WATCH: Joel Dahmen’s emotional response after keeping his TOUR card for the 2025 season
Joel Dahmen got emotional after securing his PGA Tour card for the 2025 season. The recently concluded 2024 RSM Classic was the last opportunity for the player to finish in the top 125 in the FedEx Cup fall season standings and secure their Tour cards for the upcoming season.
Entering the tournament on the borderline, ranked 124th, Joel Dahmen needed to have a strong finish to maintain his Tour card. And luckily, the American did what he needed and finally secured his card for the 2025 season.
The PGA Tour shared a video of Joel Dahmen after he finished in the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings and secured his card. He was emotional and had tears as he hugged his wife Lona.
"It's official......We get to do it all over again next year," Dahmen said.
Check out the video below:
Joel Dahmen got a very tough start at the RSM Classic. He shot 73 in the opening round but improved in the second round and shot 68 to make the cut. However, he again struggled in the third round and carded 70, followed by the final round of 64.
He was phenomenal in the last round of the event and shot a bogey-free round with four birdies and an eagle for 6-under, jumping 26 positions to finish in a tie for 35th place. With that, Dahmen finished 124th in the FedEx Cup standings and is fully exempt to play on the PGA Tour in 2025.
"Makes you appreciate things a little more when times are tough," - Joel Dahmen after securing his PGA Tour card for the 2025 season
Dahmen was very emotional after securing his Tour card for the next season. Following the tournament, he opened up about his performance this season, saying (via Golf Channel):
"Makes you appreciate things a little more when times are tough. I thought a lot about everything. It came down to the last putt this week. I hit thousands of golf shots this year, missed a lot of cuts, had a lot of opportunities to do everything, so I didn't have to come to this. I was thankful for the opportunity today, but I don't want to go through this ever again.”
This season on the PGA Tour has been a roller coaster ride for Joel Dahmen. He had a pretty tough start to the season with T72 finishes at the Sony Open and then missed two back-to-back cuts. However, he recorded some decent finishes in the mid-season, including T10 at the RBC Canadian Open and T11 at The Players Championship. Out of the 30 tournaments Dahmen played, he made the cut in 19 but ultimately settled in within the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings.