Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas are important faces of the golf scene, and golfers with serious achievements in their careers. Although they haven't excelled in the last few years, it seems that they still attract attention, and that the public has equally strong expectations from them.
On the other hand, Ben Griffin is one of the most positive surprises this season, and is well on his way to securing even a spot on the US Ryder Cup team.
The revelation of this season was a guest appearance on No Laying Up, stressing how difficult it is to be a professional golfer and stay at the top.
Griffin is somewhat surprised by the reaction of the public, as he knows how difficult it is to be consistent in the world of golf, and how strong the competition is on the PGA Tour.
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Its super unforgiving (professional golf). So many people, random people I meet at restaurants ask me, whatever happened to Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth?. Im like, what are you talking about, Justin Thomas has won this year and Jordan Spieth has been in the mix a bunch."- he said, as quoted by the Golfing Gazette.
Ben Griffin: Its golf, it happens. Its a weird sport
The popular golfer reveals that golf is a tough sport, especially in today's period when there are more and more quality golfers who appear year after year.
However, sport is just like life; full of ups and downs.
This is also the reason why most expect that Spieth and Thomas will have brilliant moments in the coming years.
"A lot of people dont realise just how thin the line is. Its hard to play really high quality golf 24/7 and if you go a couple of months where your name is not mentioned as much people are like
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Its golf, it happens. Its a weird sport.
