After learning he was paired with Phil Mickelson in the opening two rounds of the Wells Fargo Championship, Joel Dahmen posted to the big tech socials:
“Tomorrow I get to check off another bucket list item by playing with Phil Mickelson. I’ve been trying to get a game with him for 6 months but I think he’s scared of my hellacious seeds. See you on the tee, Phil!”
Tomorrow I get to check off another bucket list item by playing with @PhilMickelson. I’ve been trying to get a game with him for 6 months, but I think he’s scared of my hellacious seeds. See you on the tee, Phil!
— Joel Dahmen (@Joel_Dahmen) May 5, 2021
Mickelson replied: “Words cannot express my excitement and jubilation to finally be paired with Joel “DaMan” Dahmen. 💣’s will be hit and 🐤”s will be made. Lanto is ironing his clothes now after hitting the gym. It’s about to rain again in Charlotte 😂
Words cannot express my excitement and jubilation to finally be paired with Joel “DaMan” Dahmen. 💣’s will be hit and 🐤”s will be made. Lanto is ironing his clothes now after hitting the gym. It’s about to rain again in Charlotte 😂
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) May 5, 2021
Dahmen then zinged back with a shot at Phil’s senior status: “Im excited to see how my game stacks up against the best of the Champions Tour”
Im excited to see how my game stacks up against the best of the @ChampionsTour https://t.co/ov7aqrm865
— Joel Dahmen (@Joel_Dahmen) May 6, 2021
In the end, Phil shot 7-under 64 and leads the tournament by two strokes. It’s Mickelson’s first lead in nearly a year.
Dahmen, though, was pretty impressive himself, carding a 3-under 68 to sit T10.
“I mean, I love the banter. I think it’s funny and it kept the atmosphere in our group really light,” said Phil, when asked if Dahmen ‘poked the bear.’
“We laughed a bunch. We had some fun things to talk about, but we were laughing even before we teed off. I like how he’s able to laugh at ourselves and have fun with the game of golf and not take it too serious.
“Lanto’s (Griffin) the same way, so we had a really fun group.”
The PGA Tour curated the story on the gram, and added some video highlights (swipe to navigate).
