02x03 - Mind Game

[bunniefuu]

[Dahmen] I didn't know we brushed pools,
but apparently we do here.

They build this awesome pool,
then they're like,

"Oh, by the way, you need to be sweeping
your pool for... 15 minutes a day."

I clearly don't go
to the gym often enough.

So the trainer has me
on the pool workout plan.

And some people
actually work out in the pool.

Nope. I am just the new pool boy.

I'm supposed to do that
two or three times a day.

No chance. But someday,
I won't have to do that.

[upbeat music playing]

[producer] Uh, so what's new?

Uh, life has changed
for me on the golf course.

I'm more famous.

[indistinct chatter]

Life has changed
for Joel Dahmen in a big way.

[crowd chanting] Joel!
Joel! Joel! Joel! Joel! Joel!

[Renner] People are not
just going crazy for Joel.

They're yelling Geno's name.
It is overnight madness.

[man] Joel, you are the man!

[Geno] I will sign your face.

It's definitely new,
having so much attention.

And I think that's all
due to the success of Full Swing.

[Rapaport] Joel's had
a major come up in the last year,

but that has not translated
to encore success,

and his ranking
is actually going the wrong way.

It's one of the downsides of fame.

You can't struggle in silence
the same way that you used to.

f*ck you!

[Dahmen] Me being famous
and having all the popularity,

and playing the worst golf
of my career, uh, it sucks.

[Lona] With everything this year
and all the craziness going on,

that's gonna wear anybody down.

So, what's a new game plan?

Because what we're doing,
it's not working.

Oh... you idiot.

[Dahmen]
We are as bad as it's been in a long time.

Something has to change.

-[baby coos]
-[Lona] I know. What?

-[Dahmen] Oh my gosh!
-Oh my God! [laughs]

Riggsy! What are you doing?

[both laughing]

-Oh my God!
-[Lona] Oh my gosh!

-Why are you peeing so much?
-[Dahmen laughs]

[Lona] Really?
Now you're just all... It's all over.

What are we supposed to do with this?

-[Dahmen] He's, like, wet.
-Oh, I know. What are you doing?

-[Dahmen] How did you do this?
-Are you proud of yourself?

[Dahmen] We had our first kid,
called Riggs, this past January.

He's amazing.

You get used to
the pee and poop rather quickly.

He just kept peeing. It's amazing
how much laundry you do with a kid.

He just pees everywhere.
I've even been hit in the face.

It changes a lot. The responsibility
off the golf course is a lot more.

I just wanna be over there
and help out as much as I can.

But on the other side of that, I have
to do my job to take care of my family.

This is how I support my family,
is by playing golf.

Thankfully, I have an amazing wife in Lona
who does all the hard work.

We have... Why do we have so many of these?

-Like, every... thing...
-Gravy boats.

We don't ever have gravy.

"Don't play golf this week," they said.

"Move into your house,"
they said. "It'll be great!"

New house, new baby.
Netflix was definitely an added layer.

All of a sudden, we were like,
"We have this crazy life stuff going on."

And then, "You're famous overnight."
Like, "Cool. What do we do?" [laughs]

That's just a pretty bottle
that I was going to use as a vase.

-That's tequila.
-[Lona] It was tequila.

-But it's empty.
-It's not really.

[Lona] There's been times we were like,

"How are we handling this?
How do you manage this?"

It's amazing, but it's a lot.

[Dahmen] This is how a lot
of our nights ended before kids.

Happy new house.

Oh my God. Like a champ!

[chuckles]

-Can I just... This is a terrible idea.
-[Lona laughs]

[Lona] Oh! Ah.

Mmm.

Oh my God,
I was so much better at that than you.

-That's 'cause it needs so much air.
-Cheers.

[Dahmen] The balance is very difficult.
We're still working on the balance.

Still play golf.
Still have Geno as my caddie.

But, um... I have a lot more people
behind me now. That's for sure.

[upbeat music playing]

[commentator] So good to be back here,
just one mile from the Atlantic Ocean.

Ponte Vedra Beach, and the home
of The Players Championship.

[Finau] They call it the "fifth major."

Best field in golf. So this would be
a cool one to notch on the belt.

[crowd cheers]

All right.

[commentator 2] The greatest duo
in golf right here. Geno and Joel.

I would say that I am the lowest-ranked
player with the most, uh, fans.

