The Year Of Ben Griffin Continues With Third Win Of 2025, Joining The World’s Best

Nearly 3 years ago, Ben Griffin was conscionable trying to make a sanction for himself. 

As you’ve surely heard by now, he had discontinue golf, became a owe indebtedness serviceman and yet gave his play profession 1 past effort earlier earning a PGA Tour paper successful 2022. And successful October of that year, astatine nan Bermuda Championship, his eighth profession Tour start, it appeared his large break was coming. 

Griffin held nan 54-hole lead and jumped retired to a two-stroke advantage successful nan last information earlier 4 consecutive bogeys and a double connected nan backmost 9 near him T3 erstwhile it was each over. 

Would he get that opportunity again?

He became 1 of nan sport’s ironmen, playing astir each week and posting capable coagulated results to clasp position connected Tour. And erstwhile 2025 began, he was No. 68 successful nan world. 

Now, 10 months later, he’s successful nan aforesaid speech arsenic Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. 

By winning nan World Wide Technology Championship connected Sunday, he claimed his 3rd title of nan year, joining Scheffler and McIlroy (the world Nos. 1 and 2) arsenic nan only three-time Tour winners successful 2025. That will move Griffin to ninth successful nan OWGR, cracking nan apical 10 for nan first time.

Having won nan Zurich Classic (a squad event) and Charles Schwab Challenge earlier this year, portion of 12 apical 10s, Griffin began nan last information successful Mexico T3, 2 strokes backmost of nan red-hot Garrick Higgo. 

Then, pinch nan galore surrounding him connected nan leaderboard stuck successful neutral, aliases making mistakes that resembled Griffin’s successful Bermuda, Griffin snatched nan lead pinch 5 consecutive birdies connected Nos. 8-12. Birding each nan par-3s successful nan last round, nan 2025 Ryder Cupper vanished astatine 29 nether par, shooting 63 connected Sunday, for a two-stroke triumph complete Chad Ramey and Sami Valimaki. 

The biggest separation betwixt Griffin and nan field? Perhaps it’s that he’s been successful this position before. 

“I sewage disconnected to a awesome start, honestly, making immoderate birdies,” said Griffin. “I consciousness for illustration I’ve done that a batch successful last rounds precocious erstwhile I’ve had a chance to win, truthful that was nice. But aft making a fewer birdies early, I benignant of pushed myself a small spot harder than nan past fewer weeks erstwhile I was successful contention to benignant of support nan pedal down. Fortunately, nan putter heated up, made a batch of putts connected nan backmost nine. Yeah, it was nosy emotion nan nerves down nan agelong trying to clasp things off. It was bully to make a mates down nan stretch.”

This marked Griffin’s last commencement of nan year, and he was playing this week simply because he could.  

For galore others successful nan field, though, this was nan 5th of 7 PGA Tour autumn events, which marks a last opportunity for players to decorativeness wrong nan apical 100 of nan FedExCup standings and gain position for adjacent season. 

The runner-ups did what they needed. Ramey jumped from No. 123 to 89 and Valimaki went from No. 103 to 76. 

“These past 3 tournaments, only extremity was to benignant of support nan playing authorities for nan adjacent year,”  Valimaki, a 27-year-old from Finland, said, “so I deliberation they should beryllium done woody pinch this finish.”

Added nan 33-year-old Ramey: “100% [I was reasoning astir my FedEx Cup position]. At nan extremity of nan year, that’s nan goal, support your PGA Tour card. I cognize you cognize Ben’s top-50; he didn't person to interest astir it, but nan remainder of america retired here, that’s connected nan apical of our goals.”

But not excessively agelong ago, Griffin was successful a akin position arsenic Ramey and Valimaki. And possibly 1 day, pinch nan playing opportunities they fundamentally secured for 2026, they’ll boast a akin occurrence communicative arsenic Griffin.

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