Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak finally got the monkey off their backs by winning The Zurich Classic on Sunday.
After finishing at 28 under par for the week at The Zurich Classic, Griffin and Novak racked up their first wins on the PGA Tour.
Novak came extremely close to winning on his own at The RBC Heritage eight days ago, after losing to Justin Thomas in a play-off.
Meanwhile, Griffin’s best career finish before his victory in New Orleans was a when he came second at The RBC Canadian Open last year.
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry failed to defend their Zurich Classic title, and if the truth be known, the win for Griffin and Novak will mean so much more to them than it would have to the Irish duo.
Griffin, 28, has now opened up on how much security the victory in New Orleans has given him and Novak.
Ben Griffin says why Zurich Classic win was so important for him and Andrew Novak
Griffin and Novak have both turned into incredibly consistent players over the past year or so.
Now they’ve stepped up to another level after sealing the win at TPC Louisiana on Sunday.
And Griffin lifted the lid on another bonus that came along with winning The Zurich Classic of New Orleans, when speaking on the Dan on Golf podcast:
“There are a lot of benefits to winning on the PGA Tour in terms of job security and retirement and everything. Now, we can kind of play stress free golf for the rest of the year, there is nothing to lose.
“If you play five seasons on the PGA Tour, your retirement funds vest. So if you play four straight seasons and you lose your card, you don’t get retirement funds, which is based on cuts made. So, I think both of us have now basically locked up the rest of our careers, which is good.
“Some people probably don’t think about it but us golfers definitely do.“
PGA Tour win will mean the world to Griffin and Novak
With the two-year exemption on the PGA Tour that Griffin and Novak now have after winning in New Orleans, they are both guaranteed to have their tour cards for a minimum of five years consecutively.
It would be no surprise to see both of them go on and rack up numerous wins between now and the end of their careers.
As Griffin said, he and Novak will now be able to play with a sense of freedom that they haven’t experienced before.
It will be really interesting to see how both of them fare between now and the end of the 2025 PGA Tour season.
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