It's a weird spot to be.

[man] Joel, I love you.

-[man 2] Geno, will you sign mine?
-[Geno] For real?

I hate to say that I may be
one of the most popular caddies,

'cause I just don't like
the way that feels to say.

But it might be true?

[Dahmen] You're so famous, Geno.

[Geno] So famous.

First on the tee, Joel Dahmen.

[cheering and applause]

[crowd chanting] Joel!
Joel! Joel! Joel! Joel!

-Let's go, Joel! People's champion.
-[woman] You're my favorite, Joel!

[Dahmen] Absolute specimen, Joel Dahmen.

[laughing]

I love it.

If there were five babies crying,
could you pick out your kid's cry?

That's a good question. I think so.

How about you? I mean, are you in tune?

No.

Yeah. That's so bad.

-[Dahmen] Go. Get up.
-[Geno] Come on, baby.

-Are you having fun?
-[Dahmen] No.

I can't hit an iron
anywhere close where I'm trying to,

and then I f*cking can't putt.

Hmm. Please let us make a birdie.

[crowd] Aw!

[Renner] When you look at a lot
of the top players in the world,

they kind of had
a slow build into this life of fame.

Joel never had that.

It happened overnight,
and I think it was jarring.

-[Lona] Hi, Geno.
-f*ck.

f*ck.

-Hey, honey. How's your day?
-Hey. It was good.

-We got cameras and mics, huh?
-Yeah.

-[laughs]
-[Dahmen] All the access.

-You want to go hit some ba*ls?
-That would be awesome. No.

-Why?
-[Lona] I was like, "Wait, really?"

[laughs] I was like, "Wow. Okay."

I already played.
This is more than I'm scheduled to play.

-We need you to get better.
-It's not happening right now.

[grunts]

[Geno] Joel has had
a lot of changes in his life,

and I think he may have just
put it on cruise control a little bit.

-Got everything?
-I don't have anything.

[Geno] For me, I envision someone
that could help him on the mental side,

which is obviously very important.

[producer] With golf being,
like, such a mental game,

um, how do you feel
about sports psychologists?

How do I feel about sports psychologists?
Uh...

I am definitely resistant
to a sports psychologist.

[producer]Have you spoken
to other tour players,

uh, who do use sports psychologists?

Yeah, I've talked to plenty of them. Um...

They seem to be working for some of them.
[chuckles]

[upbeat music playing]

Good shot. Good shot.

I'm just excited to, like, sit down
and have one of our longer conversations.

[man] Yeah.

My name is Wyndham Clark, and I play
professional golf on the PGA TOUR.

[man 2] Attaboy. Good job.

[Clark] When I first got out
on the PGA TOUR,

I really thought
I was going to have tons of success.

That wasn't in the cards.

[commentator]
For birdie now, Wyndham Clark here.

[crowd] Oh!

[Clark] I was kind of one of the top guys
coming out of college,

Pac-12 Player of the Year,
and, you know, my mind was like,

"All right, we're just going to do
the same thing in professional golf."

[commentator]
Well, this ought to be interesting.

[Rapaport] Wyndham Clark
was always looked at

as a guy, like he's got the tools.

He's big, he hits it a long way,
he's got a soft touch around the greens.

It's like, "Why is this guy
not competing with the Justin Thomases

and the Jordan Spieths?"

-[crowd] Oh!
-[commentator] Still not in for double.

Wyndham was a bit
of an angry golfer before,

and I think he would be
really, really hard on himself.

I had trained my mind over years

of belittling myself
and thinking negatively,

locking myself in rooms
and not coming out for a long time

or drinking to excess
or being mean to people.

I didn't wanna play golf.

Oh my God.

[man] And when you get in that pattern
of negativity and "I stink, I suck,

you know, I'll never make a cut again,"
all the things that I heard,

it's hard to climb out of it.

We had a little heart-to-heart.

I was like, "Buddy, you're on the verge
of not being on the PGA TOUR

or on the verge of being a star."

"You have to make a change,

'cause you can't keep
doing this to yourself."

-[commentator] Oh, why?
-[commentator 2] A stance.

Yeah, he feels the pain.

[Clark] A lot of people on my team
were like,

"We're pretty much
telling you to see a sports psychologist."

-"Otherwise, we're done."
-Awesome.

He told me,
"I've seen everybody. I've done it."

