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Newsweek
3 hours ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
The Memorial: Ben Griffin Honored with 6-Word Message from Scottie Scheffler
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Scottie Scheffler ran away with The Memorial Tournament on Sunday in a somewhat predictable outcome. He finished off a four-shot victory with an impressive final-round 70 to finish 10-under par. While the outcome was never really in doubt after the opening few holes on Sunday, Ben Griffin still made some noise in the final pairing. The 29-year-old drained a clutch par putt on the 72nd hole to finish at 6-under and earn a solo second-place finish. After the round finished up, Scheffler was clearly impressed by Griffin's skills, and he shared that with Jack Nicklaus on the 18th green. "He's got a lot of talent," Scheffler said with a smile. DUBLIN, OHIO - JUNE 01: Scottie Scheffler of the United States (L) and Ben Griffin of the United States shake hands on the 18th green after Scheffler won the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday 2025... DUBLIN, OHIO - JUNE 01: Scottie Scheffler of the United States (L) and Ben Griffin of the United States shake hands on the 18th green after Scheffler won the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday 2025 at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 01, 2025 in Dublin, Ohio. More Photo byGriffin's talent was on full display throughout the week at Muirfield Village, which caused problems for even some of the best players in the world. He opened the week with a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take the lead after 18 holes. Despite his uneven Sunday, Griffin still showed flashes of the ability that has led him to a pair of PGA Tour wins in 2025. He made a clutch eagle on the par-5 15th hole before sinking a 27-foot birdie putt on No. 16 to cut Scheffler's lead to just two with two holes to play. While a disappointing double bogey on the 17th ended Griffin's chances of upsetting Scheffler, there is still plenty for him to build on heading into the rest of the season. With victories at the Zurich Classic and the Charles Schwab Challenge in 2025, Griffin has made himself a very attractive candidate to make the United States Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black this fall. While it may not count for anything in the points standings, it sounds like Griffin already has Scheffler's endorsement as a potential teammate. More Golf: The Memorial: $20 Million Payout to PGA Tour Stars Revealed
Daily Record
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Golf star Ben Griffin reveals reason for wearing sunglasses as PGA ace opens up on vision battle
American hero needed key laser surgery to repair retinal holes Battling Ben Griffin has revealed he could have lost his vision had he not received vital surgery to repair retinal holes in his eyes. The American golf star is currently one of the hottest properties on the PGA Tour and being tipped for a shock Ryder Cup spot after recent successes at both the Zurich Classic with partner Andrew Novak and at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Griffin has a distinctive look as he wears big dark shades around the golf courses, but it stems from a serious situation which came to a head during last year. The 29-year-old has confirmed he had big problems with his sight and needed to have the laser treatment to stave off the worrying issue. Asked about the wearing of sunglasses during The Memorial tournament, Griffin said: 'It's interesting. After learning a little bit more about my experience, I am a little surprised more golfers don't. "I see floaters. I have really bad vision. About a year ago is when I started seeing floaters, went to an eye doctor, realised my retina was starting to kind of try to detach itself. "I had retinal holes, so I had to go get basically laser surgery to fill in those holes. I had eight retinal holes in both eyes, so I was at risk of losing vision maybe within, you know, five or six months had I not gotten the treatment. 'I still see the floaters. It was just like I had to get the surgery just to maintain my level. Because of that, when I wear sunglasses, it's a little bit darker out, so I don't necessarily see the floaters as well. "So if it's really bright and I'm not wearing the sunglasses, I look into the clouds or whatever and I see black stuff everywhere.' Griffin's special sunglasses are an Asian brand called Uswing Mojing and the star, who is battling Scottie Scheffler at the top of the Memorial leaderboards, added: 'There's a few different golfers, professional golfers that wear them across all different tours. "And they say the science behind them kind of helps with green reading and I think it's 100 percent true I love the ability to see the contrast a little bit better, than when it's really bright it's kind of hard to see maybe grain changes from time to time. "So seeing contours is definitely a little bit easier I think with the sunglasses. And now, I guess I'm getting to the point where I have more and more fans and people like it, so I'm not going to stop wearing them, that's for sure.'
