On the par-4 ninth, Griffin needed an eagle. And with the video rolling, Griffin swings the club, the camera (rather shakily) moves toward the hole, and then the group erupts in celebration after the ball went into the hole for the more-magical-than-most 13-under 59.
Shih posted the moment, along with Griffin’s scorecard and Monday Q Info gave it a bigger audience.
An hour later, Griffin tweeted, “Haven’t blacked back in yet. Wild.”
And the feat needs one more piece of context for how wild it was. A year ago, Griffin had seemingly given up the dream. He was working in as a loan officer in a mortgage group. At that point, he’d made less than $3,500 in nine starts on the KFT and had only three PGA Tour starts, making one cut. The PGA Tour was a distant dream.
Now, it’s as if Griffin is never going to wake up.