"They all told me the same stuff.
I don't need a..."

And I'm like, "I feel like I have
somebody different this time."

I didn't know it was gonna be different,
but he had to try.

[woman] How's your anxiety level
over birdie putts?

[Clark] I would say it's probably
higher than par. It's like I can hit...

I know that. I'm comparing it
to when we really got you great.

-[Clark] It's not... Yeah.
-It's gotten a little worse.

[Clark] I started working with Julie
in December.

Now I have something and someone

that is able to get me
in the direction I want to be.

[Julie] Make them care about you Sunday.

Yeah. Yeah.

[Julie] Sport psychology,
mental coaching has taken off.

People are really using this line of work
way more often than five years ago.

So why don't we say after this week
we really sit down and talk about

how you're doing with it all?

Wyndham was extremely resistant
to working with me at the beginning.

He was struggling
with anger towards himself,

the loss and the grief
of not having the career he wanted.

I think we have to define "poor,"

"really bad," "mediocre," and "great."

Yeah.

[Julie] I really do stress
that this is harder than golf.

This is digging deep
and really looking at yourself,

and it's a lot of work.

But he started
to feel better about himself,

and then that transferred
to him playing better golf.

[commentator] Here's Wyndham Clark.

-[commentator 2] And how about that?
-[applause]

[commentator 2] Wow,
that went close, didn't it?

[commentator 3] Been working
so hard on his mental game.

[commentator] You look at him,
you say, "Where's he been?"

[Clark] I was in a positive spot,
and I was saying,

"We're playing good.
We actually started making putts."

"I feel confident about this."

And then I go to Quail Hollow and it all...

All matched up.
I'm getting chills thinking about it.

[commentator] This is the moment
he's been dreaming of.

Finally winning, it was like,
"All right. This stuff actually works."

It's been a long five years
to get to this point on tour,

and in years past I might have folded,
but mentally, I was super strong.

[Julie] The Wells Fargo was
so healing for him.

That lifted years and years of pain,
that Wells Fargo win.

In the center again
when you're done, Wyndham.

[Dahmen] Wyndham broke through
at Quail Hollow, and he dominated.

He's now wanting to talk
to a sports psychologist, and wa-bam!

I've kind of done everything my own way.

I just haven't found
that piece of the puzzle. They have.

They found it quickly
and it worked out great for them.

[commentator] So what we're going to do
right now is we're gonna play nine holes

with some of these Tour players
and Geno Bonnalie.

Welcome to the tee, Joel Isaac Dahmen.

[cheering]

Pleasure to have you in our presence.

I need one human to come over
and have a chug-off with me on the beers.

-[commentator] One, two, three, go.
-[laughs]

[indistinct yelling]

-Uh-oh! It's left. It's gonna spin left.
-You're way better than me.

-Good job.
-You're a pro, bro.

-I don't drink fast. I just drink a lot.
-[man] Yeah, right.

[Dahmen] It's easy to be more distracted
this year than previous years.

There are more distractions and more
you're doing than just being a golfer.

Almost every week, I've done extra things.

That takes your time
and takes your energy as well.

Having a kid alone would be difficult.

Having your fame change is difficult.

So add all that together
in a three-month span,

probably not shocking
that I didn't play very good golf.

Oh, f*ck you.

[man] We're playing
for the kids right now.

But there's no kids around right now,
and I hit the worst putt of the day.

Am I supposed to play golf? I'm over golf.

[Geno] I'm not sure... what's going on.

I feel like he really
wasn't himself for the last... while.

[indistinct chatter]

[Dahmen] Fatherhood's awesome.

It really is.
This is seven weeks together.

-And it's my first night not having them.
-[man] This is it?

-[man 2] Know what that means?
-I'm gonna puke in that bush.

-[man 2] Tonight's gonna get weird.
-[man] Joel time!

Do I need to drink more or less?

I need to drink more.

[woman] We still have a long night.

[Geno] I probably bite my tongue
more than I should,

from an aspect of a friend
rather than a caddie.

It's tough to wear both of those hats,
though, when he is your boss.

For this guy, who's a princess,

can you just add a little cranberry juice
and a little gin to that?

-That's a true statement.
-[woman] How's this?

-One... two.
-That's good for me.

[Geno] There's just
so many more eyes on him.

And I don't know if it's attention
that he necessarily was ready for

and/or wanted.

