Ben Griffin What's In The Bag 2025

Ben Griffin did just enough to hold off Matti Schmid by a single stroke on the final day of the Charles Schwab Challenge and clinch a maiden individual PGA Tour title.

The American and his German rival both began the final round tied for the lead on 13 under, but Griffin immediately put himself a stroke ahead with an eagle on the first hole. He quickly stretched the lead to three with a birdie on the next hole - which Schmid bogeyed.

A double bogey from Schmid on the fifth hole seemed to sew up Griffin’s win, but four dropped shots from the American ensured the result went right down to the wire. A par on the 18th ultimately proved just enough for Griffin to raise the trophy, a month after he tasted team success at the Zurich Classic.

Who is Ben Griffin?

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Griffin was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on May 6, 1996.

He turned professional in 2018 after graduating from North Carolina and began playing on the PGA Tour Canada. He won the Staal Open in July.

In 2019, he played on the PGA Tour Canada and Korn Ferry Tour. In 2020, he played on the PGA Tour Latinamerica and the Locali Q Series.

He stepped away from golf for most of 2021 and worked as a loan officer for a mortgage group in North Carolina.

He returned to golf and earned his Korn Ferry Tour card for 2022 via Q-school.

In 2022, Griffin played on the Korn Ferry Tour and finished runner-up in three times and ended the season in eighth place in the points table, securing his PGA Tour card.

Before the Charles Schwab he had finished runner-up at the 2023 Sanderson Farms and 2024 Canadian Open.

Earlier this year he won the Zurich Classic in partnership with Andrew Novak.

This was his 94th start, making 66 cuts, with two wins, two seconds, one third, eight top fives and 14 top 10s. This victory takes him to fifth place in the FedEx Cup standings.

He has career earnings of $11.5m.

Ben Griffin - WITB

Driver: PING G430 Max 10K (9 Degrees)

3-Wood: TaylorMade Qi35 (15 Degrees)

Irons: Mizuno JPX 923 (3) & Mizuno Pro S3 (4-PW)

Wedges: Mizuno Pro T1 (50, 56-10) & TaylorMade MG4 (60-SB)

Putter: Scotty Cameron Concept 2 Tour Prototype

Ball: Maxfli Tour X

Ben Griffin - Stats on Tour

Driving Distance - 304.0 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 58.67%

Greens in Regulation - 69.07%

Sand Saves - 62.26%

Putts Per Round - 29.07

Scoring Average - 69.80

Ben Griffin - Last 10 Results

Charles Schwab Challenge - 1st

US PGA Championship - T8th

Truist Championship - T46th

The CJ Cup Byron Nelson - CUT

Valero Texas Open - T40th

Texas Children's Houston Open - T18th

Valspar Championship - CUT

The Players Championship - CUT

Arnold Palmer Invitational - T45th

Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches - T4th