Joel Dahmen

Dahmen was born in Clarkston, Washington, a small town in remote eastern Washington, just miles from the Idaho border. He was a talented junior golfer, but a sad thing hit him in his junior year in high school. His mother died of pancreatic cancer. Shortly after that, his brother was diagnosed with testicular cancer. In February 2011, Dahmen got his own diagnosis: he had testicular cancer, too. He underwent surgery and chemotherapy. He overcame cancer and gained perspective, which hardly meant golf got easy. He played a year for the Washington Huskies before trying a pro career.
Dahmen played on PGA Tour Canada from 2010 to 2013 without much success. At the start of 2014, he was depressed; he missed out on the second stage of Q-School and was ready to give up. He didn't play golf for almost two months, bought a black lab he called Murphy, and tried to think of something else to do. His wife-to-be gave him $200 and told him to get a lesson; in a way, it started things. He won the PC Financial Open in his first PGA Tour Canadian event in the summer of 2014. Three weeks later, he won again at The Syncrude Boreal, starting with a first-round 63, and he never looked back. He won by 5 shots. Later in the season, he was T-5th at the Staal Foundation Open and T-2nd at the ATB Financial Classic. He finished the season on top of the order of Merit with $80,992, which got him a full card on the Korn Ferry Tour for 2015. Later in the year played three events on PGA Tour Latinoamerica, finishing tied for second in two of them.
2015 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 25; Rounds Played - 76; In Money - 13; Top-10 Finishes - 3; Scoring Average - 70.75 (Rank 96th); Regular Season Money - $86,344 (Rank 62nd); Playoff Money - $2,460 (Rank 122nd), Priority Rank - 126; Best Finish - T-8th, Colombia Championship. He played in all 25 events on the schedule and retained his card for 2016.
2016 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 20; Rounds Played - 67; In Money - 13; Top-10 Finishes - 3; Scoring Average - 69.78 (Rank 28th); Regular Season Money - $150,267 (Rank 25th); Priority Rank - 48th; Best Finish - T-3rd, Chitimacha Louisiana Open and Nashville Golf Open. He didn't play in the playoffs, but he got his PGA Tour card for 2017.
2017 Notes: Played in 16 PGA Tour events making 7 cuts with one top-ten finish. He was T-9th at the AT&T Byron Nelson 5 shots back of the Horschel/Day playoff. It was his first top-ten of his PGA Tour career. He was 176th in the FedExCup race, so they went into the Korn Ferry Tour playoffs. Played a total of 7 Korn Ferry Tour events; thanks to a T-6th at the DAP Championship was able to earn $41,943 in finals money, which got him a 24th-place finish on the 2017 Korn Ferry Tour Finals money list (excluding the 25), along with a 49th in the Priority to secure his PGA Tour card for 2018.
2018 Notes: Played in 28 PGA Tour events making 19 cuts with 3 top-ten finishes. After a slow start, his game got better in the summer. He was T-5th at The Greenbrier, and the following week was T-2nd at the John Deere Classic. He was T-15th at the Barbasol Championship, followed by a T-8th at the RBC Canadian Open. Before, Greenbrier was 126th in the FedExCup race, but after, Canada was 61st and was able to play in the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time. He missed the cut at the first two playoff events to end his season 80th in the FedExCup race.
2019 Notes: Played in 29 PGA Tour events making 21 cuts with two top-ten finishes. Advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs for the second consecutive season, advancing to the BMW Championship for the first time and finishing 55th in the FedExCup standings. Was T-9th at the Farmers Insurance Open. After missing the cut in his next four starts, he finished T-12th at the Players Championship and earned his biggest paycheck in his career with $253,125. Had another T-12th finish at the Corales Puntacana, with a smaller payday of just $57,000. He earned his best finish on tour with a runner-up finish at the Wells Fargo Championship, he was 3 shots back of winner Max Homa, and Dahmen earned his biggest paycheck yet with $853,200. With his move to 80th in the Official World Golf Rankings, he earned an invite to play in the PGA Championship and his first major start. He finished T-71st at the PGA Championship. They also got to play in the U.S. Open and the Open Championship missing the cut. He ended his year T-24th at the BMW Championship.
2020 Notes: Played in 22 PGA Tour events making 18 cuts with five top-ten finishes. Finished 38th in the FedExCup points list. Was T-9th at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and T-6th at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, five shots back of winner Brendon Todd. Was T-5th at the Genesis Invitational, three shots back of winner Adam Scott and T-5th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, four shots back of winner Tyrrell Hatton. After the break from COVID-19 was T-10th at the PGA Championship. In the FedExCup playoffs, he missed the cut at the Northern Trust and T-20th at the BMW Championship.
2021 Notes: Played in 27 PGA Tour events making 17 cuts with three top-ten finishes. Ranked 76th in the FedExCup standings. He was T-8th at the Zozo Championship. Won the Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship by one stroke, earning his first PGA Tour title in his 111th career start. He held a share of the lead after three rounds. He entered the week with missed cuts in six of his last seven starts. He was T-7th at the Barracuda Championship, 12 points back of winner Erik Van Rooyen. In the FedExCup playoffs was T-31st at the Northern Trust.
2022 Notes: Played in 26 PGA Tour events making 19 cuts with three top-ten finishes. He ranked 92nd in the FedExCup standings. Shot a final-round 65 to finish T-5th at the Houston Open, four shots back of winner Jason Kokrak. Was T-6th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-am, five shots back of winner Tom Hoge. He held a share of the lead after the second round of the U.S. Open before finishing T-10th, his second career top-10 in a major and first since the 2020 PGA Championship (T-10th). In the FedExCup playoffs missed the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
2023 Notes: Shot four rounds in the 60s to finish T-3rd at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, five shots back of winner Russell Henley. He was T-9th at the Houston Open, and, with a final round, 64, was T-5th at the RSM Classic, four shots back of winner Adam Svensson.