FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Ben Griffin is in the Ryder Cup, a remarkable rise that is certain to be an inspiration to thousands of American golfers who are good enough to at least dream.

Griffin laughed when asked how many careers he might have ruined in the process.

“You mean all the loan officers who think they can make it to the PGA Tour?” he said.

What You Need To Know

Ben Griffin is a Ryder Cup rookie with a path unlike any other American at Bethpage Black

It was only four summers ago when Griffin was working as a mortgage loan officer

He was a good junior and college player, but the developmental tours wore him down so he quit to work a 9-5 job

Through a chain of events he never saw coming, Griffin got back in the game, and four years later, he's No. 11 in the world and a two-ti

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