Infotainment Factory: Mum stunned as golfer blows $2.32m with final shot

They say pressure makes diamonds, but it can also crush those who fail to seize the winning moment.

For relative PGA Tour rookie Ben Griffin, he will forever rue the couple of millimetres he should have aimed his putt to the left on the final hole of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi.

The 27-year-old from North Carolina has never won a Tour event but entered the final round of the Falls Series tournament with a three-shot lead over the field.

Victory seemed a fait accompli when he still held a one-shot buffer as he lined up a five-foot putt for par on the 18th, what should have been the last stroke of the event.

But Griffin pushed the putt and the ball glided past the top lip of the cup, leaving the golfer on his knees and his family - mother Erica and brother Stuart - with their hands on their head in disbelief.

Ben Griffin and his mother Erica react to the putt that cost him a $2.32m winner's cheque.

His bogey dropped him to 18-under in a tie with four other players.

"Oh my goodness," the commentator exclaimed.

"We've got ourselves a five-man playoff for the first time since 2017.

"Ben Griffin entered this final round with a three-shot lead and a chance to win it on the 72nd hole... wow.

"Watching your kids play, everyone always says it's more stressful than playing golf yourself."

Griffin was visibly shattered as he walked back to the tee box to begin the playoff.

He then missed a long birdie putt and watched Luke List drain his from 43 feet to clinch the championship, and the $2.32 million for first place.

Even the four players behind Griffin on the leaderboard had assumed he would sink his par putt on the 18th to seal what should have been his maiden PGA Tour win.

List had already started giving parts of his kit - including his hat - away to members of the crowd.

Griffin had earlier blown his three-shot lead with consecutive bogeys to drop off the top of the leaderboard, before rallying to reclaim the advantage.