Joel Dahmen

American Joel Dahmen got into the winner's circle on the PGA Tour back in 2021. His victory came at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in the ...

While Lona thought she would never hear from Joel again he ended up asking her out a week later. Not sure we ever reached the end of the line before Joels friend Annie (still a great friend to both of us) beat us to it by getting a whole pizza. Probably the best pickup line for Lona because she loves food and would take that challenge any day!

BROOKLINE, Mass. – Joel Dahmen understands the archetype of a professional golfer. Head down. One shot at a time. Stick to the process.

“I’ve always just tried to be myself,” Dahmen said in the twilight Friday. “My rookie year out here, I was not myself. “It’s pretty cool to have people root for you.” During the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, he said he wouldn’t try it. There was the time he sported a Waffle House hat during a competitive Korn Ferry Tour round in Nashville. There was the time he removed his shirt after saving par on the famed 16th hole at the WM Phoenix Open, as did playing partner Harry Higgs, much to the crowd’s delight. The week before the qualifier, he told his wife Lona he wouldn’t try it. And he’s done it his way, remaining true to himself into his sixth TOUR season. He went back to his instincts, which meant waving to fans and being fully present in his environment. He lost his scholarship at the University of Washington after admittedly “partying his way out of school.” He had setbacks at Q-School and struggled with motivation. And while his results midway through the U.S. Open, his ninth career major appearance, suggest that he could be mistaken, he’s kept his sense of humor. Whatever he did, it certainly didn’t hurt him Friday. Dahmen made four birdies and two bogeys for a 68. He earned his first TOUR card in 2016. His mom died of cancer when he was in high school.

Dahmen opened the tournament at +6600 to win and there are still seven golfers with better odds ahead of Round 3.

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Joel Dahmen has found success in the professional golf world by not being a professional golfer. He explains.

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Colin Morikawa and Joel Dahmen shared the lead at the halfway stage of the US Open, although Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm still very much in touch just a ...

"Felt like I hit the ball tee to green really, really good. Had a good lie and hit a good chip and it went in." "I played really, really well," said Fitzpatrick, who was fifth in the US PGA last month. Two silly bogeys early in the round, but outside of that I hit it really good. But three under was a good score for me, especially being two over through six." "I was hitting it good pretty much most of the day.

Scottie Scheffler was the big mover among the top contenders on the leaderboard. He jumped 18 spots into a tie for eighth thanks to a three-under par 67 on ...

He needed a 67 in the final round to vault into the top spot. Lefty did have back-to-back birdies on Nos. 5 and 6 to get his score for the round to two-under par. The first #USOpen eagle of Jon Rahm's pro career moves him within a shot of the lead. The 25-year-old took the lead on his 17th hole with a birdie on the par-five. His day got off to a bad start with a double-bogey on No. 3. Dahmen had a strong start on the front nine with three birdies and one bogey. He opened on the back nine and had a terrific start with three birdies through his first nine holes. Hayden Buckley had a fantastic closing stretch to put himself in the mix heading into the weekend. He missed the cut four times and finished outside of the top 40 three times. He missed the cut with a 36-hole score of 11-over par (73 on Friday). He is 36 holes away from becoming the first player since Brooks Koepka to win a major tournament in three consecutive years. He jumped 18 spots into a tie for eighth thanks to a three-under par 67 on Friday.

When Joel Dahmen got to the parking lot after his second round on Friday, his courtesy car was nowhere to be found.

The prevailing theory was that the valet must have given his courtesy car to some other mustachioed guy wearing a bucket hat. Making matters even more ridiculous was the fact that the Netflix cameras—filming for the forthcoming PGA Tour docu-series—were shadowing Dahmen as he stood in the parking lot, thumb in the air. When he got there, however, his car was nowhere to be found.

Defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm sits one shot back of the leaders, along with 2011 winner Rory McIlroy and Hayden Buckley. Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose, ...

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BROOKLINE, Massachusetts – The Country Club is the quirky kind of course that presents opportunities for golfers of varying skills and backgrounds, many of whom ...

“And I have my best friend beside me in Geno, and he is a ton of fun, and he's fun to be around. It's pretty cool to have people root for you.” Fans at events are naturally drawn to Dahmen, and he still can’t believe how he is recognized more often in public – even without his floppy hat that he wears on tour. Dahmen admits that when he first came out on tour as a rookie, he adopted the persona of “pro golfer.” It didn’t suit him and his performance suffered. “Behind playing with Tiger, for sure,” he said. “I've just got to keep doing that.” He and his even more engaging and entertaining caddie, Geno Bonnalie, just do their thing to relative success. This is really cool, but it's really all for naught if you go lay and egg on the weekend. It's weird,” he said. We've had a couple dust-ups, and it's always me barking at him and being a jerk. I'd figure by now I would have heard all of them, but that is still not the case somehow. And while he might not prevail against heavyweights like Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler this weekend at the U.S. Open, it’s not going to be because the stage was too big for a guy like him. Just hit some golf shots, and I did that really well.” He’s taking the opportunity so seriously that when his early/late side of the draw left him time to attend a Ben Rector concert on Thursday night, he didn’t “have 100 beers like we typically do at the concerts.” Rocco Mediate took Tiger to 91 holes; I think I can do okay.”

Joel Dahmen almost didn't both showing up for his final U.S. Open qualifying, but he did, and now the 54-year-old is the co-leader entering Saturday's third ...

"My coach, Rob Rashell, came out and things started to trend in the right direction. "Then I was tired at Memorial and said I wasn't going to do it. I'm getting recognized a little bit more off the golf course, which is -- my wife will look at me, like, what is happening? I was never really going to do it until I played -- sort of played better at Memorial and the game was there. I think this is my eighth or ninth major championship, and you think not long ago I would have done a lot of things to play in one, and to think that I have an opportunity just to skip one, kind of looking back, even this whole week, you don't appreciate really. I told my wife I wasn't going to do it," Dahmen explained.