Ben Griffin is getting married in just four weeks. And he wants to make it the biggest event ever. But to truly make that happen, he needed to drop as many birdies at the World Wide Technology Championship as he could. So, he did. On Sunday, Griffin made birdies on all par-3s en route to a 63.

He was 3-under for his first four holes, thanks to three birdies. A lone bogey on the 5th threw a tiny wrench in his rhythm, but he quickly bounced back with two straight birdies on the 8th and 9th. On the 11th hole, he tied for the lead after making another, and then Griffin drained a 25-footer on the very next hole for his first lead of the day.

After two more birdies on the 16th and the 18th, Griffin closed his Sunday with a new course record (29-under 259) for his third win of the season. The 29-year-old celebrated with his bride-to-be, Dana Myeroff, who couldn’t hold back her tears, talking about Griffin. Catch the heartening moment here.

With this title, Griffin has made a few personal records:

• Became the seventh player in history since 1986 to earn his first 3 wins in the same season.

• Matched Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy as the only three-time winners of 2025.

• Reached career high ranking (9th).

Hard to imagine Griffin once lost his golf mojo and took a detour as a loan officer, even relying on his parents for “rent and other stuff.” Yesterday, he banked $1,080,000 in a single Sunday. He’s not just written his name in the history books – he’s also cashed enough to throw one heck of a wedding.

You can’t always have your cake and eat it too. Or, so they say. Aaron Rai must’ve thought otherwise as he beat Tommy Fleetwood with his seven-year-old driver to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. This was his first victory in DPWT since the 2020 Scottish Open, when he bested… well, Fleetwood in a playoff.

Rai began the final round with a one-shot lead over fellow Englishman, Fleetwood, draining four back-to-back birdies between 4th and 7th. But Fleetwood kept pace, carding an eagle on the par-5 2nd and picking up four birdies. Rai shot 67, whereas his compatriot played a flawless bogey-free 66 to tie him at the top.

On the 18th for the playoff, Rai hit the fairway, reached the green safely, and sank a birdie putt. Fleetwood could only manage a par. Aaron Rai let out a sigh of relief. So did his dad, who stole the show during the trophy ceremony. After all, how many times have you seen a player’s dad donning an iconic tee-shirt as this one?

The other star of the final round was Rory McIlroy, who couldn’t break his streak of never winning the Abu Dhabi Championship. Safe to say the Ulsterman left no stone unturned. Heck, Rory was putting left-handed, as you can watch below.

He shot his lowest DPWT round yesterday (10-under 62) for a tied third, which put him one step closer to winning the seventh Harry Vardon trophy. But Marco Penge is hot on his heels. Perhaps that’s why Rory thought to test his nerves by sitting inside a supercar that raced at 200MPH on an F1 track. Watch his heart rate shoot over 100 BPM in this hilarious clip.

Off to Dubai now.

Envy: We're green with envy over what Ludvig Aberg pulled off at Yas Links. On the par-3 eighth hole during the first round, Aberg’s tee shot kissed the sky, landed a few feet from the pin before rolling into the cup. Even the man himself couldn’t believe it, as you can see below.

Mother Nature: Rain halted the final round at the Toto Japan Classic with Nasa Hataoka and Yuna Araki tied for the lead. LPGA had to cancel it eventually because the course looked more like a World Jetsprint Championship track, as you will clearly see. LPGA, though, decided to hold an improvised playoff on the 18th, shortening the par-5 to a par-3. Hataoka made par, ending her 1,295-day title drought, whereas Araki’s dreams of playing in the LPGA were washed away by a bogey. 

Hold it: How long can you hold your follow-through? Two seconds? Five seconds? How about … forever? At Yas Links during the second round, cameras caught Sami Valimaki perfectly still after hitting his shot for well, eternity! Let us present the most ridiculous moment of last week (look at the background).

Struggling with long putts that are too tough to tap in? Watch Ben Griffin drain one of those monster putts at the 11th yesterday. A big reason weekend warriors like us miss them is because of shaky distance control. Here’s how to fix it.

Lastly, as Ben Crenshaw always said, stand taller to the ball to increase the width of your swing arc. Once you’re natural with this one, try these other five tips.