Draft:Ben Griffin (golfer)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Ben Griffin
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Griffin
Born (1996-05-06) May 6, 1996 (age 28)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceSt. Simons, Georgia, U.S.
Career
CollegeNorth Carolina
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour Canada
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
LocaliQ Series
Highest ranking70 (June 2, 2024)[1]
(as of June 16, 2024)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2023
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2023

Benjamin Griffin (born May 6, 1996) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.[2]

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

Q-school.[6][7]

In 2022, Griffin played on the Korn Ferry Tour and finished runner-up in three events:

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.[2]

Amateur wins

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

Source:[4]

Professional wins

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2023 2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT WD
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2023 2024
The Players Championship T35 CUT

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2023
Match Play
T31

"T" = tied for place

Team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Ben Griffin – Bio". PGA Tour. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "Ben Griffin – Bio". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Benjamin Griffin". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Pelletier, Justin (May 27, 2022). "After time away from golf, Ben Griffin finding his game in time for Rex Hospital Open". The News & Observer.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Prise, Kevin (March 10, 2023). "Ben Griffin's sliding doors now wide open for Players weekend". PGA Tour.
  8. ^ Prise, Kevin (November 22, 2022). "10 stories to remember: 2022 Korn Ferry Tour". PGA Tour.
  9. ^ "Luke List makes 45-foot birdie to win 5-way playoff at Sanderson Farms". ESPN. Associated Press. October 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "Robert MacIntyre wins RBC Canadian Open for 1st PGA Tour title". ESPN. June 2, 2024.

External links