Call it a coincidence.
Call it strange.
Call it whatever. But Ben Griffin says he’s been calling his shots this week.
“It’s kind of funny,” he said Saturday. “I didn’t see Kira [Golf Channel reporter Kira K. Dixon] this morning, but yesterday, I told her I was going to shoot 63, and in my mind, I had 66 today. I don’t know why, but 66 came to my mind, and I ended up doing it again.”
Wild, right? Let’s break this down. Most notably, that 63 on Friday at the Country Club of Jackson, followed by the 66 on Saturday, gives him a three-shot lead through 54 holes at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Griffin is at 20-under overall, while Carl Yuan is at 17-under, and three golfers are at 16-under.
But there’s maybe a bigger question.
Why isn’t Griffin thinking of a 59? Or a 55? Or shoot, an 18?
Maybe these powers can’t be controlled. At the least, someone needs to check in with him on Sunday, when he goes for his first PGA Tour win.
With that, here are the complete round-four pairings for Sunday. Golf Channel coverage starts at 4 p.m. ET.
2023 Sanderson Farms Championship round 4 tee times (all times ET)
Tee No. 1
8:10 a.m. – Ford Clegg, Jim Herman
8:20 a.m. – Jonas Blixt, Chris Stroud
8:30 a.m. – Ben Taylor, Trevor Cone
8:40 a.m. – Callum Tarren, Jimmy Walker
8:50 a.m. – Doc Redman, Austin Cook
9 a.m. – Garrick Higgo, Brandon Wu
9:10 a.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Adam Long
9:20 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli, Kramer Hickok
9:30 a.m. – Brandt Snedeker, Kyle Westmoreland
9:45 a.m. – Ben Martin, Andrew Landry
9:55 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Hank Lebioda
10:05 a.m. – Ted Potter Jr., Alex Noren
10:15 a.m. – Lee. Hodges, Lucas Herbert
10:25 a.m. – William McGirt, Eric Cole
10:35 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Chris Baker
10:45 a.m. – Ross Steelman, Cameron Percy
10:55 a.m. – Kevin Chappell, Robert Streb
11:10 a.m. – Michael Gligic, Nicholas Lindheim
11:20 a.m. – Sam Ryder, Scott Harrington
11:30 a.m. – Martin Laird, Matthew NeSmith
11:40 a.m. – David Lipsky, Cody Gribble
11:50 a.m. – Vince Whaley, Tyler Duncan
Noon – Peter Kuest, Kelly Kraft
12:10 p.m. – Wesley Bryan, Beau Hossler
12:20 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Russell Knox
12:35 p.m. – Davis Thompson, Ryan Palmer
12:45 p.m. – Nick Hardy, Tommy Gainey
12:55 p.m. – Chesson Hadley, Harrison Endycott
1:05 p.m. – Lanto Griffin, C.T. Pan
1:15 p.m. – Alex Smalley, Brett White
1:25 p.m. – Harry Higgs, Richy Werenski
1:35 p.m. – Chad Ramey, Tom Hoge
1:45 p.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Troy Merritt
2 p.m. – Mark Hubbard, Joel Dahmen
2:10 p.m. – Ludvig Åberg, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
2:20 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, Adam Svensson
2:30 p.m. – Luke List, Cameron Champ
2:40 p.m. – Scott Stallings, Henrik Norlander
2:50 p.m. – Ben Griffin, Carl Yuan
