Ben Griffin nabbed a PGA Tour title last month at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event, but had yet to break through on his own. The Zurich win, however, had him in an aggressive frame of mind for the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge. “I’m a PGA Tour winner now… The pedal is going to be down. I’m excited to get back out there. You know, there’s some birdie holes to start the round tomorrow. So excited to go at it and see what I can do.”
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What he did was an eagle and a birdie to start, needed strokes for Griffin on the way to victory despite a few loose plays coming in.
Griffin got off to his fast start by unleashing a mammoth 320-metre tee shot on the par-5 first with his 9-degree Ping G430 Max 10K driver – one designed more for max forgiveness than raw distance but clearly one with plenty of giddy-up. The approach was struck with a Mizuno Pro S3 iron to 15 feet.
On the next hole, the 350m second, his tee shot went even further – this one 330 metres to a greenside bunker where he used his TaylorMade Milled Grind 4 lob wedge to knock it to two feet for a birdie.
The back nine brought some tense moments but Griffin responded with his venerable Scotty Cameron by Titleist Concept 2 rolling in par putts of 12 and eight feet on holes 14 and 15 to keep him out in front and that wedge-putter combination came up with one more huge up-and-down at the last to seal the win for Griffin.
All by himself.
The clubs Ben Griffin used to win the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge:
Ball: Maxfli Tour X
Driver: Ping G430 Max 10K (UST Mamiya Linq White PC TX), 9 degrees
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi35, 15 degrees
Irons (3): Mizuno JPX923 Tour; (4-PW): Mizuno Pro S3
Wedges: Mizuno Pro T-1 (52 degrees); TaylorMade Milled Grind 4 (56, 60 degrees)
Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Concept 2
