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Blacksburg's Lanto Griffin saves par on last hole to win Houston Open
Read full article: Blacksburg's Lanto Griffin saves par on last hole to win Houston OpenLanto Griffin poses with the trophy after winning the Houston Open at the Golf Club of Houston on October 13, 2019 in Humble, Texas. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)HUMBLE, Texas - Six feet away from his first PGA Tour victory, Lanto Griffin never felt calmer. It was only after his par putt fell into the middle of the cup Sunday in the Houston Open that the 31-year-old Griffin struggle to contain so many emotions. He was able to chop out across the fairway into more thick grass, hit his third into a fairway bunker and missed an 8-foot par putt. He thought about the Masters and Maui, where the year starts for PGA Tour winners, the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Lanto Griffin saves par on last hole to win Houston Open
Read full article: Lanto Griffin saves par on last hole to win Houston OpenHUMBLE, TEXAS - OCTOBER 13: Lanto Griffin poses with the trophy after winning the Houston Open at the Golf Club of Houston on October 13, 2019 in Humble, Texas. Griffin was locked into a battle on the back nine at the Golf Club of Houston with Mark Hubbard and Scott Harrington. None of the three had won on the PGA Tour. He also is the only player to finish in the top 20 in every PGA Tour event since the new season began last month. He also gets a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.