I feel like there's something going on
upstairs that even I don't know about.

[Dahmen sighs]

You're getting bigger now. Ready?

One... two... three!

-[imitates rocket]
-[Lona laughs]

[Dahmen] Whoa! Where'd you go?

[Lona] Joel as a dad is amazing.

He wants to be
such an active part in Riggs's life.

Like, maybe the golf was set
a little on the back burner.

♪ This is the way that cowgirls ride
Cowgirls ride... ♪

[Lona] This one person
is taking care of everybody.

That's pressure.

♪ All through the town... ♪

[Lona] There were moments I was like,
"Okay, I don't think you're doing well."

"You're missing the cut,
you're drinking, um,

in excess."

"Is this normal?
Is this how you want to feel?"

"Is this how... Is this going to help you
or hinder your performance even more?"

"You're off, and now you're dragging
everybody down with you."

That sounds harsh, but I'm not afraid
to say something to my husband,

because it's our family.

Muah! Whoa, buddy!

-[Lona] Whoa!
-Ah! Did you get my ear?

[Lona] I think Geno and I are both like,

"With everything that happened
this year and all the craziness going on,

let it out. Talk to somebody."

Ah!

[Lona] I think there can be
some apprehension there, for sure.

Like, you see a therapist
in the past because of trauma,

and so you're automatically
gonna connect it to that.

[Dahmen] That could all be yours.

Oh baby...

[Dahmen] I saw a grief counselor when I
was in high school after my mom passed,

and I just... I can still picture this guy.
Like, he was... I didn't...

He was awful.

He was trying to tell me
what I was feeling

and what should be happening, and
I'm like, "That's not what's happening."

So I would say that if,
overall, if my first time

going through something difficult
with a therapist

would've been better
and such a positive experience

and done all this great stuff,
then yeah, I would be more open to it.

When you're not playing well,
you let yourself down.

I'm letting Geno down, my family down.

I have to try to figure out ways
to get through it on the other side.

[commentator] Major championship golf
has returned to western New York.

It's cold.

[commentator] The 2023 PGA Championship.

[Dahmen] Check out this.

I don't know if you or Wyndham got this,
but this is from a fan.

-"I am worthy."
-"I am worthy. You can do it."

"The universe chose you to play golf.
It is your destiny to do so."

"By golfing, you inspire
thousands of people around the world."

"If you're ever feeling sad or down,
just remember that you're worth it,

and there are people
that support and love you."

"Instead of thinking bad things,

think happy thoughts,
like puppies and kittens."

"Anyways, hope the rest of your life
is full of joy and success."

[Ellis] She didn't see you practice
this week, did she?

[laughing]

[somber music playing]

[thunder rumbles]

[commentator] ...as the third round is going
to be a wet one today here in Rochester.

[commentator 2]
It is absolutely pouring down now.

-Left!
-[man] Fore!

[Geno] This year in particular,
and I don't know what it was,

but just something in him
just didn't feel like he'd give a sh*t.

That's tough, when it's
just negative all the time.

Almost dreadful.

f*ck you!

[Dahmen] I was always in a pretty good
mental headspace playing golf,

and this year, it just kind of got
very blurred for me.

-I was just going through the motions.
-[Geno] Something's wrong.

[Dahmen] A lot of times, you feel alone
when going through these tough times.

It just slowly happens.

And then, before you know it, you feel
like you're drowning a little bit.

I don't think
you got paid enough for today.

[laughs]

Technically, you lost, like,
thousands of dollars by doing this.

-We. We.
-[Dahmen] I don't worry about me, Geno.

-I just worry about you.
-I appreciate that.

Oh my God, that's a heavy bag.

-All right.
-Are you retiring?

I might...
I might put in my one-day's notice.

When I quit someday,
do you need a two-week notice?

-[Dahmen] No, just a day.
-[Geno chuckles] Okay.

[Dahmen] Have a day to go to Vegas.

I don't have much,
except I'm just a golfer

who got his a*s kicked in shitty weather.

[Julie] When did we actually,
really do our last serious talk?

I feel like we haven't talked about
life stuff in a long time, actually.

-[Julie] We haven't.
-I've talked a lot of golf.

[Clark] I played poorly at the PGA,
and I missed the cut.

Coming off of a win,
first-time win and that high,

I was obviously very pissed.

It seems like when I'm mentally
not as strong, the putts don't fall.

