Ben Griffin's first PGA Tour start in more than two months features a new looper. Veteran caddie Jon Yarbrough, who has worked for a number of pros previously including Phil Mickelson, has been brought in to replace Alex Ritthamel, and so far, so good. Griffin opened the VidantaWorld Mexico Open with a seven-under-par 64. After, he had plenty of nice things to say about both caddies.

"Yeah, so incredible run with Alex, previous caddie. Four and a half years, we changed each other's lives," said Griffin, who won all three of his PGA Tour titles during his breakout 2025 campaign with Ritthamel on the bag. "So it was a really tough decision honestly. All respect to Alex. We had a great run and we had so much fun together really. Still friendly. It's just tough out here. Four and a half years and I just felt like the time was right for me to make a switch, and yeah, it's worked out really well. Jon's really good on the greens. He's known as one of the best green readers out here, so having him today from close range was nice to help me kind of reaffirm some of my reads. And then yeah, he's one of the chillest dudes out here, super calm and it's been fun so far having him one day in."