Daily Record
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Hottest player in golf boosted by game's bias and getting to lie longer in bed
Ben Griffin opens up on the bonuses of surging into the highest ranks Buoyant Ben Griffin says mixing with the elite is maintaining his stunning elevation in golf. The American star is the hottest player in the game at the moment having won twice recently at the Zurich Classic and Charles Schwab Challenge. Griffin's success has seen him mixed with the biggest stars such as Scottie Scheffler and Masters champ Rory McIlroy in the tee-timings with broadcasters and fans wanting too see him. The American has noted the alteration and said: 'I'm just playing with new golfers now. The way the tee-times work on the PGA Tour, you kind of have feature groups, you have categories where you're in a winner's category. So someone like me, I was never, unless I got lucky, got paired with them on the weekends, 'I was never playing with the Scottie Schefflers or the Rory McIlroys, some of these top players, and now I'm just playing with different golfers. Going back to before Zurich, I'm just playing with guys that haven't won on tour and you almost feel like there's two separate tours in a way on the first couple rounds because I'm always playing with the same kind of guys. 'I was always playing with Charlie Hoffman, with Bo Hassler or some of those guys and it's funny, we joked about it, like everyone in kind of our same category would play a couple times a year and you'd go on stretches where you played with the same guy three times in a 10-week stretch or something like that. But now I'm obviously going to be playing with some new faces, guys that I'm cordial with in the locker room and everything, but I've never really played rounds with. So it's fun. It's a new experience. 'First year on tour, I'm in the Korn-Ferry category, so I'm at the back end of the wave, kind of battling sunsets early in the year. The greens aren't quite as good because everyone's stepped on them. And then my second year, I was kind of in a category where I was playing more early, so I'd wake up at 4am a lot. Now I'm going to be waking up at a little bit better hour. "It's probably a slight advantage. I think that's why they kind of do it because they want the best golfers in the world to have the best conditions, I guess, in a way. 'I mean, it's relatively fair. It's as fair as it can possibly get and, the way the tour's set up, it rewards good play. 'All of us as golfers are just trying to play as well as possible and the pot of gold's pretty big at the end of the rainbow if you can keep the pedal down. 'When you're playing rounds with really elite golfers, the best in the world, you're seeing a lot of really high-quality shots. It helps a ton when you're out there and you're seeing guys make birdies and seeing guys hit good shots. It kind of helps the energy of the group. 'That's one of those things you can't look at stats and see. But when you're in a group, you can feel when the energy's better. That's really fun. It's not like I was playing with necessarily that worse of golfers. Everyone on the PGA Tour was really, really good. 'But there might have been some days where I was paired with some guys that just hardly made any birdies. Maybe they're past champions or whatever it is and they're kind of at the back end of their career, not hit it quite as far as some of the top golfers in the world, etc. The energy in the group has definitely been nice the last few weeks. 'I don't think it can get any better. Basically, someone said I'm the hottest golfer on the PGA Tour. I feel like I'm playing right now with a ton of confidence, hitting it kind of more or less where I'm looking with a lot of my clubs. 'Golf is cyclical, but it's fun to be on these highs and I'm just going to try to stay on the high as long as possible. 'I always said once I got my first win, it would free me up a ton. I just feel like I'm in a really good place to be an elite golfer.'
