Ben Griffin takes aim at 'haters' after sealing second PGA Tour title of season
Ben Griffin admits he used 'hate comments' to spur him on to a second PGA Tour title of the season at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Ben Griffin has revealed he used a number of 'hate comments' on social media to spur him on to a second PGA Tour title of the season at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Griffin, 29, disclosed ahead of the final round at Colonial Country Club that he had gained a ton of confidence in his game having captured his first PGA Tour title at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans last month.
For one reason or another, a number of golf fans took aim at Griffin's comments, questioning how he could even count that as an official win since he achieved it alongside Andrew Novak.
But the Zurich Classic of New Orleans does count as an official win on the PGA Tour.
Griffin admitted on Sunday night that he used these 'hate comments' as 'fuel' to drive him to a second title in his last five starts at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
The American now becomes the fourth multiple winner on the PGA Tour this season, joining Rory McIlroy, Sepp Straka and Scottie Scheffler.
"It's not often as golfers out here on tour you get the chance to win and do win," said Griffin, who closed with a 71 to see out a narrow one-shot victory over Germany's Matti Schmid.
"I was very, very fortunate to have a great partner in Andrew Novak a few weeks ago at the Zurich Classic and get a win with him. Incredible experience.
"Yeah, it's nice to I don't want to say silence the haters, but there's definitely some hate comments I got last night, and I used that as fuel today to get an individual win."
Griffin's second victory on the PGA Tour now sees him vault to a career-best 24th in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR).
He picked up $1.7m for his latest win.
Griffin also won a 1992 Schwab Defender.
He was pictured sitting in his new vehicle with his fiancee Dana Myeroff.
Griffin also spoke emotionally about his upbringing and how tough it was for his family when they lost their house in the recession.
He also spoke about why his short game and his scrambling is so sharp today because of how long he used to spend chipping balls at a public course.
Watch Griffin's emotional interview here:
When a simple question leads to an emotional answer...
— Jamie Kennedy (@jamierkennedy) May 26, 2025
From losing his house and chipping at a public course to save money on range balls... to chipping on the 72nd hole of a @PGATour event to win by one. pic.twitter.com/3B0vGPOrBF
Griffin will now look to make it three wins from his last six starts at the limited field Memorial Tournament at Murifield Village.
Jack Nicklaus' famous PGA Tour event marks the seventh of eight Signature Events this season.
There is a $20m prize pot with $3.6m going to the champion.
Rory McIlroy has confirmed he will not be competing in the Memorial for the first time since 2017.
McIlroy will instead compete in next week's RBC Canadian Open, a week before heading to the U.S. Open at Oakmont.
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