Lanto Griffin

Lanto Griffin

(LON-toe)

Height: 6'3" (1.91 m)
Weight: 190 (86 kg)
Age: 35 (June 15, 1988)
Birthplace: Mount Shasta, California
Residence: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Family: Wife, Maya

Education: Virginia Commonwealth University (2010, Marketing)
Special Interests: Working out, cooking, hanging out with friends
Turned Professional: 2010
City plays from: Jacksonville Beach, FL, United States


Exempt Status


PGA TOURMajor Medical Extension

Career Victories


PGA TOUR Victories (1):
2020 (1) Houston Open.
Korn Ferry Tour Victories (2):
2017 (1) Nashville Golf Open Benefitting the Snedeker Foundation. 2019 (1) Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Championship.
PGA TOUR Latinoamerica Victories (1):
2015 (1) Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC.

Player Statistics


Career Low Round:

63 - 2018 Travelers Championship (Round 2)

Career High FedExCup Rank:

#1 : 2020 Bermuda Championship

Career High Official World Golf Rank:

#49 : 2021 THE PLAYERS Championship

Career Largest Paycheck:

$1,350,000 : 2020 Houston Open (Finished 1)

Career Records


PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0)
Season Events Rounds 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Cuts Made Cuts Missed WD FedExCup Rank Earnings
Total: 131 413 1 1 10 30 83 47 1 $7,483,507
2024 5 18 4 1 159 $91,894
2023 19 57 2 10 8 1 201 $514,634
2022 23 78 1 4 6 16 7 81 $1,717,566
2021 29 90 2 7 19 10 89 $1,612,446
2020 27 92 1 4 14 21 6 18 $3,188,586
2018 26 74 1 13 13 171 $358,380
2011 2 4 2
(A) - Amateur

Top Tournaments


PGA TOUR
THE PLAYERS Championship Masters Tournament PGA Championship U.S. Open The Open Championship WGC-HSBC Champions WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession
2022 CUT T60 CUT
2021 T35 CUT CUT T43 T33 T61 T22
2020 CNL T19 T29
2018 CUT
FedExCup Playoffs
FedEx St. Jude Championship Dell Technologies Championship BMW Championship TOUR Championship
2021 T64
2020 T58 T10 T18

Personal


  • Played all four years at Virginia Commonwealth University with fellow professional Rafael Campos. The pair lived together in a small two-bedroom loft apartment a quarter-mile from campus.
  • Favorite golf memory is playing 45 holes a day at his local nine-hole course every weekend.
  • Dream foursome includes Ken Griffey Jr., Jimmy Fallon and Jerry Rice. Would like to be on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" because "he is hysterical and talented."
  • He is a pesce-pollotarian, with his diet consisting of fish and poultry and excluding red meat.
  • Was named after a spiritual master (Lord Lanto) and is very thankful for his balanced upbringing.
  • Lanto Griffin Foundation is a public foundation established in 2021. The foundation’s mission is committed to uplifting the community in the Roanoke and New River Valley area, focusing on assisting families battling devastating or terminal illnesses that cannot afford to support their needs. In addition, the foundation looks to provide support for disadvantaged youth, so they excel in sports with a goal of receiving college scholarships. The Lanto Charity Classic, held annually at Ballyhack Golf Club, is the primary fundraiser for the foundation.
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, along with his girlfriend, Maya, fostered a dog named Troy and adopted him.