Ben Griffin claims he’s now doing what Tiger Woods and Scottie Scheffler ‘always’ do after winning on the PGA Tour again

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Ben Griffin is a PGA Tour winner once more after securing his third victory at the World Wide Technology Championship.

Griffin says aggression has been key to his success, with all three of his PGA Tour wins having arrived this season.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are the only other players with at least three wins in 2025, with the former boasting six and the latter on three.

Griffin triumphed at the World Wide Technology Championship with a score of 29-under, finishing two shots ahead of Chad Ramey and Sami Valimaki.

Ben Griffin claims he’s doing what Tiger Woods and Scottie Scheffler ‘always’ do

Griffin has now done his best to describe his season, having been reminded of his recent financial difficulties that forced him to quit golf.

He said: “Yeah, I think most people have kind of coined the term already for me, but breakthrough is just the easiest word to use.

“I’ve had a lot of buildup going into this year of some good moments but hadn’t quite broken through and won, and so this year was able to not only do that but win multiple times, and then make the Ryder Cup team and then win again here. It’s been a lot of hard work and a lot of belief.

“And yeah, the other question, going back to 2020, yeah, when COVID hit it was a tough time for professional golf if you weren’t on the Korn Ferry Tour.

“I was sitting in credit card debt for probably eight months. When I quit golf, I was $17,000 in debt, was relying heavily on my parents for rent and other things, and it was just a point in my life where I knew I needed to get out of golf and go into business… you write for the Economist… so go try to use my economics degree that I have from North Carolina and go into the real world. I did that for a short stint.

“Fortunately, I had some incredible people in my corner, one of which is in here right now, Jesse Ahearn from Missouri. He helped kind of jump-start my career back with some funding as well as Doug Sieg with Lord Abbett, Mike Swan, there are several other members at Highland Springs Country Club in Missouri that helped me out just through random connections.

“Kind of got out of the loan officer job that I had and got back to golf. Man, did that give me a lot of self-belief just having all the support in my corner to kind of come back to professional golf and keep my head down and just try to work hard and see how far I could get.

“That basically started in 2022 when I was on the Korn Ferry Tour and worked my way on the PGA Tour pretty fast.

“And yeah, it’s been a very steady climb since then. Just trying to work really hard, trying to do the right things both on and off the course and enjoy and savor the good moments.

“It’s been an incredible ride, and I’m just trying to not get super comfortable and just continue to see how far I can really go in this game because it’s been an incredible story. And I’m just so grateful, I can’t believe all this is happening.

“But I’m not going to sit here and just try to admire it, I’m going to keep using each event as fuel for the next one and continue to work really hard.

“That’s what Tiger Woods always did, what Scottie Scheffler’s doing. I’ve got to continue doing all the right things to be great.”

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Ben Griffin’s PGA Tour wins after World Wide Technology Championship success

As he explained, Griffin remarkably completely stepped back from golf just a handful of years ago due to his financial struggles, taking up a role as a mortgage loan officer.

But he’s enjoyed a stunning golfing career since his return, which has also now involved climbing into the Official World Golf Ranking top 10.

Moreover, Griffin played at the Ryder Cup in September for the USA, making his debut in the competition at Bethpage Black.

The hosts lost the tournament, but Griffin can be expected to make many more appearances for his side in future events.

More PGA Tour glory is also on the cards for the 29-year-old, although he’ll understandably fall short of the 82 wins of Woods and the 19 and counting of Scheffler.

But he can be extremely proud of his efforts, particularly this season, which should give him a huge confidence boost heading into 2026.