Andrew Novak is having the kind of month that can transform a PGA Tour player's career.Ben Griffin was gratified to team up with his old friend during what has become a heady time for the both of them.

The win was just as gratifying for Griffin, a 28-year-old Chapel Hill, N.C., who entered the Zurich with 12 top-10 placings, including runner-up finishes at the 2024 RBC Canadian Open and the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Masters champion Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry were the headliners, but come Sunday afternoon the story was Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak, finally becoming first-time winners on the PGA Tour. They took a three-shot lead into Sunday and held on to win by one after shooting 71 in the stressful final-round alternate-shot format.