Irish Independent
2 days ago
- Climate
- Irish Independent
Shane Lowry digs deep to remain in the hunt at Memorial Tournament in Ohio
The world number 14 carded a level par 72 at a rain-sodden Muirfield Village to go into the weekend just four shots behind leaders Ben Griffin and Nick Taylor on three-under. While he didn't find as many fairways or greens as he did in an opening 69 and holed little with the blade, Lowry's short game came to the rescue as morning rain made the course a gruelling test. Playing partner Griffin also shot level par to share the lead with Canadian Taylor, who shot 68, on seven-under. They are two strokes ahead of Akshay Bhatia, who shot 69, with defending champion Scottie Scheffler just three shots behind the leaders after a second successive 70. 'Solid day,' Scheffler said. 'If I holed a few more putts, it probably would have been a little bit of a different score. 'I felt like I was hitting my lines out there and did a good job of hitting a lot more fairways today. 'Definitely felt better with my ball striking. So overall, two-under in these conditions was definitely not a bad score today.' Lowry is tied for fifth, just a shot further back on three under, and after making ten of 12 cuts and racking up four top-ten finishes so far this season, he's desperate for his first individual win on the PGA Tour since The Open in 2019. The Offaly man missed birdie chances from between 10 and 12 feet for early birdies at the second, third and fourth before rolling in a seven-footer at the long fifth to get to four under. But with the rain still falling early in his round, he paid for missing the ninth fairway with a bogey, then got up and down from sand for par at the 10th. ADVERTISEMENT As the rain disappeared, he got back on the birdie trail at the par-five 11th, where he rolled in a nine-footer. He was clearly struggling to stay patient after he dumped an eight-iron right into the water at the short 12th. But he fired his third to 11 feet from the drop zone and made the bogey putt. Even after berating himself loudly for slicing into the rough at the par-five 15th, he almost holed his third for eagle but couldn't make the resulting ten-footer for birdie. Despite that, he parred the last three holes to keep the leaders in his crosshairs. Griffin is looking for his third win this season after following his victory with Andrew Novak in the Zurich Classic with another victory in last week's Charles Schwab Challenge. 'I always said, once I got my first win, it would free me up a tonne,' Griffin said. 'My mindset's never changed from before I've won to now. But I'd say I just feel so much more confident in myself and my ability that I've gotten it done.'
France 24
3 days ago
- Sport
- France 24
Griffin continues hot streak with 65 to lead at Memorial
Griffin carried on his fine form from his second PGA Tour win of the season reaching the turn at five under. He produced an eagle on the par-five seventh where he drove his approach shot 260 yards and left himself a 12-foot putt which he calmly drained. The 29-year-old ran into some trouble on the back nine where he made bogey on the par-five 11th and the par-three 12th, finding water on both those holes. But he ended his round in superb style with three straight birdies which left him with a two-stroke advantage over fellow American Collin Morikawa. "A couple of water balls. I really need to go to the range and work on my game to clean that stuff up. But, was an incredible day," said Griffin. "I was kind of building on what I kind of was doing last week, making a ton of birdies, staying aggressive. This is one of the toughest golf courses we play on tour and you've got to kind of be on your game to make birdies and give yourself a lot of looks. I felt like I kind of did that," he said. His breakthrough win came last month at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where he partnered with Andrew Novak to win the team event. It was just reward for the North Carolina native who after turning professional in 2018, stepped away from golf in 2021 to work as a mortgage loan officer due to financial pressures and burnout. But his return to professional golf through Q-school and the secondary Korn Ferry Tour has now yielded success, with his two PGA Tour victories in 2025 and other top-10 finishes moving him to fifth in the FedEx Cup rankings. Griffin took time to thank those who had helped materially, morally and in terms of opportunities to get back into the game. "I'm really extremely grateful and blessed. Not many people necessarily have those opportunities, and I'm so grateful that I had those, and also I've done the right things to take advantage of 'em and be in positions like I am now being a couple time tour winner now, shooting 65s at Memorial," he said. Morikawa, a two-time major winner, is looking for his first win on the PGA Tour since his sixth victory at the tour sanctioned event in Japan in October 2023. His last victory on US soil was at Bradenton over four years ago but he said he retained the belief that he could get back to winning ways. "I've got to trust myself that I can go out and win. Not that I don't, but when I'm teeing it up even when things don't feel perfect or they do feel perfect, just got to trust that I can get it done," he said. American Max Homa was three strokes back of Griffin with a trio of players on three under - Ireland's Shane Lowry, Canada's Nick Taylor and USA Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley. Australian Adam Scott struggled after making a triple bogey on the par-four third where he found water and ended up with a seven-over 79 while England's Justin Rose shot 78 with a triple bogey on the par-three 12th.
