Ben Griffin

Ben Griffin won three times on the PGA TOUR, secured two top-10 major finishes and made his Ryder Cup debut during a stellar 2025 season.

The American was ranked 52nd in the world at the start of the week in which the top 50 would earn places at The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush. Griffin not only made certain of his spot but climbed to 24th with victory at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas in May.

It came shortly after his maiden PGA Tour win in partnership with Andrew Novak at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, a tie for eighth at the PGA Championship and then a T10 finish at the US Open.

By September he had made his Ryder Cup debut as part of Keegan Bradley's team at Bethpage Black and risen to 11 in the world rankings.

Griffin secured his third PGA TOUR title at the World Wide Technology Championship in November.

He made it into the field at Royal Troon in 2024 with a solo second finish behind behind Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre at the RBC Canadian Open, where three Open Qualifying Series spots were on offer.

In 2023 it was a tie for for 14th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational which eventually led to his debut in the Championship. Three spots were also up for grabs there and it was only when winner Kurt Kitayama, Harris English, Jason Day and Keegan Bradley later became exempt as members of the world’s top 50 at the end of May that he took the final berth.

At the start of 2022 his ranking stood at 1,744th, having stepped away from golf to work as a loan officer for a mortgage company.