No, it’s not surprising that commemorating co-leader Ben Griffin is here

If you were surprised to see Ben Griffin’s name on the memorial rankings in the middle of this large, venue-mounted signature event by Jack Nicklaus, you’re not paying attention.

Griffin was one of the hottest players on the planet last month.

In late April, he teamed up with Andrew Novak to win the Zurich Classics and earned his first career PGA Tour victory. He missed the layoffs and ranked 46th in the next two weeks, but then played T8 at the PGA Championship, his first major top 10 ever – and gave way to last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge, where Griffin won the championship again.

Although Zurich is a team event and does not offer world ranking points, it cannot be said for the Colonial Charles Schwab Challenge. It reiterated this action by Griffin, which was not a blessing, and it made him rank 24th in the official golf golf rankings in the world. His previous highest ranking was No. 48.

Zurich’s victory was the first game of the 29-year-old pro on his 90th Tour, and he finished eight top 10 in 72 matches in the following two seasons. Although he didn’t win before Zurich, he wasn’t completely struggling either.

When victory finally came, it was the guarantee he needed.

“I always say that once I get my first victory, it releases me a ton,” Griffin said Friday at the memorial. “My mindset has never changed since I win, but I want to say I’m so confident in myself and my abilities that I’ve done it.”

“So once you do it a few times, it allows you to keep doing it, you know you can, and then put the pedal down.” “I played golf beforehand, but I would say my body game and physically, I just feel like a really good place to be an elite golfer.”

Griffin left the memorial with 65 points on Thursday, giving the birdies his first 18-hole lead in his career in the final three games. On Friday, under tougher conditions, he made a birdie and a bogey at 72. At the age of seven, he held a 36-hole league match with Canada’s Nick Taylor.

This season, Griffin has already ranked 6 top 10 in 18 games and is already ranked fifth in the FedEx Cup standings. He even ranked 13th in the Ryder Cup standings.

On Friday, he was asked if it was the funniest thing about him playing golf.

“I don’t think it’s going to get better,” he said. “Some people say I’m the hottest golfer on the PGA Tour. I mean, I feel like I have a lot of confidence right now. I think a lot of clubs more or less. The cyclicality of golf is, but it’s fun to sit at these highs, but I just keep it as high as possible.”

Griffin and Taylor were in the final pairing, and their third round started Saturday at 3:10 p.m. ET. You can follow on the golf channel from 2-5:30 pm, CBS took over the report from 5:30-7:30 pm