Scottie Scheffler served notice by PGA Tour star | Golf News

Ben Griffin has set his sights on climbing to the highest of {the golfing} world, aiming to problem none different than world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

The pair confronted off at the U.S. Open where Scheffler, age 28, concluded the occasion tied for seventh with a four-over-par, carefully adopted by Griffin, who completed just a stroke behind in joint-tenth. Griffin had a notably sturdy displaying early in the match, ending the first two rounds as one of only seven gamers at even par or higher, though JJ Spaun took home the title in the top.

Riding high on confidence from two victories in April and May, lately clinching the Charles Schwab Challenge, Griffin expressed his daring ambitions on Sirius XM Radio: “I feel like I’m one of the top few golfers in the world right now.

“I’m just at a level in my profession where I’m doing some good issues bodily and mentally. I’m in a actually good place where I’m just making an attempt to be one of the best golfers in the world, or actually, be the best golfer in the world. I’m excited to take down Scottie [Scheffler].”

Griffin’s drive to outperform Scheffler is fueled by their competitive history, such as when Scheffler edged him out for the win at the Memorial Tournament earlier this year.

“After the Memorial, I used to be so dissatisfied in ending second, and if I am going back two years, it will be the best factor ever to end second to Scottie, but now I just really feel like I belong at the highest,” Griffin said.

Despite neither golfer delivering their best at Oakmont, Scheffler recognized the struggle. Embracing the challenge, Scheffler said, “My first three days, I felt like I used to be battling the entire time.

“Today, I hit some shots, I hit some putts that I really thought were going in, hit some lips.”

The contest proved demanding, as Scheffler described: “It was just challenging. There was a lot of pitch on the greens and you got to do a lot right in order to hole putts. I was just right on the edge today.

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“If I had 4 days like I did as we speak, I believe it will have been a completely different story. I used to be enjoying variety of behind the eight ball most of the week hitting the ball in the tough. Overall, proud of how I battled, gave myself a probability, but in the end did not have enough.”

Griffin and Scheffler will get one other shot at victory as both are confirmed for the upcoming Travelers Championship.