[IMAGE: Tracy Wilcox]
It’s already been an extraordinary year for Ben Griffin. The 26-year-old out of North Carolina earned his first status on the Korn Ferry Tour for the current campaign, and with three second-place finishes on his tab already, he’s in third place in the standings and well on his way to competing full-time on the PGA Tour in 2022-23.
With all that, you may never see Griffin more out-of-his mind excited that he was on Saturday during a casual round with friends in St Simons Island, Georgia. Through 17 holes on Sea Island’s 7,093-yard Plantation Course, Griffin stood at 12-under. He’d opened his round going birdie 3, birdie 3, birdie 2, eagle 3, and when he made another eagle at the par-4 ninth, he’d shot 28 on the front. Then he birdied 10, 14, 16 and 17.
On the par-5 18th, Griffin needed a birdie, but judging by…
