{"id":76720,"date":"2025-08-18T05:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76720\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T05:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:51:09","slug":"golfer-blames-bizarre-overdose-for-disastrous-start-to-pga-tour-playoff-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76720\/","title":{"rendered":"Golfer blames bizarre ‘overdose’ for disastrous start to PGA Tour playoff event"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAMES COHEN, SPORTS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 21:45 EDT, 17 August 2025 | Updated: 21:52 EDT, 17 August 2025 <\/p>\n

Ben Griffin believes an ‘overdose’ of creatine played a role in his difficult start during the final round of the BMW Championship on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Griffin went 6-over through his first three holes at the FedExCup Playoffs event in Maryland<\/a>, including a triple-bogey on the first.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He later said the issue may have stemmed from how and when he consumed his creatine supplement shortly before teeing off.<\/p>\n

‘I take creatine as a supplement, and this morning I didn’t take it until I basically teed off on one,’ Griffin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I was at the end of my batch, and I had this like, basically a snowball of creatine. So it had been in my bucket for a month, and broke it up and put it in my water bottle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Griffin said he began drinking the mixture after his second shot on the first hole, but accidentally swallowed a large undissolved clump of the supplement. That moment, he said, triggered an unexpected reaction.<\/p>\n

\"Ben <\/p>\n

Ben Griffin claims an ‘overdose’ on creatine affected his day at the BMW Championship<\/p>\n

\"Griffin, <\/p>\n

\u00a0Griffin, 29, explained the bizarre situation to reporters at the end of the day<\/p>\n

‘I started taking it after my second shot and I accidentally swallowed one of the big rocks that was in my water bottle,’ he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I’ve never overdosed on creatine before, but I think I did in the moment because I didn’t really drink any water after that. I basically just inhaled like a snowball.’<\/p>\n

Griffin said he quickly began to feel unwell, describing symptoms he hadn’t experienced before on the course.<\/p>\n

‘I started getting super shaky,’ he said. ‘I’ve never felt like this before, and I literally felt like I had tremors.’<\/p>\n

That type of start would doom just about any golfer, especially with a spot in the Tour Championship on the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But remarkably, Griffin managed to recover and, after the symptoms began to subside, he was able to settle back into his round.<\/p>\n

‘It was probably more just like, a little bit flustered,’ Griffin said. ‘I was fine after the second shot on two, and I felt good.’<\/p>\n

\"Griffin <\/p>\n

Griffin went 6-over through his first three holes at the FedExCup Playoffs event in Maryland<\/p>\n

\"He <\/p>\n

He appeared visibly frustrated throughout his time on the first hole on Sunday<\/p>\n

Griffin turned things around in impressive fashion. He closed his front nine with three consecutive birdies and added four more birdies over his final six holes to card a 1-under 69.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That brought him to 3-under for the week and moved him four spots up the leaderboard by the end of the day.\u00a0He ultimately finished in a tie for 12th.<\/p>\n

Looking back, Griffin said the experience has made him more mindful about supplement use during competition.<\/p>\n

‘I don’t think I’ll be taking too much creatine in the future,’ he said. ‘I will take it but not in the amount that I probably did on the golf course, which wasn’t probably a healthy amount.’<\/p>\n

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