In a Ryder Cup packed with marquee names, perhaps the most unusual one for Team USA is a 29-year-old who quit golf in 2020, worked as a loan officer for a mortgage company, returned to eventually become one of the most consistent players on Tour this year and has recently been assigned the nickname “Benny Booms.”

Such is the whirlwind rise to the upper tier of golf for Ben Griffin.

But Griffin, the No. 11-ranked golfer in the world, embraced what he described as a breakthrough year. He didn’t avoid the need to golf and to keep golfing — for 13 consecutive weeks, when he originally planned for just six — because he kept playing well. He has collected the second-most finishes inside the top 10 in 2025 with 11, six behind No. 1-ranked Scottie Scheffler. Griffin won’t participate in the open

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