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Ben Griffin
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Griffin
Born (1996-05-06) May 6, 1996 (age 29)[1]
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Weight185 lb (84 kg)[1]
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceSt. Simons, Georgia, U.S.[1]
Career
CollegeNorth Carolina
Turned professional2018[1]
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour Canada
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
LocaliQ Series
Professional wins3
Highest ranking15 (June 1, 2025)[2]
(as of July 27, 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT8: 2025
U.S. OpenT10: 2025
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2023, 2024, 2025

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

Amateur career

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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]

Professional career

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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]

Personal

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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]

Amateur wins

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  • 2013 Rolex Tournament of Champions
  • 2014 Tar Heel Intercollegiate, Bridgestone Collegiate
  • 2017 Tar Heel Intercollegiate

Source:[5]

Professional wins (3)

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PGA Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 April 27, 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(with United States Andrew Novak) 		−28 (62-66-61-71=260) 1 stroke Denmark Nicolai Højgaard and Denmark Rasmus Højgaard
2 May 25, 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge −12 (66-63-68-71=268) 1 stroke Germany Matti Schmid

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship Sweden Ludvig Åberg, United States Luke List,
Sweden Henrik Norlander, United States Scott Stallings 		List won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Jul 15, 2018 Staal Foundation Open −22 (68-68-66-64=266) 1 stroke Canada Riley Wheeldon

Playoff record

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Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2022 BMW Charity Pro-Am United States Robby Shelton Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2023 2024 2025
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT WD T8
U.S. Open T10
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Source:[6]

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2023 2024 2025
The Players Championship T35 CUT CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Source:[6]

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2023
Match Play T31

"T" = tied for place

Team appearances

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Professional

Source:[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ben Griffin – Bio". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "Week 22 2025 Ending 1 Jun 2025" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  3. ^ Men's Golf State Champions. NCHSAA. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  4. ^ "Ben Griffin – Bio". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Benjamin Griffin". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Ben Griffin – Results". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Pelletier, Justin (May 27, 2022). "After time away from golf, Ben Griffin finding his game in time for Rex Hospital Open". The News & Observer.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Prise, Kevin (March 10, 2023). "Ben Griffin's sliding doors now wide open for Players weekend". PGA Tour.
  10. ^ Prise, Kevin (November 22, 2022). "10 stories to remember: 2022 Korn Ferry Tour". PGA Tour.
  11. ^ "Luke List makes 45-foot birdie to win 5-way playoff at Sanderson Farms". ESPN. Associated Press. October 8, 2023.
  12. ^ "Robert MacIntyre wins RBC Canadian Open for 1st PGA Tour title". ESPN. June 2, 2024.
  13. ^ Martel, Brett (April 27, 2025). "Andrew Novak finally finishes atop the leaderboard along with Ben Griffin at the Zurich Classic". Associated Press News. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  14. ^ Dixon, Schuyler (May 25, 2025). "Ben Griffin hangs on at Colonial through tough final round, beats Matti Schmid by 1". Associated Press News. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
  15. ^ Powers, Christopher (June 1, 2025). "Ben Griffin's explanation for why he wears sunglasses sounds kind of scary". Golf Digest. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  16. ^ Schrock, Josh (June 1, 2025). "Ben Griffin's explanation for wearing sunglasses is scarier than expected". Golf Magazine. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
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