Griffin will make his fourth U.S. Open start after sharing medalist honors (12-under 131) at the Powell, Ohio, final qualifier at Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club and Wedgewood Golf & Country Club. He broke through for his first PGA Tour victory in October 2019 when he won the Houston Open. Previously, he had registered a pair of Web.com Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour) victories, the 2017 Nashville Golf Open and the 2019 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship. He also owns a win on the PGA Tour Latinoamerica as well as the 2015 Virginia Open. While born in California, the family moved to Blacksburg, Va., when he was young and he attended Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was named the Colonial Athletic Association's Player of the Year in 2009. He turned pro the following year.