Joel Dahmen, who has become a fan favorite thanks to his appearances on Netflix's Full Swing, was in position Sunday to win his second PGA Tour event of his career when disaster struck, as he bogeyed each of the final three holes to finish a stroke back in a tie for second at the Corales Puntacana Championship.
Dahmen entered the final round with a three-stroke lead. He shot a 62 in Thursday's opening round and seemed poised to close out the win on Sunday.
After the round Dahmen gave some brutally honest answers about what happened down the stretch.
“I think I’m in a little bit of shock, honestly,” Dahmen said. “It’s not how you win a golf tournament, I’ll tell you that. I don’t deserve to win it."
He added: "I don’t know what happened on the short [missed putt] on 17, I mean I’m obviously nervous but I’m unfortunately prone to that at times."
Dahmen said this loss could be one that stays with him for a bit.
"This one could take a while to get over," he said. "You learn more in defeat, unfortunately. I don’t know what I’m going to learn from this yet. Like I said, I think I’m still in a little bit of shock."
Here was that short putt on 17.
Joel Dahmen was -350 to go wire-to-wire on the 16th tee.
— Golfbet (@Golfbet) April 20, 2025
He bogeyed his final 3 holes to lose by 1 stroke 😩 pic.twitter.com/9rAXMoqEMd
Here are his full comments:
A shocked Joel Dahmen with a hard self-assessment after bogeying the final three holes at the Corales Puntacana Championship to lose to Garrick Higgo.
— Josh Schrock (@Schrock_And_Awe) April 20, 2025
"It's not how you win a golf tournament, I'll tell you that. I don't deserve to win it" pic.twitter.com/IfjcgQA9Ky
Dahmen's lone PGA Tour victory came in this event back in 2021.
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