Ben Griffin, with a great finish of 63 (-9) shots, for a total of 259 (65, 65, 66, 63, -29), won the World Wide Technology Championship, a PGA Tour event where Francesco Molinari finished 27th with a 271 (65, 67, 69, 70, -17).
Ben Griffin, results
On the par-72 El Cardonal at Diamante course in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the 29-year-old from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with ten birdies against one bogey, the lowest total of the day, recovered from third place and overcame Chad Ramey and Finland's Sami Vlimki, who were second with 261 (-27). Trevor Cone and South African Garrick Higgo, the leader after three rounds, finished fourth with a 262 (-26), Patrick Rodgers and Carson Young in sixth with a 263 (-25), and Nick Dunlap and Germany's Matti Schmid in eighth with a 264 (-24). Jackson Suber was 11th with a 266 (-22), and Colombian Nico Echavarria in 14th with a 267 (-21), the other two finishing with a 63 (-9), while Austin Eckroat, the defending champion, finished 59th with a 277 (-11).
Griffin, making his 106th appearance, secured his third PGA Tour title and fourth career title after winning the Staal Foundation Open on the PGA Canada Tour in his pro year (2018). In September, he was part of the USA team defeated by Team Europe in the Ryder Cup in Farmingdale. He is the third player to win three this season after Scottie Scheffler, world number one, and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, number two, and he did so by setting a new tournament record, surpassing the previous 261 set by Norway's Viktor Hovland (2021), Russell Henley (2022), and South Africa's Erik van Rooyen (2023). Thanks to the victory, Griffin rose from 12th to ninth in the World Ranking and received a check for $1,080,000 out of a prize pool of $6,000,000.
Francesco Molinari, after a strong start (ninth in the second round), lost ground and finished with a 70 (-2, four birdies, two bogeys). From Thursday 13 November to Sunday 16 November, the Italian will be competing in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at the Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda.
