoff". USA Today. Associated Press. July 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ Robertson, Dale (October 13, 2019). "Lanto Griffin holds on in Houston Open for first PGA Tour victory". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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