Lanto Griffin

Lanto Griffin
Personal information
Full nameLanto Maitreya Griffin
Born (1988-06-15) June 15, 1988 (age 36)
Mount Shasta, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidencePonte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeVirginia Commonwealth University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins5
Highest ranking49 (March 14, 2021)[1]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2020, 2021
PGA ChampionshipT19: 2020
U.S. OpenT35: 2021
The Open ChampionshipT33: 2021

Lanto Maitreya Griffin (born June 15, 1988) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

Early life

Griffin was born in Mount Shasta, California[2] and moved with his family at a young age to Blacksburg, Virginia.[3] He played college golf at Virginia Commonwealth University where he was the 2009 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year.[2] He turned professional in 2010.

Professional career

Griffin played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2015 and 2016. He won the Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC in 2015. Also in 2015, Griffin won the Virginia Open.[3]

At the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament in December 2016, Griffin missed qualification by just one stroke.[4] Nonetheless, this enabled him to enter tournaments in 2017 as a reserve and to be eligible for a place in the reorder category.

Griffin won the Nashville Golf Open in June 2017, becoming the first player on tour in 13 years to win an event after making the cut on the number.[5] He finished 23rd on the regular season Web.com Tour money list to secure his PGA Tour card for the 2017–18 season.

During the 2017–18 PGA season Griffin finished 171st in FedEx points.

Griffin played on the Korn Ferry Tour during its 2019 season and finished 6th overall for the regular season (The 25) driven by consistent performance and a win at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship, earning him a spot on the PGA Tour for the second time.

Griffin had a great start to the 2019–20 PGA Tour season. He finished in the top 20 at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, the Sanderson Farms Championship, the Safeway Open, the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, and the Bermuda Championship. On October 13, 2019, Griffin earned his first PGA Tour victory by winning the Houston Open.[6]

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Oct 13, 2019 Houston Open 66-74-65-69=274 −14 1 stroke United States Scott Harrington, United States Mark Hubbard

Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Jul 2, 2017 Nashville Golf Open 72-70-62-68=272 −16 Playoff Mexico Abraham Ancer
2 Apr 21, 2019 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship 68-68-69-68=273 −15 Playoff United States Robby Shelton

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2017 Nashville Golf Open Mexico Abraham Ancer Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2019 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship United States Robby Shelton Won with birdie on fourth extra hole

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Nov 1, 2015 Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC 67-68-68-68=271 −9 2 strokes Puerto Rico Rafael Campos

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Masters Tournament CUT CUT
PGA Championship T19 CUT T60
U.S. Open CUT T43 T35 CUT
The Open Championship NT T33
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2021 2022
The Players Championship T35 CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2020 2021
Championship T29 T22
Match Play NT1 T61
Invitational
Champions NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 11 2021 Ending 14 Mar 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Dudley, John (July 5, 2017). "Griffin arrives at Peek'n Peak fresh off first Web.com Tour win". GoErie.com.
  3. ^ a b King, Randy (July 13, 2016). "Lanto Griffin is starting to make money from golf success". The Roanoke Times.
  4. ^ King, Randy (December 11, 2016). "Lanto Griffin misses earning spot on pro golf tour by 1 stroke". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Lanto Griffin wins Web.com's Nashville Golf Open in playoff". USA Today. Associated Press. July 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Robertson, Dale (October 13, 2019). "Lanto Griffin holds on in Houston Open for first PGA Tour victory". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 14, 2019.

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