Full Swing (2023) s01e04 Episode Script

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[woman] So, can you explain what happened
at the Waste Management Phoenix Open?
Uh, I'm assuming you want
to get to my taking off my shirt.
- [crowd chanting] Take it off!
- [Dahmen] The place is going nuts.
Harry Higgs and I are paired together,
and we're nearly in last place.
All of a sudden, people are like,
"Harry, take your shirt off!"
[crowd chanting] We want tits!
[Higgs] If this goes in,
shirt's coming off.
[crowd cheers]
- [announcer] Oh my lord.
- [announcer 2] Good god.
[Dahmen] Beer cans are flying.
It's loud, and I kind of
got caught up in the moment myself.
[cheering]
- [announcer] Oh no. Here we go.
- [announcer 2] Oh, jeez.
Joel Dahmen getting in on the act.
[Dahmen] I don't know if I regret it yet,
but maybe one of these days I will.
And then the TOUR calls and yells at you.
You're not supposed to take your shirt off
on a golf course, which makes sense.
[energetic music playing]
[man] He's just your friendly neighbor,
who's really fucking good
at hitting a golf ball.
[announcer]
It's right at the flag. Might go in.
- Oh! What a shot.
- [announcer 2] What a great shot that was.
[Dahmen] For whatever reason,
I naturally was very gifted at golf early.
[cheering]
[announcer] Joel Dahmen is a winner
on the PGA TOUR for the first time.
You did it! You did it! [laughs]
It is so freaking hard
to win a golf tournament. [laughs]
Joel is the most self-deprecating,
least confident-sounding person
who is incredible at what he does,
that I've ever met.
[woman] Do you feel ready to win a major
at this stage in your career?
No, not even close. [laughs]
[announcer]
Dahmen clearly perturbed by that.
Really not all that bad.
I think the thing that sets
the top golfers apart from the rest,
is belief in themselves.
We're the best in the world
and set ourselves to high standards.
One of the best rounds of my life.
[Dahmen] The best players
are way better than me.
I'll never be a top-ten player
in the world. I'll never win majors.
Joel can compete with the best players
in the world because, truthfully,
he is one of the best in the world.
[dramatic music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
- [man] Ready to work out?
- [Dahmen] Yeah, so ready.
Can you give me heavier weights today
so I look better on camera?
- Hundred percent, buddy.
- Thanks.
My name is Joel Dahmen.
We're gonna start bottoms-up press,
facing me.
I dunno what a bottoms-up press is.
[Dahmen] I'm 34 years old, and I'm
a professional golfer on the PGA TOUR.
[Kemp] Pull it.
[grunts] That's so tight.
- [Kemp] Just be tough for two seconds.
- I can't.
[Dahmen] It's not like I don't try
and I don't practice,
but someone's got to be
the seventieth-best golfer in the world.
Might as well be me.
Keep the glute turned on tight,
and then drop your rib cage.
- Can't drop rib cage and flex butt.
- [Kemp] Yes, you can.
[Dahmen] I'm a middle-of-the-road
PGA TOUR player.
The top players, like Brooks Koepka
and Rory McIlroy,
those guys,
they're just built differently.
They're mentally just different.
They hit it further.
They chip and putt better.
Like, I'm not a threat
when I walk into these things, really.
- You want to try this?
- [Dahmen] You have to be super athletic.
I'm so much stronger than you. [laughs]
- [Dahmen] Your hand-eye is terrible.
- That's fine, but I'm stronger than you.
[Lona] Joel is just a goofball.
He's so fun-loving, happy,
but I think it hasn't been
the easiest of roads to get to that point.
[Lona] Good job, honey.
[Lona] Joel's life experience
hasn't been easy by any means.
Loss and trauma definitely
molded his direction in life.
[grunts]
Yeah, so cancer sucks.
When I was a junior in high school
my mom was diagnosed
with pancreatic cancer,
given six months to live,
and passed almost six months to the day.
Oh! And look what's down here!
[voice breaking] And then, um
Seventeen years ago, still emotional.
She did everything for me.
I never made my bed. I never did laundry.
I was so spoiled by her.
After her passing, I never grieved.
I just hid it.
For those four or five years
where most kids are excelling
in the college and planning to play pro,
I was just kind of a leaf in the wind,
just blowing around.
He was partying and didn't care,
and I don't think he really had direction.
[Dahmen] I was living at home. I was like,
"Either get a job or play golf."
And playing golf sounded like
the best option for me,
so I kind of just dove into it.
It was my only option left
of doing something great.
