CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- Four years ago, golf wasn't going in Ben Griffin's favor.

He was feeling burnt out.

Griffin returned home to Chapel Hill to work as a mortgage loan officer. One day, he found himself driving to the course instead of the office and decided to give going pro one more shot.

"I get chills thinking about it," said UNC head golf coach Andrew DiBitetto.

Griffin played for the Tar Heels from 2014 to 2018. He stepped away from the game during the spring of 2021, before going to Q School.

He played on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2022.

2023 was his rookie season on the PGA Tour.

He didn't win an event until 2025.

"I knew once I won, I was going to at least win another and continue to like get in the mix more and more because I knew there was going to be a monkey off my

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