World number 12 Ben Griffin fired a nine-under-par 63 on Sunday to win the World Wide Technology Championship by two strokes, securing his third US PGA Tour title of the year at El Cardonal in Los Cabos, Mexico.
The 29-year-old American carded 10 birdies and a single bogey to finish on a tournament record 29-under 259 after 72 holes. His final-round surge left him two shots clear of Finland’s Sami Valimaki and American Chad Ramey, who both closed with 64s to share second place on 261. South Africa’s Garrick Higgo and American Trevor Cone finished a further stroke behind.
“Got off to a great start, making some birdies. I feel like I’ve done that a lot in final rounds when I’ve had a chance to win so that was nice,” Griffin said. “I pushed myself a little harder than I have the past few weeks when I was in contention to keep the pedal down and the putter helped me out, made a lot of putts on the back nine.”
Griffin joined world number one Scottie Scheffler and second-ranked Rory McIlroy as the only players with three PGA Tour victories this season. He also became only the seventh player since 1983 to record his first three PGA Tour wins in the same year, following Scheffler’s achievement in 2022.
A member of this year’s US Ryder Cup team, Griffin previously triumphed in the pairs event at New Orleans with Andrew Novak in April and at the Charles Schwab Challenge in May at Colonial. He also finished runner-up at the Memorial in June and at September’s Procore Championship, a Ryder Cup tune-up event.
Starting the final round two strokes behind Higgo, Griffin birdied three of his first four holes before dropping a shot at the fifth. He then reeled off five consecutive birdies from the eighth through the 12th holes, adding another at the par-three 16th to move two ahead of Valimaki. Both men birdied the par-five 18th, sealing Griffin’s victory and breaking the previous course record by two strokes.