[man] Nice drive.
[Kemp] Did you go
back and forth four times?
- [Lona] Three.
- [Kemp] Yeah, three this time, Joel.
Go, Joel. Go, Joel, go.
Go, Joel. Go, Joel, go.
I wish I didn't like you so much.
See, that's the deal.
You just gotta charm your trainer.
[Kemp laughs] To death.
[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat music playing]
[cheering]
[announcer] Stunning Torrey Pines
on a glorious Thursday afternoon.
This is the seventieth edition
of The Farmers Insurance Open.
[indistinct chatter]
[announcer] This entire property will be
littered with a stacked field of stars.
[indistinct chatter]
I'm gonna go to the range for a bit.
Boys.
Hey, guys.
Give us a chance to shoot something good.
Know what I mean?
Make that putt on five,
I get in better though.
[man] On the PGA TOUR, most tournaments
have a cut after 36 holes.
Everyone plays on Thursday.
Everyone plays on Friday,
and typically roughly half
the guys make the weekend.
If you miss the cut, you don't get
a paycheck. It's that simple.
[Dahmen] Now I just hit this
right on those two balls.
[Bonnalie] Be there, baby.
In! Great shot, Joely.
A PGA TOUR player, they're the CEO,
they're the president, they're the GM,
they're everything of their own company.
Golfers have sometimes a lot of coaches.
Sometimes they have a swing coach,
and then their caddies,
who can also usually double as
a swing coach or another set of eyes.
Set up more down the middle, just hit it.
[man] The caddies' most basic job is
to carry the bag of PGA TOUR player,
but they also usually get yardages,
read greens,
and tell their player which way
a putt is breaking.
Some player-caddie relationships on tour
are very business oriented,
and some of are not.
Ah!
Why am I so bad?
- [sighs]
- [Bonnalie] Get there.
Fuck, man. This is a shit show.
Does your back hurt? We can call
rules and get the hell out of here.
- Ow, my arm! My arm!
- [Bonnalie chuckles]
Let's see. Is there an earlier
There is a three o'clock flight.
I can get on it.
I gotta leave, like, right now though.
[Dahmen] Geno is the greatest
second-greatest human alive,
behind my wife.
He's my best friend,
who happens to be my caddie.
[Bonnalie] All right.
Shit's about to get fun.
[Bonnalie] I've been caddying for Joel
for eight seasons now.
I legitimately love him,
and I don't mean that to be weird.
[Bonnalie] Well, the good news is
we have a bunch of freaking easy holes
we're about to hammer through here.
[Dahmen] I mean, I think we're
we're happy together. We sound like
a married couple, but we basically are.
What can I do
to make your life better?
[Dahmen] Caddies are underappreciated
in what they have to deal with
as far as being a psychologist.
You have to know what you're getting
from your caddie, stay positive.
He's gotta do the same
to make your job easier.
That part is very hard.
Sometimes I'll yell at him, or I might
even hit him. I've hit him before.
I'm gonna miss
all the West Coast cuts again.
I'm gonna fucking punch you in your ribs.
You told me Tuesday you're gonna make
a million dollars the next four weeks.
Then we gotta get after it.
[Lona] Geno's come up to me
a couple times like,
"Man, I'm getting fired after today."
And I'm like, "No, you're not, Geno.
It's gonna be fine." [chuckles]
[Dahmen] Geno's a lot more serious
than people think he is.
I think he takes our losses and some
of our failures a bit harder than I do.
Well, on to next week.
[Dahmen] Good job, Nick.
[Dahmen] Every time you miss a cut,
you're losing money.
Money can't buy happiness,
but it helps a lot.
[Dahmen] Hello.
- [Lona] How are ya?
- Good, you guys?
- [Lona] Good.
- [Bonnalie] It wasn't your best, bud.
Yeah, just put it on me.
That's fine. I sucked today.
Joel did his job how he was supposed to.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Bonnalie] I don't know how my mom
has kept everything.
In fact, I didn't even know she did
until just recently.
And she's like, "Oh, I have
tons of stuff about you and Joel."
"All the newspaper clippings
and whatnot from along the way."
[chuckles] That's actually really funny.
It says, "How Dahmen and his caddie,
Geno Bonnalie, have formed
one of golf's most entertaining duos."
I would say that's probably
an accurate statement.
[screaming]
[rock music playing]
- He misses. Breaking left.
- Breaking so much!
We got a champion of the short!
Huh!
Oh, he knocked it in!
That wasn't even scary.
[laughs]
- We made it!
- Ah!
[Dahmen] Geno and I grew up together
in a small town
in northern Idaho, eastern Washington.
We started playing golf
when I was, like, 12 or 13.
And he had his driver's license
at the time.
So he would pick me up
and we'd play golf after school and
take me to Taco Bell.
[Dahmen] Put it away.
Oh my goodness, he's terrible.
[Bonnalie]
I was pretty good in high school,
but Joel was really good in eighth grade.
He won state in his freshman year by,
like, eight strokes or something,
which is just unheard of.
This is exactly what
I wanted to see. Geno
Just go right up and over
Reach between your legs
to see if you've got balls.
- Oh, he does!
- Wow!
Partner!
The story of how Geno
became my caddie is interesting.
Basically, he had this email
that he sent to me.
"First, I wanna say
how proud of you I am."
"Not only are you gonna make the big time,
I believe you're one
of the best in the world."
"Not only are you gonna make it big time,
I believe you're one
of the best in the world."
[scoffs]
I can't believe I'm getting emotional.
That's how much I love Geno.
That said, I'd like to officially apply
for the position of Joel Dahmen's caddie.
"I want what's best for you, and I believe
you and I would thrive together." [laughs]
[Dahmen] His first year with me,
I think he only made 87 dollars.
[Bonnalie chuckles]
Uh, those first two years were tight.
"I already have a plan to get rid of
my truck and buy a Honda Civic
and modify it to be my house."
I totally did. I was going to buy
Actually, change it to Civic to Prius,
way better gas mileage.
Oh, Geno
And, uh
I hired him, obviously.
Uh
But I didn't hire him right away,
'cause I really didn't believe that
he could be away from his son.
I didn't believe that his wife
could imagine him being gone this long,
but I didn't have other options,
and he seemed like a pretty good fit.
[Bonnalie] You ready to jump
into this melted snow water, buddy?
After you.
Come on. No!
[Bonnalie] The financial agreement
between players and caddies
is usually, on the PGA TOUR,
a couple thousand dollars a week
to cover your base expenses,
and then anywhere from between seven
and ten percent of earnings as well.
Essentially, all my success is dependent
on Joel's success on the golf course.
I wish it wasn't that way,
but it's a sport that pays you
based on how you finish each week,
and that's how I make my money,
as a percentage of his money.
No added pressure, Joel.
But yeah, it's all on him.
[dance music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[man] Twenty-one, win by two.
- [Dahmen] Win by two.
- [man] All right.
- I lead because I own the fucking house.
- That's true.
[upbeat song in Spanish plays]
- Getting drunk.
- [laughs]
- Are you miked up right now?
- Yeah.
[laughing]
Netflix, cut this.
[Bonnalie] Joel is definitely different
from many of the other golfers out there.
Joel's capable of being
top 30 in the world, I would say.
That being said, I don't know if Joel
wants to be top 30 in the world.
I didn't mean to eat and run,
but I'm kinda exhausted.
Well, it's a big weekend. Oh, of course.
[Homa] I would say most
of my adult-beverage nights with Joel
end with me yelling at Joel
about how good he is at golf
and trying to get him to realize it.
What time you play tomorrow?
So if you can't make it,
I will not either,
and we'll just both pack it
- [Homa] Both get DQ'd?
- No, let's fly to Vegas.
[Homa] Ooh, this is turning out nice!
[Dethier] People have always wondered
if Joel puts himself down too much
and if that could actually end up
affecting his play.
The next major is the U.S. Open,
and Joel actually needs to qualify
for this one because he's not
one of the top-60 players in the world.
Good!
[suspenseful music playing]
[man] Welcome
to The Club at Admiral's Cove,
the final qualifying for
the 122nd United States Open Championship.
[Dethier] Every year, almost 10,000 people
try to qualify for the U.S. Open.
One day, 36 holes,
at several different sites.
They call it "the longest day in golf"
because it's really a survival test
as much as anything.
[Bonnalie] All right.
Let's go make birdies.
[Dethier] The guys left standing from
that day go directly into the U.S. Open.
[announcer] You're playing for 13 spots
and two alternates.
Our next player,
from Clarkston, Washington, Joel Dahmen.
[Bonnalie] Not bad.
If you make some birdies quickly,
it would be much appreciated.
Oh, shut up.
[Bonnalie] In this particular location,
there's 13 spots up for grabs
and around a hundred people
vying for those spots.
[Bonnalie] Stop spinning.
You deserve better than that.
You got robbed.
One bounce great, please. One more.
[Dahmen] I won't be a Hall of Famer. y
When I retire with golf,
no one's gonna remember who I am.
I understand that. I'm fine with it.
I'm not playing for legacy.
Some people are like,
"That's why you'll never be great,
'cause you don't believe it."
[Dahmen] No way.
Which of the guys behind me would you have
caddie for you on the last two holes?
- You must feel good.
- I'll just do it.
This is becoming a waste of a day.
Do you even wanna go to the U.S. Open?
I do. Only if you do, though.
[Bonnalie] I think in that moment,
he was thinking
we wouldn't even play the second 18.
[man] You want a White Claw?
Maybe multiple.
That's just the mojo we need, right?
[Bonnalie] Had lunch and he's like,
"Might as well get a White Claw,"
and I don't know if that's against
the rules or frowned upon or whatever,
but they weren't drinking during a round,
so I think it's okay.
I'm gonna leave you guys.
I gotta go shoot seven under,
and it's starting to blow,
and I don't know if I got it in me.
So we'll see.
[Bonnalie] We need five under par
in the second round
to advance into the U.S. Open.
So just don't hit that tree
and don't put it in the bunker.
Yeah, basically. Just do good.
[Bonnalie] Wow. Great swing.
It's going a long ways.
Wow, that went so far.
You can't be bad. You got this one.
That was straight ripped.
- Great shot.
- Thank you.
That wasn't bad at all.
[Bonnalie] If Joel can keep focused
and trying to play good golf
and just grind out this round, I truly
believe we can get into the U.S. Open.
The focus is to keep
moving up the leaderboard,
because you never know what'll happen.
Nice job. Congratulations on your birdie.
Don't do anything stupid on the last hole,
and we're gonna play in the U.S. Open.
That was the greatest tap-in in my life.
[Bonnalie] Probably shouldn't have had
White Claws between rounds.
Wow. Okay.
[Bonnalie] But you know what?
It was only a couple.
Went out and ended up shooting five-under
in the second round and qualified.
- Make sure you grab all your shit.
- I will.
[Dahmen] I was proud of getting
a chance to play in the U.S. Open.
What you dream of
is playing in the majors.
[Dahmen groans]
[Lona] Go get him.
[laughs]
Come here. Oh, you don't like the camera.
You big baby.
[Lona laughs] Yes.
This is my baby boy.
[Lona] Our dog now.
Eight and a half years with you.
You want scrambled, right? Yeah.
Is that what we decided?
- Can you do a cheesy scramble?
- Yeah. I have some cheddar cheese.
I think a lot of people
are life-and-death to golf,
and we just have
a different perspective on that side.
Especially Joel, from everything
he's been through,
and he has such a good outlook on life
and what actually is life-and-death.
In the spring of 2011, I was diagnosed
with testicular cancer myself.
I'm like, "Oh my goodness, like, not me."
Like, I'm 23 years old.
I'm a pro golfer now.
You know, "You can't touch me."
Luckily, caught it very early,
did a little bit of chemo,
and I was back playing golf that summer.
[Lona] He downplays it, you know?
He's always like,
"It wasn't a deal, just testicular cancer.
It was short."
I think he's more powerful
than he gives himself credit for.
[Dahmen] My mother's passing
still is tough,
but, um, I think myself having cancer
probably changed my life for the better.
You know? Not take life for granted
and try your best.
Do all the right things.
So maybe a blessing-in-disguise
type thing. I don't know.
Brutal.
[Lona] CrossFit gym and a stroller place.
[chuckles] Super random location.
[Lona] With Joel's history with cancer
and everything that he's been through,
we didn't know if it would be possible
to start a family,
but Joel and I are expecting
our first child, and we're very excited.
Do you think that the baby's gonna want
to take naps when I wanna take naps?
Definitely not.
I think you are going to have to take naps
when the baby takes naps.
[Dahmen] My history with cancer definitely
had an effect on being able to have a kid.
It's certainly more challenging.
I am super excited,
and I'm also scared to death.
Okay, this is real adulting.
[Lona] We're adulting. Here we go.
- Hi, how are you?
- Welcome to Strolleria.
- Thanks.
- What brings you guys in today?
Would you consider yourself
an expert in the stroller world?
I'd say there's a few others more expert
than I am, but I'm pretty high up there.
[Lona] I think I have noticed a difference
in Joel's perspective.
[Lona] You know how to fold this one down?
You don't even have to push the buttons.
You can just pull the handlebar up,
and that will just Yep
[laughs]
There you go. [laughs]
We'll get there.
[Lona] I think now that we know
we're having a child,
Joel will definitely try to seize
every opportunity in his golf career,
work his way up,
and be the best he can be.
- Good job.
- I like the storage.
- You just picked out two strollers.
- [laughs]
[Lona] I do think
he'll become more focused.
He almost has to have a lot of pressure,
and then somehow,
he just kicks it into gear.
- Lona, we got a new stroller.
- Whoo-hoo.
- Thank you.
- Making moves.
Appreciate that.
[dramatic rock music playing]
[man] DJ, you're the man.
[indistinct chatter]
[man 2] Whoo!
Oh no.
[announcer] The 122nd edition
of the U.S. Open.
Historic place,
the country club in Brookline.
- It's gonna be a lot of fun.
- Oh yeah, big fun.
[Johnson] U.S. Open is always
You know, the reputation
is that it's the hardest major.
They set up the course very hard.
Deep rough. Firm, fast greens.
You're gonna have to grind.
You just gotta play well if you wanna
have any kind of chance
to win the U.S. Open.
If I was caddying for you, I'd tell you
to hit a little draw with a 5-iron.
Right, just a little move at it.
- [man] He's a really good caddie.
- [Dahmen] But that's why I don't caddie.
[man 2] This is gonna be
the hardest week we play all year.
Whoever mentally can grind through
and find a way to get
the ball in the hole,
that'll be who ends up winning.
[Dethier] It's a big-time tournament.
Seventeen-and-a-half-million-dollar purse
and America's national championship.
It's a grueling four days
that's really designed
to identify the survivor
by the end of the week.
[reporter] We are joined
by world number seven, Collin Morikawa.
I assume you've had a chance to see
the course. Talk about first impressions.
Um, I love it. I think it's
a real good golf course.
[Rahm] It's a U.S. Open. You need
everything. You need to drive it well,
hit your irons well, chip well, putt well,
and be mentally sane for four days.
[McIlroy] I feel confident going
to these golf courses
that are set up more difficult
than everyday tour events.
[reporter] All right. Joel Dahmen.
So is it true you almost skipped
your qualifier coming into this?
There was a lot of discussion
leading up to it.
I told my wife I wasn't gonna do it.
[reporter] How happy are you
that you did do it?
Everything changes when you get
on property. It's huge, people everywhere.
So that changes your mind pretty quickly.
You want them back here?
Okay.
Mm, that looks nice.
That can't be too bad.
I don't understand how you can hit
those shots and say you can't win a major.
[Dahmen laughs]
No, seriously.
You're selling yourself short.
- [Dahmen] Oh, sadly.
- [Rapaport] He's nodding.
[Bonnalie] A hundred percent.
Joel only sells himself short.
[Rapaport] Guys handle themselves
really differently on the PGA TOUR.
On one end, you have
Jordan Spieth, who's like,
"I'm so confident. Gonna win everything."
And then on the other end,
you have Joel, who's like, "I suck.
I'm not gonna be able to win this,"
But when he's tapped in, yeah, he's
a threat to win the biggest tournaments.
Am I ready to win a major?
I don't know if I'm good enough.
I would need a lot of stars to align
in one week.
[somber music playing]
[Bonnalie] When you want to be
at a golf tournament and actually show up,
you are one of the best players
in the world.
- You tell me that all the time.
- You are. [chuckles]
What do you feel that we have to do
going forward to be better?
I could be a little more dedicated
to my craft.
Everything that you have been through,
trying to golf should be
about the easiest thing you've ever done.
I think that's a very fair ask of you,
is to show up,
be ready to compete and want to compete,
and not just go through the motions.
How good could you be if you said,
"Fuck it, I am going to try
as hard as I can"?
Um
I don't know. How good could I be? Top 50?
Do I think I'm a top-ten favorites
going into the U.S. Open? No.
[Bonnalie] Well, that's debatable.
[upbeat music playing]
[announcer] This is gonna be a great week
in the latest chase for the U.S. Open.
[announcer 2] Nine thousand players
entered to try to get in.
We're down to the last 156
that are trying to make history here.
[light applause]
- Have a great day.
- You too, pal.
[announcer 3] Please welcome,
from Clarkston, Washington, Joel Dahmen.
[Bonnalie] Good job, Joel. Really nice.
[announcer] Right up that left side.
Great shape.
Are you up further? Oh yeah, right there.
[laughs]
[Dahmen] Oh, fuck.
Goddamn it.
[announcer] That secondary cut of rough
could be five inches.
[Bonnalie] All right. Shake it off.
[announcer] So you accept your bogey,
you move on,
but Dahmen is going to drop back.
That's brutal. What a stupid hole.
[announcer 2] Take a look at some featured
groupings in the opening round.
The Open champ, Morikawa,
off the front for birdie.
Ooh. Oh!
- He did that!
- [announcer 4] Oh, wow!
There's a nice bonus.
[announcer 5] Rory McIlroy, trying to get
to two-under here. Birdie putt.
Oh yeah.
Perfectly good for the second.
[announcer] Joel Dahmen.
Looking up the hill here at the seventh.
He's got some work to do.
[Renner] Basically,
it's a 35, 40-foot putt.
God, they roll so far back.
[Bonnalie] I think the angle
you're coming up, it'll keep going until
just short of the hole.
So like you said, I don't think there's
time for it to change.
From that side, I was probably
Yeah, that line looks
really good to me from here.
[man] Let's go, Joel!
[announcer 2] Seems a little fast
coming down the hill.
Stay up! Yes, it does.
[cheering and applause]
[Bonnalie] Good job, buddy.
[Bonnalie] Hey.
Nice fucking putt.
[Homa] Geno knows exactly what to say
to Joel and when.
When they're playing well,
you can tell they're having fun.
[announcer 2]
Over at 13 now, Collin Morikawa.
Just 30% of the field hitting this green.
[announcer] Yikes!
Rory's second shot at the par four.
[crowd] Oh!
[announcer 5] Aw, that's brutal.
[announcer]
Ball is in the air for Joel Dahmen.
- Great shape. Great look at the stick.
- [announcer 2] That's a fine shot.
[tense percussive music playing]
[Dahmen] When I'm playing well
in these moments, I'm more fired up.
I'm ready to go more.
[announcer] For birdie.
[Dahmen] I do better in the moment
than screwing around at 40th,
trying to just make a paycheck.
A little more focused
on every little thing.
[announcer 2] As we look
at the leaderboard here, a mix of players.
Some of the best in the world,
and some who just are finding
their way around with smart, steady golf.
- [Dahmen] How are you? Thank you.
- You did good.
[Dahmen] Can Joel Dahmen win a major?
Blah, blah, blah. Here we go.
You said you can't do this.
Look at you now.
- [reporter] It's only one round.
- Anything else? Thank you.
What else can I do to help your life?
[Dahmen]
Do you want an umbrella in your car?
[Bonnalie]
Is it a shitty one or a good one?
Probably a shitty one.
- Adios.
- [Dahmen] I love you, pal.
- Love you.
- Sorry I suck sometimes.
[indistinct chatter]
[tense music playing]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.
Excited to be here and talk about
major championship golf again.
It feels like a perfect U.S. Open
leaderboard to me.
You've got a couple of big names up there.
Then you just got a hodgepodge of randos.
It's cool to see all kinds of game
out there doing well.
And Joel Dahmen. He was
in the practice round earlier this week.
Somebody asked him, "Feel any better
about the golf course?" He was like,
"No, not really. No." He's always
incredibly honest what his chances are.
And then sure enough,
he turns up and shoots 3-under.
[Dahmen] Thank you very much.
We'll catch you tonight
with multiple beers.
[driver] Sounds like a plan, Joel.
Thank you.
[Dahmen] I probably need
a little bit more of a killer instinct.
Like, a lot of times I just go play golf,
and "if it works out, it works out"
type of deal.
[indistinct chatter on TV]
[Dahmen] I need to get more into,
you know,
"I'm here to kick people's butt,
and I'm here to win" type thing.
Hey, do you wanna get a pizza
tomorrow night?
[Dahmen] The best players in the world
have a different level of mental stuff.
I don't know if I'll get there.
Not saying I'm too friendly.
I'm obviously competitive,
but I want to do well.
[announcer] Welcome to round two
of the 122nd U.S. Open Championship.
[applause]
[Bonnalie] It still feels like
the biggest day we've had.
[man] Let's go, Joel!
[Bonnalie] Nice ball.
[announcer 2] Well, Joel Dahmen's
just hitting it great.
[Dahmen] Just an 8-iron get there?
- [Bonnalie] Better than 7.
- [Dahmen] For sure.
[man 2] Go in. Oh my
[announcer 3] And a beauty here.
Look at this.
[announcer 2]
Wow, fantastic shot here at the first.
[Bonnalie] That was a lot of push.
Good shot.
[announcer 2] Dahmen looks like
he'll have a short one
to join the lead at four under par.
And then there's the two-time
major champion, Collin Morikawa.
[announcer 4] Second shot up the hill
here at the par five.
