After 54 holes, Lanto Griffin sat 4 strokes behind Scottie Scheffler and 6 behind Ben Griffin in the 2025 Procore Championship. While Ben and Scottie were busy fighting it out to the last hole on Championship Sunday, Lanto crept up on them with an incredible last-round performance. He shot 7-under 65 to jump up two spots on the leaderboard and finish solo third, just 1 behind Ben. And if it weren’t for the 2025 Ryder Cup, Griffin would have won his 2nd PGA Tour title at Napa Valley.

So, Griffin joined the Any Given Monday podcast to discuss everything that happened at Silverado Resort. He talked about his mentality going into the event, playing against Scheffler, and his conversation with Meredith after the conclusion of the tournament.

“Scottie Scheffler’s setting unreal expectations. What he is doing right now is absurd. It’s pretty cool to watch. And he’s such a good dude. I told his wife, I love Scottie. You guys are great. But I wish you guys weren’t here,” Lanto confessed to Meredith after the conclusion of the event. If Scheffler wasn’t on the field, then either of the Griffin’s would have won the title. And the world #1 wouldn’t have had any reason to be there if it wasn’t for the 2025 Ryder Cup.

Speaking about his form, Griffin mentioned how he had to make a lot of changes after he had a series of failures in May 2025. “The changes I’ve made since May, I feel like I have a foundation in place. Even though my swing wasn’t perfect last week, now I have all that feedback from Napa. I can put all the information in the system, and I can get better. But I’m not changing anything. I’m just tweaking my small tweaks to get through it,” he told the hosts of the podcast.

From the end of April all throughout May, Griffin didn’t make a single cut. He missed the the weekend rounds for the team competition of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans as well. That must have prompted him to change his game to improve his performance. That seemed to have worked wonders as his game gradually improved and he started getting better results. Since June 2025, Lanto has only had three missed cuts and got the amazing T3 finish in the Procore Championship.

So really, the blame goes to Keegan Bradley, who decided to assemble Team U.S. at Napa Valley. Either way, it was a great event, and Griffin had a good time at it, despite the emotional loss. Speaking of his dialogue with Mrs. Scheffler, he also revealed her amazing reaction to his honest confession: “She laughed. She’s great. Great family. Scottie’s awesome. Obviously, we laughed about it as a joke.”

While there might be some truth behind Lanto’s confession, it’s great to see that Meredith took it as a joke. Or maybe it just must have gotten a bit too awkward for her by then as Ben Griffin’s fiance, Dana Myeroff, also joked around with her saying “I’m so happy we don’t have to play against you in a few weeks.” By the time Lanto approached her, she must have been desensitized by it.

Interestingly, Scottie Scheffler would have had the same feeling about Lanto Griffin way back in 2019. Why you wonder? Well, let’s just say the world #1 turned the tables around against the 37-year-old in 2025.

A time when Lanto Griffin was better than Scottie Scheffler…

Back in 2019, Scottie Scheffler had just joined the PGA Tour when he played the Houston Open. He was still new to the scene and relatively inexperienced. On the other hand, Lanto Griffin had already been around for a couple of years. The two faced off at the Golf Club of Houston, which was close to the world #1’s home. However, he didn’t get any hometown advantage as Griffin dominated the course throughout the four days.

Scottie could only managed a 5-under in 72 holes and finished at T28 on the leaderboard. However, Lanto dominated the event and won it with a score of -14. That gave Griffin his first PGA Tour win as a 23-year-old Scottie Scheffler watched on. He must have returned the favor by defeating Lanto Griffin at Napa Valley to win his 6th title of the season.