That's kind of a weird correlation.

Well, we've totally learned that
if you keep working on the mental goals,

there's nothing stopping you.

So it's okay to go there.

[Julie] If he's on this spiral of being,
like, really shitty towards himself,

then we're not going to really get
his best self out of him.

When your mind goes
a little bit to worry or concern,

just circle right back
that good things are happening.

Julie being a female was a big part
of why I thought she could be

a motherly figure in his life.

He doesn't have anybody really to lean on
for some of those motherly things.

[Clark] My mom was always
the nurturing one

that was always there to pick me up

in more of a positive way
and always made me feel better.

And she cared so much
about what we were gonna do in our life.

When she did pass, I kind of lost that,

and so, for a while, I didn't have anyone
to ever talk about anything outside of,

you know, golf and sports and the weather

or whatever BS people, you know,

talk about that doesn't really have
any meaning in life.

[gentle music playing]

Sorry.

[exhales]

A lot of things fell out beneath me,
and my college life changed a lot.

I was numb.

Um, just completely numb.

Anger that she wasn't there.

And that's when some people
that were close to my mom

and close to me reached out,

and then they said, "Hey, I also think
you need to see a therapist."

[man] I'll be taking you through
a selection of invigorating beginner moves

that will unleash the energy
from your chakras.

[Clark] As far as therapy goes,
there's been a lot of help.

And that part, I think,
got me into, uh, a point in my life

where I could move on

and where I really felt like I was myself
for the first time since my mom passed.

[man] Big breath in through your nostrils.

[Clark inhales]

[Clark] When she was on her deathbed,

she goes, "Wyndham, you are very special,

and you are going to do
great things in golf."

And she goes, "I want you to play big."
And that was her theme and mantra.

You know, that's really become kind of
my mantra and thing that I live by.

[man] That's perfect.
Hold it for a few seconds.

[Clark] Now, I think,
is even more intensive therapy

that is really helping me,
both on and off the golf course,

and so I felt like I've changed
in that direction where it's like

I think better things are going to happen.

Now I'm just in such a better place

um, you know,
mentally, emotionally, and physically.

[Dahmen] Basically, Lona pushed me out.
She was like, "You have to go practice."

"I have him. Figure it out.
I have the kid. I'm gonna go do it."

"You're gonna go,
and you're gonna be better at golf."

"And then you're
a better husband and a better dad."

"Better at all this stuff."
I gotta be better at a lot of things.

But if I don't play good golf,
I can't provide.

We don't have the house anymore.
We don't have anything anymore.

I feel like I came in
on a good conversation there. I'm sorry.

This is getting way too deep,
but it's fine.

-[man] No, it's not. I want to hear this.
-So... the guy I talked to...

Can I go into it just for a second?

He just...
I think you'll find this interesting.

I'm only saying it for that.

-Just say the guy and the thing.
-So this guy I chatted with.

He's like, "When Joel's playing good golf,
what does it look like?"

And I was like, "If he hits a bad one,

he tells me why it was bad,
what he was trying to do,

and what he needs to do differently
to fix it on the next one."

And I was like,
"I haven't seen that in... two years."

Well, you haven't seen it in four months.

Well... that, like, self-talk.

Coming up with your own solutions
rather than just drop the club

and be like, "My life is over."

[Geno] I definitely thought about
giving him an ultimatum.

If he doesn't see someone,

then what's the point
of me being here anymore?

Why would we keep showing up
to events and not trying?

[man] How can I perform better in my life?
How can I perform better in my game?

And so the question is,
what is the mark you leave behind?

How do other people, when you leave,
when they're around you,

how do they experience you?

What mark do you leave on them?

Is it positive? Is it negative?
What would I do differently?

That is who I wanted... Joel to talk to.

Um, I've chatted with him,
and I think he'd be really good.

Works with a lot of athletes.
No golfers, specifically,

but a lot of high-performance athletes.

Has he dealt with
high-performance athletes who...

attitudes towards their sport
have gone south?

[Geno] That's exactly what he deals with.

We shall see.

[Geno] So, heading into the U.S. Open,

it's, uh... it's been a little bit
of a struggle as of late.

Hoping things are gonna improve.

But as a friend,
I'm not just gonna up and leave him.

But at the same time, it is my job,
and I need to make money. [chuckles]

So there's also that dynamic to it.

