Ben Griffin’s remarkable rise on the PGA Tour continued as he won his first event as an individual and in doing so, put himself in and among an exclusive four-man club.
Griffin held his nerve to make a putt on the final hole to win his second event of the 2025 season after winning The Zurich Classic as a pair.
Having gone completely away from the game not so long ago, Griffin’s return to the game and to winning ways serves as inspiration to many who might feel they’re never going to get there on the PGA Tour.
And while winning a PGA Tour event is massive for Griffin on its own, he’s also written his name into the history books with a remarkable statistic to back up his win.
Ben Griffin joins Phil Mickelson and two others after winning the Charles Schwab Challenge
For any golfer, winning on the PGA Tour is the main thing and Griffin now has his future in the game secured for the next few years at the very least.
However, golf is also a game full of stats and in winning at Colonial, Griffin now joins an exclusive list.
In a stat shared by the PGA Tour, Griffin has now become one of just four players on the PGA Tour to make an eagle on the opening hole of their final round and go on to win the event.
For Griffin to join such a list, especially given it contains one of the game’s greats in Phil Mickelson, will very much be satisfying for him.
Whether or not he can continue to win on the PGA Tour though and get anywhere near Mickelson’s unbelievable amount of wins, is another matter entirely.
Ben Griffin’s final round at the Charles Schwab Challenge in numbers
It wasn’t exactly plain sailing for Griffin, who had started the round like a house on fire and at one point went six shots ahead, before being pushed back to win by just one.
Griffin actually finished his round at one over par for a 71, despite starting with an eagle and a birdie and not making a bogey until the sixth hole.
However, three further bogeys followed for the American and in the end, he allowed Matti Schmid and others to close in.
Overall, it was 11 pars for Griffin, four bogeys, and just the one birdie and eagle.
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