Ben Griffin Survives ‘Creatine Overdose’ Scare to Rebound at BMW Championship
On Sunday at the BMW Championship, American golfer Ben Griffin gave fans one of the most unexpected storylines of the FedExCup Playoffs. His round began with chaos, not because of a swing issue or nerves, but because of something far stranger: what he described as a “creatine overdose.”
Griffin explained afterward that he regularly takes creatine as a supplement, but on this particular morning, he delayed it until right before teeing off. At the bottom of his container was a hardened clump, which he broke apart and tossed into his water bottle. When he took a sip, he accidentally swallowed what he called a “snowball” of creatine. Within moments, the effects hit him. He felt shaky, lightheaded, and even experienced tremors — something he had never gone through before.
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The physical reaction showed immediately on the scorecard. Griffin triple-bogeyed the opening hole, then hit his tee shot on the second hole so far out of bounds that even he admitted he didn’t know what to do. After three holes, he was already six over par — a start that would sink most golfers in such a high-stakes playoff event.
But here’s where the story takes a dramatic turn. His caddie quickly recognized the problem and forced Griffin to chug a full bottle of water to flush it out. That small but decisive move steadied him. By the middle of the front nine, Griffin started finding his rhythm again. He rolled in three straight birdies to close the outward stretch, then piled on four more birdies over his last six holes. What looked like a total disaster at sunrise ended in a remarkable comeback, with Griffin signing for a one-under 69.
That score not only erased his disastrous start but also pushed him up the leaderboard into a tie for 12th, alongside names like Rory McIlroy and Harris English. While he wasn’t close to catching Scottie Scheffler, who won the event at 15-under, Griffin still left the course with his head high. In his words, he couldn’t recall too many times when he had started at six over yet managed to finish under par — and he called it one of the proudest rounds of his career.
Beyond just salvaging his week, Griffin’s rebound secured him a place in the upcoming Tour Championship in Atlanta, where only the top 30 in the FedExCup standings compete. It also kept alive his hopes of earning a captain’s pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
As for creatine, Griffin admitted he won’t stop using it, but he definitely won’t be taking it in “snowball” form again. In his own words, it was “probably not a healthy amount.” One thing’s certain: his story will go down as one of the strangest plot twists of the season — proof that in golf, recovery is sometimes even more impressive than perfection.
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