{"id":26217,"date":"2025-11-06T06:43:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/ben-griffins-wwt-championship-experience-included-a-speech-from-the-nvidia-ceo\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:43:33","slug":"ben-griffins-wwt-championship-experience-included-a-speech-from-the-nvidia-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/ben-griffins-wwt-championship-experience-included-a-speech-from-the-nvidia-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Griffin&#8217;s WWT Championship experience included a speech from the Nvidia CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>LOS CABOS, Mexico &#8211; Ben Griffin didn&#8217;t come to the PGA Tour&#8217;s Worldwide Technology Championship last year just to make birdies in the bundle. He also came with curiosity and a second purpose. It&#8217;s about learning more about &#8220;this technological revolution that we&#8217;re living in,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner>\n<p>As part of the title sponsorship activation, World Wide Technology, a privately held global technology solutions provider that bridges the gap between business and technology, is committed to the customer experience at Diamante. Tonight there will be a concert featuring Train and OAR. But for some participants, the draw is less about Griffin and more about the panel of executives who participate. The company recently renewed its seven-year title sponsorship and regularly hosts business innovation summits that bring together industry leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s keynote speaker was none other than Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Griffin, who has been a WWT ambassador for the past three years, was one of the few professionals who wanted to attend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course I went,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if enough players understand how great golf is and how great it brings people together. To have the opportunity to listen to someone who is going to play such a big role in changing the face of the world over the next 15 to 20 years, it was just amazing to be in that room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-banner><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"((300, 250), (3, 3))\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>Griffin recognizes that technology is also changing the way golf is played, how people book tee times and select equipment for their games. It helped him become a better player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technology that we have access to changes from year to year,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom ShotLink to TrackMan and other launch monitors, we have all the data to help us adjust the distance (to the club) better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin said when he was younger, golf technology seemed limited to his own golf equipment, helping club manufacturers advertise that their latest and greatest innovations would add 17 yards to your drive. It has far exceeded that. <\/p>\n<p><media-image image-set=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/05\/SGLF\/87113224007-getty-images-2183588998.jpg bestCrop, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/05\/SGLF\/87113224007-getty-images-2183588998.jpg?crop=5713,4284,x0,y0 4:3, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/05\/SGLF\/87113224007-getty-images-2183588998.jpg?crop=3214,4284,x642,y0 3:4, https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/11\/05\/SGLF\/87113224007-getty-images-2183588998.jpg?crop=6426,3615,x0,y0 16:9\" image-alt=\"\" credit=\"Orlando Ramirez\/Getty Images\" caption=\"Ben Griffin lines up a putt on the 17th hole during the first round of the 2024 World Wide Technology Championship at El Cardonal at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.\" orientation=\"horizontal\" class=\"spacer-large\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\"><\/media-image><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Technology doesn&#8217;t just help your club, you use technology to help you hit that club better. That&#8217;s the advancement of technology in golf,&#8221; he said. \u201cEverything has become more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"><\/partner-banner><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"((300, 250), (3, 3))\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"><\/partner-inline>\n<p>Griffin pointed to decisions made in ball testing that led to the decision to play with MaxFri golf balls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can use eye tests and field tests, but you have to look at the numbers and determine the amount of spin and which ball is better for you,\u201d he said. &#8220;I was surprised by the numbers. They used technology to show me that this ball was going to help me, so I ran with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And later this week, Griffin will be running to WWT&#8217;s Business Innovation Summit to hear from the latest speakers and learn how technology can help bridge the gaps in our lives, golf and beyond.<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-11-06 11:07:27.134003975 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-11-06 11:07:27.134003975 +0000 UTC\"><\/lit-timestamp><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS CABOS, Mexico &#8211; Ben Griffin didn&#8217;t come to the PGA Tour&#8217;s Worldwide Technology Championship last year just to make birdies in the bundle. He also came with curiosity and a second purpose. It&#8217;s about learning more about &#8220;this technological revolution that we&#8217;re living in,&#8221; he said. 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