Stay Tranquilo - 1:1 with Joel Dahmen at The Corales Punta Cana Championship - Tranquilo Tee Time

Episode Date: April 18, 2024

In this episode of Tranquilo Tee Time, powered by Stay Tranquilo Network, were joined by Joel Dahmen, PGA TOUR Player and past winner at Corales Punta Cana. In our conversation with Joel, we cover: current conditions at Corales for this week’s tournament his gratitude for the game after overcoming many challenges through his career Joel’s level of Spanish knowledge his favorite parts of the Corales course The famous Devil’s Elbow AND MORE Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What is going on, guys. We are here at the Corales-Pontacana Championship. We're here with Joel Damon. How's it going today? Yeah, things are great. I had a great pro-am today and looking forward to a great week out here. Absolutely. Weather is beautiful out here. It's sunny. It's a little windy. How has that wind been affecting the practice rounds out here? Yeah, it's always a bit breezy here. The course plays better, honestly, when there's a little wind. Keeps the heat down a little bit as well as it can be a little warm here. True. Yeah, it's always a bit breezy here, but that's just how it is. With the rain yesterday, did you see the greens a little bit softer and more receptive today? Yeah, for sure. And the fairways as well.

The balls just aren't bouncing quite as much. The course play is quite a bit longer than we've seen in years past. But yeah, between hopefully the rain stays away and the sun and the wind dry it all out. Awesome. So we got the iconic holes behind us here, the devil's elbow. Can you tell us a little bit about those three holes there? Yeah, it's a special stretch of golf. They're tough.

They're really tough. 16's into the wind. 17's into the wind as well and then 18 devil's elbow here we have I mean today I hit I had 225 yards in so it's a it's a big golf hole the long players can hit it over the ocean I am not long enough so I got I got to go around but because eight so 18 right here you have what is it to carry the water from so straight away it's probably 300 but it's almost dead into the wind right for me I hit it out to the left it was about 270 carry but that leaves you a long ways in but if you can make three pars on 16 17 18 this week here you're gonna be doing great absolutely yeah the

went straight on, what is it, 16's the part three with it went straight in your face for the most part. Yeah, with the ocean all over the place as well. Yeah, definitely. So one thing I wanted to ask you was you've obviously dealt with, and there's a lot of background with going on right now. But that is what it is. It's a hazard. It's what we're doing here.

But one of the things, you know, you've dealt with a lot of adversity since you've been on the tour and you've dealt with, you know, your challenges. What is kind of your mindset when you're out there? Is it, you know, is it something of gratitude, obviously, that you're able to do this for a living? What does that look like for you? Yeah, certainly. I mean, there's only, you know, 125 P.J tour cards, and everyone wants a piece of it. It's one of the hardest things to do in golf.

And for me to have it for eight years, it's super special. I enjoy it, especially when you get to a place, you know, you get to come to a place like this, right? Absolutely. So a lot of people come here on vacation. We get to come here for work. So it's pretty special. And, yeah, golf isn't always easy. It's not the fairest game we play, but you try to take it in stride.

And like you said, just have a lot of gratitude out there. Absolutely. It's definitely a game of humor. as well. It keeps you humble out there. So real quick, quick little questions I wanted to ask you. You've been obviously to Punta Cana now a few times one here. What is a few words that you've learned in Spanish over the years? Cervesa. Nice.

Heineken guy? Yeah. When you're out here? Is it Presidente? Presidente, yeah, yeah. Some of those. You know, we, I mean, a lot of the, they all kind of translated into getting a burrito or a taco or something like that but yeah you know you always pick up some curse words every now and then too when you're around here but yeah for the most part i can i can barely get by with a menu and some day-to-day interactions it helps that they have a couple of things in english out here it does what's your favorite hole out here on the course uh that's a great question um seven the par five is a good one

it's a fun second shot uh to a narrow green i think nine as a part three is very challenging is downwind but you get the ocean involved as well um i think 18 i mean i mean It's a special hole. Not many times you get to play around the ocean. I think it's just a really cool golf full and it's challenging. You have to make a you have to make a score there. Absolutely. And last question. So our brands stay tranquil. What does stay tranquil mean to you? Stay tranquil. Yeah. Stay chill. Like don't get too upset, especially on the golf course, but I it's kind of like, especially here, you can kind of just go sit on the beach and enjoy and stir it at the waves and enjoy it all. So I would say just kind of enjoying the moment and not getting too upset about anything. Well, thanks, John. Appreciate the time. Yeah, you got it, guys. Thank you.