Joel Dahmen joined the 58 club on Friday.
Dahmen was playing with some friends at the Mesa Country Club in Mesa, Arizona, for a friendly round of golf and proceeded to set a course record.
Dahmen, who calls Scottsdale home, opened with a birdie on the par-5 1st. He also birdied the par-5 5th hole. After a par on the par-4 6th, things got crazy good. Dahmen went 12 under on the next 12 holes, with three eagles and six birdies.
In fact, starting on No. 7, Dahmen wrote down: 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-3, finishing with a birdie-birdie-eagle flurry. Note that that’s a 26 on the back nine.
A mere birdie on 18 would’ve give him the cherished 59 but he went ahead and eagled the par-5 hole for a 58. Ho-hum.
The scorecard shows five sets of tees. We’re going to assume he played ‘The Tips’ (yea, that’s how it’s printed), which measured 6,887 yards.
Dahmen posted a photo with the five friends he played with, including Ian Happ and Kyle Schwarber, teammates on the Chicago Cubs.
Happ’s got game. He shot a 69. Schwarber shot an 81, the worst score of the group.
We’ll see if Dahmen can go low next week, as he’s committed to play in the Scottsdale AZ Open, which features a handful of PGA Tour pros.