My folding skills aren't very good.

I think exploring
and finding somebody that you click with,

who's an expert in their field,

could very much benefit Joel.

-Sorry if I got weird there in the middle.
-[producer] No, it's good.

Your answers are great, Geno.

[Holly] He has a lot of baggage to unpack
too, and you haven't touched on that.

-Well, I don't...
-[producer] What is it?

Holly's like, "He's got
a lot of baggage to unpack."

[Holly] I'm like... yeah. Sorry, I'm not
trying to interject myself into this.

Pop in here, Holl. [chuckles]

Wanna come sit on the couch?

[holly] You haven't hit on that key point,

Joel has all this loss and trauma
that have shaped his life,

and how much does that
actually affect a person going forward

if they haven't dealt with that sh*t?

He's scared to open up to somebody.
You gotta get through all that.

I mean, does anybody disagree with me?

[chuckles] I mean, no. I don't think
anybody here disagrees with you.

I think it's that fear of... It's scary
to open yourself up to something,

but sometimes that can make the difference
between good and great, you know?

[uplifting music playing]

[commentator]
For the first time in 75 years,

the United States Open
has returned to Los Angeles.

-[man] Riggs! Hey!
-[man 2] Is this Riggs?

[man 3] PGA TOUR has day care?

-Yeah.
-[man 3] That's nice.

-It's the greatest part.
-[man 3] You think LIV will have daycare?

No. You guys are like a huge podcast,

and you just hold these big,
heavy things right by your face.

What'd you finish
in the Open last year? Tenth?

[Dahmen] T10.

[man 3] What do you think?
This year, can you do it?

I think for me,
the hardest thing for me is

my practicing at home is... lacking
at times. Especially since I've had a kid,

I've just been home a ton
and haven't practiced. That's all on me.

Joel Dahmen. Thank you.

-[Dahmen] Thank you, guys.
-[man] Cheers.

-[Clark] Mark, so good.
-[man] The hummus is amazing.

This is incredible.

-The guy just outdoes himself every night.
-I mean, goodness gracious.

Are we at a Michelin star restaurant?

[Ellis] Hope we don't play well this week,
'cause you'd be coming everywhere we go.

[man chuckles] Yeah, I know.

Should we talk about, um,
putting with your eyes closed?

'Cause I feel like I do that every time.

Yeah. Well, that's...

It is crazy, actually, when... when
Julie has me putt with my eyes closed.

But when I do it,
I get the ball in the hole every time.

We had a talk yesterday,

and then that talk
even just made me feel more relaxed today.

You're gonna talk
to her again before tomorrow?

[Clark] Yeah, I mean,
we always do. Every day.

I'm probably going to focus a lot on my...

like, the opposite of anger,

and then, you know,
I would say still have that c*ck.

And then probably, like,
focus on just being grateful

and having gratitude
while I'm out there.

So... I think that's when I play
my best golf.

-This is amazing, Mark.
-[Ellis] This is so good.

[suspenseful music playing]

[commentator]
The 123rd U.S. Open Championship.

So many things to cover as we make our way
through this second round.

[Dahmen] Coming off of last year's success
at the U.S. Open, there's some hope.

[announcer] From Clarkston, Washington,
Joel Dahmen.

[Dahmen] Teeing up at a major,
you're always gonna be excited about it.

-[man] Nice.
-[man 2] Good swing, Joel.

[suspenseful music continues]

[Dahmen] I think I got a bit comfortable
that I could just show up and do it.

Oh my gosh.

That is not the case.

Joel, you f*cking idiot.

f*ck.

[commentator] That's going way right.

[commentator 2] Wyndham Clark.
What a day yesterday

and pretty good start today.

[Clark] Going into a U.S. Open, I'm like,

"Let's just try to go play
good golf and see what happens."

-[commentator] Oh, this is amazing.
-[applause]

-Oh my goodness.
-[commentator 2] Oh, wow.

[Clark] Anytime I think about results,
I typically don't get the result I want.

And when I stay in my process and do
the things that I can do well, I succeed.

Why did it go over there?

[groans]

I felt like I was just gonna
wake up and come out of this.

When you keep thinking that,
and then it doesn't happen,

it's like, "Oh, we're doing this again?"

How far you want it, Joelie?

[Dahmen] I don't know.

It's really miserable when
you're missing cuts and not having fun.

f*ck you.