Oh, and he lands it right in front
of the green and it releases forward.
[announcer 2] Shot of the day.
No question.
Best second shot we've seen here.
Two men sitting atop
the leaderboard under par.
Collin Morikawa, everybody knows him.
He's a multiple major champion.
[man 3] Way to go, Collin!
[announcer 2] Joel Dahmen, 34 years old.
He had to qualify to get in here.
And Gary, he's missed the cut
in his two previous U.S. Open appearances.
[announcer 4] Well, you know,
you just never know.
- Go, Joel!
- [man 4] Go, Joel. He's my hero, brother.
[announcer 2] Uh-oh.
Back-to-back poles.
[man 5] Let's go, kid!
[Bonnalie] What do we got? Downhill?
[announcer 2]
Joel Dahmen eying this for birdie.
[Bonnalie] Whoo.
It goes this way, and then
right at the hole, it kind of levels out.
But I'm, like, here.
[announcer 2]
This, uh, from a little under 60 feet.
- [announcer 2] Gave it a rap.
- [announcer 4] Yeah.
So many guys have come up short.
[cheering]
[announcer 5 chuckles] And
Yeah, one time.
[announcer 3] Took a while,
but we got the smile, David.
[announcer 5] Yeah.
No, it was really good.
[man 6] Such a beast!
[announcer 2] That's what Morikawa
is looking to end his Friday with.
Collin Morikawa, a multiple major winner,
his day is complete.
Will he be the co-leader?
Will he be the solo leader?
Or will Joel Dahmen birdie the 18th?
Go right!
[announcer 2] Starting right.
Wind is pushing it that way.
May miss the heavy stuff and get over
where it's trampled down a bit.
Yeah, that's exactly where it ended up.
So I think we're in the rough over there.
If that's the case
- [Dahmen] The brown shit might be okay.
- [Bonnalie] Yeah? I see a flag down.
[man 7] Way to go, Joel!
[Dahmen] Right now, I feel like
this might be a gust.
[announcer 2] He does have 198 yards,
back into a pretty stiff breeze.
- Gonna be a hard shot into the sun.
- I don't think he can see it.
With wind coming at you.
[announcer 2] On a great line.
- [announcer 4] Oh, that's a great shot.
- [announcer 2] Things are going your way.
It looked great on TV.
But in person, my goodness gracious.
- How far is that? Eight feet?
- Less than.
- That was nice.
- I like it better than the fairway.
A hundred percent.
[cheering]
[Bonnalie] Good work.
[announcer 2] Got qualifier
with Joel Dahmen,
who's tied for the lead
with Collin Morikawa.
- [man] Good job.
- Thank you.
You did great. That was just kind of
a solid round of golf,
but we're in first place in a major, so
All right, buddy. Good job.
All right.
[reporter] Joel, you always say you want
to keep your expectations low,
but this is your first 36-hole lead
at the PGA TOUR.
How do you keep those expectations so low?
I don't know.
Uh, they've probably gone up a hair
since I woke up this morning for sure,
but this is kind of make-believe stuff.
Wanna play a fun game?
Over-under on the number of text messages
I have that are new.
I'm gonna say eleven seventy-five.
You win. Twelve-oh-seven.
That's a lot.
Sorry if I don't respond, friends.
[reporter] U.S. Open, arguably
the toughest test in golf.
What'd you learn about yourself
and your game?
[Dahmen] It wasn't long ago
I wasn't gonna qualify, and now I'm here.
I kind of said many times I'm pretty good
at golf. I always believe that,
but probably I need to believe more.
So maybe I'll start speaking
it out loud more often.
[indistinct chatter]
[McIlroy] Rahmbo, how we doing?
Sitting here.
I got a picture of Poppy today at daycare.
Absolutely gone.
[Morikawa chuckles]
Passed out.
[Morikawa] Must be nice.
You'll be there though. It's so cool.
It definitely gives you something to do.
[Morikawa] What?
- Kid.
- [Morikawa] Oh.
[Rahm] Do you play next week?
No. I wasn't gonna fly private,
and then we flew with someone. So
Rory doesn't fly private either.
[Dahmen] From us not knowing if we're
going to place at the U.S. Open qualifier
to leading the U.S. Open after 36 holes,
there's a lot of respect you earn amongst
your peers by having weeks like that.
- What up?
- [Dahmen] Hey.
So you finish on the back.
Finishing on the front's a nightmare.
[McIlroy] Yeah, 'cause you get five days.
And then the par three. And then eight.
And it's like, no.
[Rahm] Brutal.
