Ben Griffin talking about his college teammate earning his PGA Tour card will hit you in the feels
The world of pro golf is a tough one. Paychecks are on the line every week and jobs are on the line at this point in the year. But there are certain relationships that matter just as much, and in the past week, we've seen Ben Griffin involved in two such situations.
First, the three-time winner was right there off the 18th green on Sunday evening to congratulate his buddy Andrew Novak earning his first solo PGA Tour title (the two had teamed up to win last year's Zurich Classic).
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It was a nice scene, but just a couple days later, Griffin got even more emotional when talking about another golf buddy. That would be Austin Hitt, who recently earned his PGA Tour card for the first time by winning his maiden Korn Ferry Tour title. And who did it after losing his dad to cancer a couple years before.
Griffin and Hitt were college teammates at UNC, where Griffin says Hitt was his de facto "younger brother." Anyway, good luck not getting emotional watching Griffin getting emotional as he talked about Hitt on Tuesday ahead of his title defense at the World Wide Technology Championship.
That's the good stuff, as they say. We're not sure how Hitt will fare in his first PGA Tour season, but it's a pretty safe bet that he and Griffin—and Novak—will be playing a lot of practice rounds together in 2027.