Maybe no person taking part in on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Fall faces extra strain than Joel Dahmen.
Dahmen, whose recognition has skyrocketed due to his Netflix stardom, entered this week’s World Extensive Applied sciences Championship ranked 124th within the FedEx Cup standings. At 12 months’s finish, solely the high 125 obtain PGA Tour playing cards for the 2025 season, which means he should play properly down the stretch to maintain his job. And with solely two occasions left after this week’s occasion in Mexico, it’s both now or by no means.
Fortunately for the previous Washington Husky, Dahmen made a much-needed transfer up the leaderboard on Friday. He carded a 5-under 67, which included six birdies and just one bogey. He now sits in a tie for 14th at 7-under par, solely 4 strokes again of the lead on the halfway level of the championship.
Much more importantly, ought to Dahmen end no worse than 14th, he’ll transfer up two spots within the FedEx Cup Fall rankings from 124th to 122nd. That minor uptick could not seem like huge, however in actuality, it’s huge. Any slight benefit will assist in the long term, as the highest 125 for subsequent 12 months will likely be finalized on the finish of the RSM Traditional, which is scheduled for Nov. 21-24 in Sea Island, Georgia.
That mentioned, Dahmen will nonetheless need to play properly over the weekend to take care of his spot among the many high 125. However no less than he didn’t carry an additional membership in his bag this week, which pressured him to withdraw from final month’s Shriners Youngsters’s Open. That, in fact, didn’t assist his trigger associated to the FedEx Cup Fall. But, Dahmen rallied considerably on the ZOZO Championship the next week, transferring from 129th within the standings to 124th. Nonetheless, he has to really feel a little bit of uneasiness because the season winds down. However making extra birdies will treatment that anxiousness, and hopefully, for the golf world’s sake, he’ll just do that over the subsequent 36 holes.
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