‘I’m in shock’ – PGA Tour star gives brutally honest interview after ‘inexcusable’ collapse
A shocked Joel Dahmen delivered a gut-wrenching interview after throwing away the chance to win his second PGA Tour title. The American, who has risen to fame as a popular character on the Netflix documentary ‘Full Swing’, was three shots clear heading into the final round of the Corales Puntacana Championship. Dahmen won this event in 2021 but that remains his sole PGA Tour victoryGetty However, Dahmen carded a disappointing 76 on Sunday, which included three bogeys in the closing three holes. The lowlight was a desperately short miss on the 17th green, before Dahmen ended up one shot behind eventual winner Garrick Higgo. “I think I’m in a little bit of shock, honestly,” Dahmen said after finishing in a tie for second. “It’s not how you win a golf tournament, I’ll tell you that. I don’t deserve to win it. “You know, bogeying the last three is inexcusable. Middle of the fairway with an 8-iron on 16 to hit it where I hit it, you can’t get up and down over there. “I don’t know what happened on the short one on 17. I mean, I’m obviously nervous, but unfortunately, I’m prone to that at times. “You can call it a lapse in concentration. It’s not like a yippee thing, it’s not like one of those things. But bad time to do it. “And then 18’s just a really hard hole. We had 220 [to the] pin and wind surfed on it and hit a very average chip. I hit a good putt. I actually thought it was a straight putt and broke a little left on me. “All of a sudden, I wake up and I lost the golf tournament.” Dahmen added: “This one could take a while to get over. View Tweet: https://twitter.com/CoralesChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw “It’s one of those things, you learn more in defeat unfortunately. I don’t know what I’m going to do yet. Like I said, I still think I’m in a little bit of shock. Felt like I was in a good head space. I was in a good head space but sometimes your body doesn’t cooperate. “This one’s going to sting for a while.” In the PGA Tour‘s main event of the weekend, Justin Thomas ended a three-year drought by winning the RBC Heritage. The Ryder Cup star beat Andrew Novak in a play-off after they both finished 17-under-par at Harbour Town. Thomas, who sank a 21-foot putt to win, had not tasted victory since the 2022 PGA Championship. “When the ball went in, it was pure joy… I just was so happy. I couldn’t stop smiling,” Thomas said. Two-time major winner Thomas finally returned to the winners’ circleGetty “I feel like I’ve been playing well enough to win for a couple years. “But just because you feel that way and you are, obviously that doesn’t mean that you’re going to.” He added: “I didn’t realise how much I missed winning.”
A shocked Joel Dahmen delivered a gut-wrenching interview after throwing away the chance to win his second PGA Tour title.
The American, who has risen to fame as a popular character on the Netflix documentary ‘Full Swing’, was three shots clear heading into the final round of the Corales Puntacana Championship.
However, Dahmen carded a disappointing 76 on Sunday, which included three bogeys in the closing three holes.
The lowlight was a desperately short miss on the 17th green, before Dahmen ended up one shot behind eventual winner Garrick Higgo.
“I think I’m in a little bit of shock, honestly,” Dahmen said after finishing in a tie for second.
“It’s not how you win a golf tournament, I’ll tell you that. I don’t deserve to win it.
“You know, bogeying the last three is inexcusable. Middle of the fairway with an 8-iron on 16 to hit it where I hit it, you can’t get up and down over there.
“I don’t know what happened on the short one on 17. I mean, I’m obviously nervous, but unfortunately, I’m prone to that at times.
“You can call it a lapse in concentration. It’s not like a yippee thing, it’s not like one of those things. But bad time to do it.
“And then 18’s just a really hard hole. We had 220 [to the] pin and wind surfed on it and hit a very average chip. I hit a good putt. I actually thought it was a straight putt and broke a little left on me.
“All of a sudden, I wake up and I lost the golf tournament.”
Dahmen added: “This one could take a while to get over.
“It’s one of those things, you learn more in defeat unfortunately. I don’t know what I’m going to do yet. Like I said, I still think I’m in a little bit of shock. Felt like I was in a good head space. I was in a good head space but sometimes your body doesn’t cooperate.
“This one’s going to sting for a while.”
In the PGA Tour‘s main event of the weekend, Justin Thomas ended a three-year drought by winning the RBC Heritage.
The Ryder Cup star beat Andrew Novak in a play-off after they both finished 17-under-par at Harbour Town.
Thomas, who sank a 21-foot putt to win, had not tasted victory since the 2022 PGA Championship.
“When the ball went in, it was pure joy… I just was so happy. I couldn’t stop smiling,” Thomas said.
“I feel like I’ve been playing well enough to win for a couple years.
“But just because you feel that way and you are, obviously that doesn’t mean that you’re going to.”
He added: “I didn’t realise how much I missed winning.”
