Chansky’s Notebook: Ben Griffin In The Hunt

Posted Aug 16, 2016
Chapel Hill’s Ben Griffin could win the U.S. Amateur. UNC golfer Ben Griffin has faced long odds almost from the day he picked up a club. Griffin was always under-sized. As a freshman at East Chapel Hill High School, Griffin stunned a Wilmington senior a foot taller than him by chipping in on the first playoff hole to win the first of his two state championships. (Chapelboro.com)

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