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Sunday 9 November 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Griffin wins World Wide Technology Championship
El Cardonal at Diamante, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 November 2025 · Ben Griffin’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,000,000 USD · World Wide Technology
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Sami Välimäki FIN · 261Closed with 64 to tie for second, two behind after Griffin birdied five straight from No. 8 and two-putted the 18th for birdie. Ben Griffin wins in Mexico for 3rd PGA Tour title of the year (FOX Sports / AP)
- Chad Ramey USA · 261Closed with 65 to tie for second, two behind Griffin's closing 63. Ben Griffin wins in Mexico for 3rd PGA Tour title of the year (FOX Sports / AP)
120 started · cut -5, 75 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
World Wide Technology Championship
El Cardonal at Diamante, El Cardonal at Diamante, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Ben Griffin
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
FOX Sports (AP)
9 November 2025
Crazy, three wins and getting married in the same year, hard to beat,
FOX Sports (AP)
9 November 2025
Fortunately, the putter heated up, made a lot of putts on the back nine. It was fun feeling the nerves down the stretch trying to hold things off.
FOX Sports (AP)
9 November 2025
These last three tournaments, only goal was to kind of keep the playing rights for the next year, so I think they should be a done deal with this finish,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Griffin | 65 · 65 · 66 · 63 | 259 | −29 |
| T2 | Sami Välimäki | 61 · 67 · 69 · 64 | 261 | −27 |
| T2 | Chad Ramey | 64 · 65 · 67 · 65 | 261 | −27 |
| T4 | Trevor Cone | 67 · 64 · 65 · 66 | 262 | −26 |
| T4 | Garrick Higgo | 68 · 65 · 61 · 68 | 262 | −26 |
| T6 | Patrick Rodgers | 67 · 65 · 67 · 64 | 263 | −25 |
| T6 | Carson Young | 67 · 65 · 63 · 68 | 263 | −25 |
| T8 | Nick Dunlap | 61 · 67 · 71 · 65 | 264 | −24 |
| T8 | Matti Schmid | 64 · 63 · 71 · 66 | 264 | −24 |
| 10 | Eric Cole | 69 · 63 · 68 · 65 | 265 | −23 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-06, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; USA; turned pro 2018; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 12 that week (OWGR rankBefore for the World Wide Technology Championship (OWGR player profile events table); AP says the win moved him to a career-best No. 9).
What’s in the bag
- Driver Ping G430 Max 10K 9°, UST Mamiya Lin-Q Proto V1 7 TX
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi10 15°, UST Mamiya Lin-Q Proto V1 8 TX
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi10 21°, UST Mamiya Lin-Q Proto V1 9 TX
- Irons Mizuno Pro S3 4-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
- Wedge Mizuno Pro T1 52°, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Wedge TaylorMade MG5 56°, 60°, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Putter TaylorMade Spider Tour X
- Ball Maxfli Tour X
verified for this week