Ben Griffin’s INSANE Journey from Mortgage Broker to Ryder Cup Star | Full Story 2025 🏌️🇺🇸
From being buried under $70,000 in debt and selling mortgages in North Carolina… to defeating Scottie Scheffler and making the 2025 Ryder Cup team — Ben Griffin’s story is nothing short of a golf miracle. ⛳✨
In this video, we break down the incredible rise of Ben Griffin:
🏌️ His struggles on the Korn Ferry Tour during COVID-19
💳 The financial struggles that nearly ended his career
📉 His time working as a Mortgage Loan Officer just to survive
💼 The life-changing support from Lord Abbett CEO Douglas Sieg
🏆 His first PGA Tour wins at the Zurich Classic & Charles Schwab Challenge
🇺🇸 How he earned his spot on Team USA for the Ryder Cup
This is not just a golf story — it’s a tale of perseverance, faith, and redemption. If Ben Griffin helps the U.S. lift the Ryder Cup at Bethpage, his fairytale comeback will inspire millions across the world. 🌍💯
👉 Watch until the end to see how one man’s belief in Griffin changed the course of his life forever.
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Ben Griffin’s rise in 2025 feels like something straight out of sports fairy tale. Just a few years ago, before team USA’s Rder Cup triumph at Whistling Straits in 2021, he had only appeared in two PGA Tour events. Fast forward to today, and Griffin has already collected two tour victories, earned a spot on the RDER Cup team, and establish himself as one of America’s most consistent performers. His reliability and growth ultimately convinced captain Keegan Bradley to hand him a debut on golf’s biggest team stage. The remarkable part, while his now teammates were competing for the cup back in 2021, Griffin was busy closing mortgage deals in North Carolina. Griffin’s journey in golf has been anything but ordinary. For his college days, he was determined to make it professionally. He worked his way through the Canadian tour and onto the corn ferry tour following the welltrodden path of many aspiring golfers. But his progress was abruptly halted when the coid9 pandemic reshaped professional golf. Speaking on Smiley Kaufman’s podcast, Griffin explained how the system put him at a disadvantage. With the PGA Tour and Corn Ferry Tour disrupted, officials merged the 2020 and 2021 seasons. This meant no Q school, no chance for new players to earn tour cards, and an unbalanced point system that left latecomers like Griffin with little hope of catching up. Doing Monday qualifying didn’t even make sense, he said, pointing out how entrenched his peers had become thanks to the double season. For Griffin, the financial strain was crushing. Playing on mini tours and gambling on himself meant piling up credit card debt, often returning from events deeper in the red. By 24, he was $70,000 in debt, relying heavily on his parents and a loan sponsor. The stress pushed him to step away from the sport. “It’s hard to pay rent and do things when you aren’t making much money. You’re just traveling and your balances get more and more negative,” he admitted. In 2021, Griffin shifted gears, joining his parents’ line of work in real estate and mortgages. He got licensed as a mortgage loan officer and worked at CMG Residential Mortgage, closing deals from May to August. His golf connections even landed him high-profile clients, including Bar Stool’s Dave Portoi. Griffin once proudly posted about getting Port Noi a fixed mortgage deal on his Nantucket home. Though short-lived, his time in the mortgage industry turned out to be pivotal. During that period, he met Douglas B. Sie, the CEO of Lordette. After playing golf with Griffin, Sie was so impressed by his talent that he offered to fund his return to professional golf. “I want to float your bill for a couple of years and get you back to professional golf,” Sie told him. It was the lifeline Griffin needed. By 2023, Griffin had earned his PGA Tour card again. But the wins didn’t come easily. For 89 consecutive starts, he failed to lift a trophy. Then came the breakthrough at the 2025 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where he and Andrew Novak both captured their first PGA Tour victories. Critics still questioned his ability to win individually, but Griffin silenced them shortly after, defeating world number one Scotty Sheffller at the Charles Schwab challenge. That triumph secured his place on team USA for the Rder Cup. Even with his newfound success, Griffin remains deeply grateful for the people who believed in him, none more than Sie. “The real reason I was able to come back to golf was Doug Sie,” Griffin said, acknowledging the CEO who changed the course of his career. Now, as Griffin prepares to represent the United States at Beth Page, his story has come full circle. If he plays a key role in another American Rder Cup victory, fans will have not just Griffin to thank, but also the man who saw his potential when few others did.
