Ben Griffin confirms what his relationship with US Open champion J.J. Spaun is really like on the PGA Tour

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Ben Griffin and J.J. Spaun have firmly established themselves as two of the most in-form players on the PGA Tour recently.

Both players have transformed from journeymen into elite, top tier golfers over the past few months.

Griffin now has two wins to his name this season, and has recorded four successive top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour.

Meanwhile, Spaun won the US Open last week, and is now sitting in third spot in the rankings for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley has already spoken to Spaun about what lies in front of him now.

The 34-year-old is nigh on guaranteed a spot at Bethpage Black, and Griffin – who’s currently ranked eighth in the standings – will surely be in the team as well.

Could we see a partnership between Griffin and Spaun at the Ryder Cup this year? On paper, they certainly have very similar games.

Ben Griffin opens up on his relationship with US Open champion J.J. Spaun

Griffin’s future on the PGA Tour is sorted for a few years now, after his two wins in 2025.

And as a result, he is heading into the final two months of the season with a real sense of freedom.

The same can be said for Spaun after his US Open win last week.

And when speaking to the media on Wednesday, Griffin responded when asked what his relationship with the US Open champion is really like.

The 29-year-old explained how Spaun’s story is very similar to his own.

He said, “Yeah, that was amazing. He’s the American Nick Taylor right now, winning the national open with a bomb on 18. So cool. Such an amazing moment.

“I didn’t see it live, unfortunately. I was driving. But I got a few text messages right when it happened and saw the footage shortly after that when I got done driving to the airport. Yeah, such an amazing, amazing finish for him.

“His story is, yeah, very similar to mine. He played on the Mackenzie TOUR, the Canadian Tour, now it’s the PGA Americas Tour. He won the same event that I won, the Thunder Bay Staal Open; he won it three, four, five years prior to me maybe.

“Yeah, it’s really cool to see. He’s had a really good year, and obviously what happened at THE PLAYERS I think was probably a little tough on him, just the way it went down in the playoff, even though it was extremely difficult conditions, and I know as a player just how tough it was probably to judge that shot on 17. Not many people play in conditions like PGA TOUR players do when you have grandstands and where you don’t really have flags showing the wind, and you have these little wind tunnels that go through grandstand areas. It’s just really tough; if he hits it super low, the wind isn’t going to touch it, and if he hits it high it’s going to get smoked.

“But yeah, such an amazing moment. So happy for him. I’ve gotten to know him pretty well over the last few years being on the PGA TOUR. He’s an amazing guy, and couldn’t be happier for him and his caddie Mark Carens getting the job done and winning there.

“I finished at 5-over par, but there was a moment there coming down the stretch after I birdied 16 where I was like, man, if I could eagle 17 and birdie 18 and post 2-over, you never know right now because the scores were just coming back so much.

“I thought it was a very fair test, and I thought it was awesome that he was able to execute some really high-quality shots down the stretch and make birdies. Yeah, I don’t know what he was feeling on that 70-footer, but I know if I was in that position, it’s one of those putts where you’re just like, just somehow get it up there on the right tier and have three, four, five feet and you’re doing an incredible job, and to make it, that’s one of the coolest moments in sports in my opinion.“

2025 PGA Tour stats – Ben Griffin vs J.J. Spaun

Griffin and Spaun have been two real surprise packages on the PGA Tour this season.

Here are their stats in 2025 compared alongside one another’s:

As you can see from those numbers, both players are extremely consistent operators in pretty much every single department.

However, whether captain Bradley will consider pairing two players together who are ranked so low down in scrambling is doubtful, especially in the alternate shot format.

That said, both Griffin and Spaun have proven this season that they’re more than good enough to mix it with the very best players in the world.