Lanto Griffin

Lanto Griffin
Lanto Griffin
Personal information
Born	June 15, 1988; Mount Shasta, California
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Career
College	Virginia Commonwealth University
Turned professional	2010
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Korn Ferry Tour; PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Professional wins	5
Highest ranking	50 (January 31, 2021)[1]; (as of January 31, 2021)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Korn Ferry Tour	2
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2020
PGA Championship	T19: 2020
U.S. Open	T43: 2020
The Open Championship	DNP

Lanto 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	Scott Harrington, 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	Abraham Ancer
2	Apr 21, 2019	Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship	68-68-69-68=273	−15	Playoff	Robby Shelton

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2017	Nashville Golf Open	Abraham Ancer	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2019	Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship	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	Rafael Campos

Other wins (1)

2015 Virginia Open

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament	2018	2020
Masters Tournament		CUT
PGA Championship		T19
U.S. Open	CUT	T43
The Open Championship		NT

Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2020
Championship	T29
Match Play	NT¹
Invitational
Champions	NT¹

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic