{"id":402160,"date":"2026-02-01T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/402160\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:51:10","slug":"joel-dahmen-rising-to-occasion-at-just-the-right-time-at-torrey-pines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/402160\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Dahmen rising to occasion at just the right time at Torrey Pines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Joel Dahmen hits tee shot to 9 feet, sets up birdie on No. 16 at Farmers<\/p>\n

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He may be six shots behind leader Justin Rose \u2013 the world No. 10 who appears to be stopping Father Time in his tracks at Torrey Pines \u2013 but for Joel Dahmen, his position in solo-second place on the leaderboard at the Farmers Insurance Open is already a victory.<\/p>\n

Not that he\u2019ll tell you that.<\/p>\n

In fact, he told CBS commentator Jim Nantz that, \u201cIt\u2019s just golf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elaborating to the media following his 4-under 68 on Saturday, Dahmen noted: \u201cOut on the golf course, it is just golf. Like you can’t do anything else. You can’t do anything more, right? You can only hit the 7-iron as good as you can hit it. You can only go through your process as good as you can. I mean, you try to keep it just golf.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it’s my career, it’s my livelihood, it’s how I take care of my family and it’s been amazing to me, but you have to dumb it down a little bit when you’re out there and try to just remember it is just golf. Then Sunday night you can add up all the cool things and all the neat things that happened after that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But don\u2019t be fooled by the cool demeanor. Dahmen knows his strong play couldn\u2019t come at a better time for the nine-year PGA TOUR veteran, who has just one title on his resume (the 2021 Corales Puntacana Championship) but loads of fans thanks to his endearing turn in the first season of Netflix\u2019s \u201cFull Swing.\u201d But popularity doesn\u2019t win golf tournaments, and after making just 12 cuts in 28 starts last season, Dahmen landed on the wrong side of the FedExCup standings after finishing 93rd in 2025, well short of the top 70 cutoff.<\/p>\n

And after a standout round Friday at Torrey Pines\u2019 North Course \u2013 he carded three eagles in a 9-under 63 \u2013 Dahmen admitted that the prospect of an unknown schedule was an uncomfortable reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 10 years out here, I\u2019ve kind of got to pick my schedule mostly, and it\u2019s been great,\u201d Dahmen told Golf Digest. \u201cAnd I would say there\u2019s a part in mid-December where I wasn\u2019t doing a lot and hanging out with the family, and at times you\u2019d be like, \u2018I wonder if I\u2019m only gonna get into 12, 15 events.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Dahmen was unsure of his chances at getting into Farmers, as well. He was the fifth alternate, but he was a round-about beneficiary when two spots were added to the Farmers field as part of Brooks Koepka\u2019s return to the PGA TOUR.<\/p>\n

A strong finish this week would go a long way towards helping Dahmen clear up some of that uncertainty. With one round left, his current projected standing in the FedExCup \u2013 in sixth \u2013 puts him firmly into the Aon Swing 5, where he has a chance of playing his way into Signature Events. He has a sponsor exemption into next week\u2019s WM Phoenix Open, which is the cutoff for the Aon Swing 5 for spots in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational.<\/p>\n

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At 15-under \u2013 a scoring mark that would have beaten or matched the winning score of the last six editions of the Farmers \u2013 Dahmen knows he can only play his game and enjoy his position playing in the final pairing for two days straight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t get to play in the final group as much as some other guys, and so I try to look around and I try to enjoy it a little bit,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s really cool that people like watching me play golf or are out supporting me. That’s never going to get old.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for how he\u2019ll handle Rose, Dahmen said jokingly: \u201cMy only hope is if he doesn’t set his alarm or he somehow starts hitting in the rough on the back nine maybe. I don’t know. The way he’s playing and what he’s doing, I would be pleased with second place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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