Joel Dahmen

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Joel Dahmen
Personal information
Full nameJoel Isaac Dahmen
Born (1987-11-11) November 11, 1987 (age 36)
Clarkston, Washington, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Spouse
Lona Skutt
​
(m. 2018)​
Career
College University of Washington
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
PGA Tour Canada
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Gateway Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking 58 (October 25, 2020) [1]
(as of April 28, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T10: 2020
U.S. Open T10: 2022
The Open Championship T46: 2021
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Canada
Order of Merit winner 		2014

Joel Isaac Dahmen (born November 11, 1987) is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour.

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Born and raised in Clarkston, Washington, Dahmen first gained recognition as a two-time Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 3A state golf champion during his high school years at Clarkston High School, before playing a year of college golf at the University of Washington in Seattle. He turned professional and initially played on PGA Tour Canada from 2010 to 2013, with limited success until 2014, when he won twice and topped the Order of Merit, securing his Web.com Tour card for 2015. Dahmen's career on the Web.com Tour included making the cut in several events and earning his PGA Tour card for the 2016–17 season by finishing 25th on the money list.

Dahmen's professional achievements include finishing second at the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship and winning his first PGA Tour title at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in March 2021. Dahmen has overcome a battle with testicular cancer. He appeared in the sports documentary series Full Swing in February 2023.

Amateur career

Born and raised in Clarkston, Washington, [2] Dahmen was a two-time Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 3A state golf champion at Clarkston High School. He played one year of college golf at the University of Washington in Seattle. [3]

Professional career

Dahmen played on PGA Tour Canada from 2010 to 2013 without much success. In 2014, however, he won twice and won the Order of Merit to gain his Web.com Tour card for 2015. [4] He also played three events on PGA Tour Latinoamérica in late 2014, finishing tied for second in two of them. [2]

On the Web.com Tour in 2015, Dahmen made the cut in 12 of 25 events, including three top-10 finishes. He advanced to the Web.com Tour Finals but failed to earn a PGA Tour card. Returning to the Web.com Tour in 2016, he made 13 cuts in 20 events in the regular season including two tied for third finishes. He earned his PGA Tour card for 2017 by finishing 25th on the money list by $975. [5]

On the 2016–17 PGA Tour season, Dahmen finished 176 in the FedEx Cup rankings with his best finish being a T9. He finished 24th in the Web.com Tour Finals and regained his PGA Tour card for the 2017–18 season.

At the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship, Dahmen finished second to Max Homa, who got his first career PGA Tour win by 3 strokes. [6] [7]

In March 2021, Dahmen won his first PGA Tour title at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship in the Dominican Republic. [8]

Personal life

Dahmen previously suffered from testicular cancer. [9]

Dahmen appeared in the sports documentary series Full Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023. [10]

In January 2023, Dahmen and his wife announced the birth of their first child. [11]

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Mar 28, 2021 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship −12 (67-71-68-70=276)1 stroke Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Rafael Campos, Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ryder

PGA Tour Canada wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Jun 1, 2014 PC Financial Open −16 (66-70-68-68=272)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brad Clapp, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eugene Wong
2Jun 22, 2014 Syncrude Boreal Open −22 (63-66-68-69=266)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Richard McDonald

Gateway Tour wins (3)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T71T10T55CUTT69
U.S. Open CUTCUTT10CUT
The Open Championship CUTNTT46
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament201920202021202220232024
The Players Championship T12CCUTT33T60T11

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2020
Championship
Match Play NT1
Invitational T20
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 43 2020 Ending 25 Oct 2020" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Joel Dahmen – Career". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ Eggers, Kerry (August 26, 2016). "Oregon Local News - Keeping things in perspective, no matter how hard that may be". Portland Tribune. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ Hanson, Scott (September 26, 2014). "Golfer Joel Dahmen's road to the pros included UW washout, cancer". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ryan Brehm Wins Web.com Finale, Earns PGA Tour Card". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (May 5, 2019). "Homa comes full circle and wins Wells Fargo Championship". Associated Press. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Valencia Professional Golfer Throws First Pitch at Dodgers Game". mynewsla.com. May 11, 2019.
  8. ↑ Woodard, Adam (March 28, 2021). "Joel Dahmen earns first PGA Tour win at Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship". Golfweek. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Golfer battled cancer, now ready to fight way up leaderboard". The Spokesman-Review. July 30, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Tee Up for 'Full Swing,' the Golf Documentary Series That Drives Plenty of Drama". Netflix Tudum. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  11. ↑ Joel Dahmen [@joeldahmen] (January 23, 2023). "Hello World!" . Retrieved May 27, 2023– via Instagram.
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