LOS CABOS, Mexico: Ben Griffin avoided the mistakes that slowed his two challengers Sunday and rolled in three long birdie putts for a 9-under 63 to win the World Wide Technology Championship for his third PGA Tour title of the season.
Griffin two-putted for birdie on the par-5 18th at El Cardonal at Diamante for a two-shot victory. He joined Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy as the only players with at least three wins, with one of those for Griffin a team event in New Orleans.
Griffin, playing for the second time since his Ryder Cup debut, ran off five straight birdies starting at No. 8.
That included a 40-foot putt on the par-3 11th to tie the lead, a 25-foot putt on the 12th for his first lead and a 25-foot putt on the par-3 16th that all but sealed it.
He made birdie on all four of the par 3s.
“After making a few birdies early, I kind of pushed myself a little bit harder than the past few weeks when I was in contention to kind of keep the pedal down,” Griffin said. “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.
It was nice to make a couple down the stretch.”
Griffin moves to a career-best No. 9 in the world ranking.
Sami Valimaki and Chad Ramey tied for second and picked up a valuable consolation. Valimaki started the week at No.
103 in the FedEx Cup and moved to No. 76, assuring a full card for next year. Ramey went from No.
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