Ben Griffin (-29) has claimed victory at the World Wide Technology Championship, a PGA Tour event held in Los Cabos, at the Cardonal at Diamante in Mexico, designed by Tiger Woods. It didn’t seem like a tournament fitting the schedule of a Ryder Cup player like him, but he decided to play it and prove that he wasn’t just on holiday. Griffin isn’t letting this year slip by without a win. He was the best of the week by world ranking and confirmed it with a powerful victory, dominating the final round with a sensational score of 63, nine under par. A victory of authority.
Griffin added ten birdies and a solitary bogey this Sunday. A signature round. He only missed one green and putted devilishly well. He sank some very good ones, like the one that practically sealed the win on the 16th, from about ten metres with a steep drop. It’s his third win of the season after the Zurich Classic and the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Griffin’s performance in 2025 is something very serious. With this victory, he will enter the world top 10 for the first time in his career, although perhaps more important than that is his sequence since winning in June at Colonial. He has played 14 tournaments, won two, and finished in the top 15 ten times. They aren’t Scottie Scheffler’s numbers, but they’re not far off.
Griffin is one of the few American players who lost at Bethpage who have decided to play more tournaments before the year ends. He was at the DP World India Championship, where he didn’t shine excessively although he made the cut, and now he’s played in Mexico. He’s the only one who has played two tournaments. It’s obvious he doesn’t want to miss the opportunity to keep making the most of his breakout year.
Griffin’s victory was built around his precise game, although he also received timely support from the Los Cabos bushes. As you can imagine from this week’s results, Tiger Woods’ course is by no means the most demanding on the planet. There are barely a few holes where missing the fairway, genuine highways, could get you into trouble. This is what happened to Garrick Higgo on the 12th and Carson Young on the 13th. They linked a double bogey and a bogey when they were leading and lost their way.
Finally, Griffin won by two strokes over Chad Ramey (-27) and Sami Valimaki (-27), and three over Higgo himself. Trevor Cone, Carson Young, and Patrick Rodgers finished four strokes behind.
In terms of the fight to keep the card or get into the top 60 of the FedEx Cup to play the first two designated events next year, the big moves have been for Ramey and Valimaki, who have secured their cards, as well as Higgo himself, who practically guarantees his presence in the elevated events next year. The biggest setback was for Carson Young. He was on track to save his card but will have to keep fighting.