- Have a good one, guys. See you out there.
- [McIlroy] Yeah, see you.
[Bonnalie] This is his sixth year on tour,
and Joel's starting to earn the respect
of some of the top players
and kind of have a seat at the table.
He's playing good. Looked good.
- [McIlroy] Really good.
- [Rahm] A lot of fun to watch him.
[Dahmen] I told my dad
that we're pregnant this morning.
[Bonnalie] You did?
- Rather
- Aw, Happy Father's Day.
- Rather subtle reaction from him.
- What did he say?
"Your life is about
to get so much harder."
[chuckles] Is that what he said?
- Not congratulations?
- There was a little bit of that.
[announcer] All the focus
in this great sports town
on this final-round Sunday.
[Dahmen] Rory, did you hit a 6-iron
into 14 on Friday?
[McIlroy] I should have hit 6-iron.
I hit 5-iron to the back of it.
[Bonnalie] You swing harder.
He's smaller than you. C'mon.
I work out too!
[laughing]
[man] Let's go, Joel!
[announcer] After Friday, we were talking
about Joel Dahmen
possibly winning the U.S. Open,
but Saturday was a rough one
for most of the field.
Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris,
both tied at four-under,
will be in the final group.
Joel Dahmen starts
his Sunday three behind.
[Bonnalie] It's on the green,
so it's not terrible.
[announcer] He puts it
in the right-hand rough,
and it's not easy over here.
[Dahmen laughs]
[Bonnalie] Good shot, you boner.
[Dahmen laughs] boner.
[Bonnalie] True or false. I'll be the
only caddie to call their player "boner"
during the round today.
[Dahmen] That's probably true.
[Bonnalie] I won't be
the only caddie to think it.
[man 2] My kids love you!
[Dahmen] I made bogey, and I realized
I wasn't going to win the U.S. Open,
but I still had so much to play for
and so much on the line for myself
that I was still very into it.
I didn't have the major letdown
like in the past.
- [man 3] Joel!
- [man 4] Let's go.
[announcer] Joel Dahmen's second shot
at 18.
[Bonnalie] Good-looking shot.
[cheering]
[announcer 2] That was a fantastic shot.
[applause]
Good shot.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dahmen] Have I undersold myself at times?
Probably, but I played
pretty darn good golf.
Top ten in a major at a U.S. Open.
Like, that's pretty good.
[announcer]
In uncharted territory for Joel Dahmen,
his best finish in a major,
a tie for tenth.
Good job. Hey, great fucking tournament.
Good work.
[applause]
[Dahmen] My best golf is very good golf.
I can compete
against the best in the world.
[cheering]
[Dethier] The U.S. Open is
a breakthrough moment for Joel Dahmen.
He's hung right there
with Matthew Fitzpatrick, John Rahm,
and Rory McIlroy.
He's finished in the top ten,
and he has a chance to consider himself
among those very top guys
because he's proven that he can compete.
So that in itself
felt like a big shift for Joel.
[reporter] Tough weekend,
but you led going into it.
How much confidence does that give you
for the rest of the season?
[Dahmen] When you get close
to achieving dreams in golf,
you're only a shot away
from them not happening.
But I put in the work, surround myself
with great people, have a great caddie,
great wife, obviously, so I'm playing
for more than just a trophy.
I'm playing for all these things,
which keeps me motivated.
Yeah, I'm ready to play now. This is fun.
- Good work.
- I love you.
[muffled speech]
We didn't lose any money this week.
- [Lona] I'm proud of you.
- Thanks.
- [Bonnalie] "Nice shot, you boner."
- [Dahmen laughs]
My caddie called me a boner today.
[announcer] Matt Fitzpatrick trying to win
not just a major for the first time,
trying to win
any tournament on the PGA TOUR.
[cheering]
My mindset for the U.S. Open
is that I can go and win,
but the pressure is intense.
[announcer 2] Oh man.
[man] It's not where you wanna be, Fitzy!
In the beach!
[announcer] He's so meticulous in the way
he goes about playing golf,
but he's up against a real beast today.
[announcer 3] Dustin Johnson!
[Johnson] They all had a wonderful career
on the PGA TOUR,
and obviously, now, I've taken kind of
a different step in my life and career.
[reporter] We have some breaking news
for you on this Tuesday evening.
Within the hour, the Saudi-backed league
LIV Golf released its field,
and the highest-ranked player,
well, it is a bit of a stunner.
It is former world number one and 24-time
PGA TOUR winner, Dustin Johnson.
[upbeat music playing]