{"id":26443,"date":"2025-11-10T01:16:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/ben-griffin-wins-in-mexico-for-third-pga-tour-title-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T01:16:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:16:04","slug":"ben-griffin-wins-in-mexico-for-third-pga-tour-title-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/ben-griffin-wins-in-mexico-for-third-pga-tour-title-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Griffin wins in Mexico for third PGA Tour title of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LOS CABOS, Mexico &#8212; Ben Griffin avoided the mistakes that slowed down two of his challengers Sunday and sank three long birdie putts for a 9-under 63 to win his third PGA Tour title of the season at the Worldwide Technology Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin made a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th at El Cardonal in Diamante for a two-stroke victory. He joins Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy as the only players with at least three wins, and one of Griffin&#8217;s wins came in a team event in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>Playing for the second time since making his Ryder Cup debut, Griffin made five consecutive birdies starting at No. 8. Among them: a 40-foot putt on the par-3 11th to take the lead, a 25-foot putt on the 12th to take his first lead, and a 25-foot putt on the par-3 16th to nearly clinch the victory.<\/p>\n<p>He birdied all four of the par 3s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter making some birdies early on, I was able to push myself a little bit more than the past few weeks where I was in a race to keep my foot on the pedal,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cFortunately, my putter got hot and I made a lot of putts on the back nine. It was fun to be nervous and try to keep it under control. I\u2019m glad I was able to make a few putts in the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin rose to a career-high No. 9 in the world rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Sami Valimaki (64) and Chad Ramey (65) tied for second place, a valuable consolation. Valimaki started this week in 103rd place in the FedEx Cup, but moved up to 76th place and secured a spot on the full card next year. Ramey has moved up from No. 123 to No. 89, so it&#8217;s probably safe to keep the card.<\/p>\n<p>There are two tournaments left before the FedEx Cup top 100 can maintain full status in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My only goal for the last three tournaments was to maintain my qualification for next year, so I think this finish should seal the deal,&#8221; Valimaki said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1110%2Fr1573428_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1110%2Fr1573428_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1110%2Fr1573428_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1110%2Fr1573428_1024x576_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Griffin&#8217;s biggest challenges were Garrick Higgo and Carson Young. They shared the lead until the back nine on another day with virtually no wind.<\/p>\n<p>Higo missed his tee shot on the 12th into the bushes, was penalized for an unplayable lie, and made double bogey. He shot a 68 and finished 3 behind.<\/p>\n<p>Young made a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 12 to tie Griffin at 27 under.<\/p>\n<p>However, his approach on the 13th went down a slope to the left, across a cart path and into the local area. He hit a bogey, hit a pedestrian pitch on the par-5 14th and held off birdie, and three-putted for bogey on the 15th. He tied for 6th in shots with 68.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin had no such problems, aside from a three-putt bogey on the fifth hole. From there he had a solid performance, finishing at 29-under 259.<\/p>\n<p>And his year isn&#8217;t over yet. He is scheduled to marry Dana Maeloff next month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s crazy, winning three games in the same year and getting married, there&#8217;s nothing better than that,&#8221; Griffin said.<\/p>\n<p>Higgo moved up to 52nd place in the FedEx Cup, securing a spot to play at Pebble Beach and Riviera at least early next season. Both are major $20 million events. He finished tied for seventh or better in four starts in the fall FedEx Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of good stuff,&#8221; Higo said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been competing for wins in the last four tournaments, so we just have to keep doing what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS CABOS, Mexico &#8212; Ben Griffin avoided the mistakes that slowed down two of his challengers Sunday and sank three long birdie putts for a 9-under 63 to win his third PGA Tour title of the season at the Worldwide Technology Championship. Griffin made a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th at El Cardonal in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17],"class_list":{"0":"post-26443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}