WWT Championship Final Leaderboard: Griffin matches Scheffler and McIlroy in record books

Ben Griffin has written his name into the PGA Tour record books with a sensational victory at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico — becoming only the seventh player in Tour history to claim his first three career wins in the same season.

The 29-year-old American’s latest triumph not only cements his breakout year but also places him alongside Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy as the only three players to have won at least three times on the PGA Tour in 2025.

Griffin delivered a brilliant closing 9-under 63 at Tiger Woods’ El Cardonal at Diamante, finishing two shots clear of the field on a tournament-record 29-under par. 

Starting the day two shots behind South Africa’s Garrick Higgo, Griffin produced an extraordinary stretch of golf, rattling off five consecutive birdies from the 8th hole to surge to the top of the leaderboard.

He sealed the win in emphatic fashion — draining a long birdie putt on the par-3 16th (watch below) before safely negotiating the par-5 18th with a clinical fairway splitter and a two-putt birdie to cap a 10-birdie round.

Chad Ramey (65) and Sami Valimäki (64) shared second place on 27-under par, while Higgo (68) and Trevor Cone (66) finished a further shot back at 6-under par. 

With this latest triumph, Griffin is projected to break into the world’s top 10 for the first time in his career — an extraordinary rise for a player who was grinding on mini-tours not long ago.

"I got off to a great start, which was nice," Griffin said, fighting back tears after the win.

"After making birdies early, I just pushed myself to keep the pedal down and thankfully made a lot of putts on the back nine."

He also paid tribute to his fiancée, Dana, who joined him on the 18th green. 

"It means everything. It’s so great to have her out here — and I’m so excited to marry her in four weeks. Three wins and getting married in the same year — it’s hard to beat."

The win marks Griffin’s third PGA Tour victory of the season, joining elite company with Scheffler and McIlroy as the only multiple-time winners in 2025. 

He first captured attention in April by teaming up with Andrew Novak to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, before claiming his first solo title at the Charles Schwab Challenge a month later.

In doing so, Griffin has matched a remarkable PGA Tour record most recently achieved by Scottie Scheffler in 2022 — earning his first three career victories within a single season. 

Other notable names to accomplish the same feat include Jimmy Walker (2014), David Duval (1997), Paul Azinger (1987), and Bob Tway (1986).

Ever the competitor, Griffin even managed to inject some humour into his dominant week in Los Cabos, joking before the final round: "I learned that Scottie wouldn’t be in the field at Cabo, so I felt like I’d have a chance."

While Griffin was celebrating his latest milestone, Scheffler and McIlroy remain the benchmark for consistency at the very top of the game.

Scheffler’s 2025 season already includes six PGA Tour wins — two of them majors at the US PGA and The Open — while McIlroy’s trio of titles includes the career-defining Masters victory that completed his long-awaited career Grand Slam.

Griffin’s breakthrough has not gone unnoticed. His performances earned him one of Keegan Bradley’s six captain’s picks for the US Ryder Cup team in September, where he contributed a valuable point in the Americans’ narrow 15-13 defeat to Luke Donald’s Europe at Bethpage Black.

The World Wide Technology Championship also served as one of the final stops on the PGA Tour’s 2025 calendar. 

With only two events remaining — Butterfield Bermuda Championship and the RSM Classic — the race for the top 100 spots on the FedEx Cup standings is heating up. 

This season marks the first time the threshold for full playing privileges has been set at the top 100, down from 125.

Runner-up finishes for Ramey and Valimäki have virtually guaranteed both players’ cards for 2026, while Griffin’s emphatic win locks him in as one of the year’s standout performers.

A season to remember

From a first-time winner in New Orleans to a three-time champion breaking records in Mexico, Ben Griffin’s 2025 campaign has been nothing short of transformative. 

His fearless play, composed putting, and easy-going charm have made him one of the most exciting new faces on the PGA Tour — and with a wedding just weeks away, it’s fair to say life has rarely looked better for the man from North Carolina.

If his current form is anything to go by, this might just be the start of something special.