It'd been a while
since we had laughed and joked

and had a grand old time
out there like... like old times.

Oh, have a day, buddy. Have a day.

I'm sorry, Joel.

[commentator] Wyndham Clark has hit
every fairway and every green.

-Come on. Are you kidding me?
-[cheering and applause]

How in the world?

[commentator 2] Back on top by himself.

[commentator 3]
He said his mental game is better.

He's treating himself better
on the golf course,

not beating himself up.

[commentator] Terrific first two days.

9-under-par.

Gonna be Rickie Fowler playing alongside
Wyndham Clark in the final pairing.

[man] Joel, please one.
Please one. Please one.

Thank you so much.
I waited so long for you to sign.

Thank you very, very much. Oh my God.

You are my hero after seeing Full Swing.
I swear to god.

-Cheers, bud.
-Can I get a fist bump?

I know it wasn't the run you hoped for,
but look forward to seeing you next time.

-Have fun today, guys.
-You too, man.

[man 2] Cheers.

[Dahmen] My 2023 season has been... awful.

I don't know if there's
any other way to put it, really.

The U.S. Open,
I think that was the lowest point.

Something has to change.

[dramatic music playing]

[applause]

[commentator] Championship Sunday
as we await the final two pairings

to see who will steal
this Hollywood show at the U.S. Open.

[indistinct chatter]

[commentator] In the second-to-last group,
we've got Rory just one back,

trying to break that major drought.

And in that final group,
it is Rickie Fowler and Wyndham Clark.

-[man] Ricky!
-[man 2] Go, Rick!

-[man 3] Come on, Ricky!
-[man 4] Ricky! Ricky!

[Clark] I probably had
the least amount of fan support,

so it kind of gave me
a little chip on my shoulder.

I wanted to prove them wrong and show them
I'm the guy they should be rooting for.

[commentator]
What is running through his mind here?

[commentator 2] Well, probably listening
to the voice of his late mom.

The message to play big.
Play for something bigger than yourself.

-[men] Ricky!
-[man] Ricky!

Wyndham Clark was a complete underdog.

Everyone was pulling for
Rickie Fowler or Rory McIlroy.

And I think he was almost
feeding off of that underdog mentality.

[commentator] Oh my. Wow.

[applause]

[woman] Whoo!

[Ellis] Good shot.

[commentator] Clark, after the best shot
of the day, second birdie of the day.

-That went in with some authority.
-[cheering and whistling]

[man] You got it, baby!

[commentator] To eight.

[commentator 2]
Wyndham Clark's second here.

He's tucked this one.
This has got to carry.

[man] Yeah.

[crowd groans] Aw!

[commentator] Ooh.
Nope, that's in the barranca.

That looks like
some high grass right there.

[commentator 2] Plan to air long here.

[commentator] It looks like the shaft
could hit all that grass

and stop the club head.

[crowd] Oh.

[commentator] Oh my goodness.
Right under it, Zing.

[indistinct chatter]

-Aw, now he's in a worse situation.
-[man] Come on, Rick!

f*ck.

[Dethier] The U.S. Open is golf's
toughest test to begin with,

and Wyndham Clark hasn't been there.

[crowd chattering indistinctly]

[commentator] Wow. That thing flew
all the way over the back of the green,

and now he is in deep trouble
just trying to save bogey.

[Dethier] For a guy who has a history

of struggling to control his emotions,
you start to wonder,

"Okay. Is this the moment of implosion
everyone has kind of been waiting for?"

[tense music playing]

[Clark] You have
defining moments in tournaments.

Your mind kicks in.
You go, "Okay. Last time,

I got negative after this happened."

And your training kicks in.
You go, "This time, I'm not gonna do it."

-[commentator] That's nice.
-[applause]

-[commentator] And a grade A up and down.
-[cheering and applause]

[commentator 2] He was oftentimes
his own worst enemy.

He started working
with Julie at the start of the year.

It's really made a huge difference.

[Julie] We have prepared
for this moment mentally.

He's embracing all the work he's done.

[commentator] He can't get this
within ten feet going to the left,

I don't think.

[Julie] Before my eyes,

I saw him transform
to someone who truly believed,

and what he held in his mind
was manifesting right in front of him.

[commentator]
It's grabbing a little bit of slope.

[commentator 2] But it's not gonna get
all the way down there. An excellent shot.

[commentator] It's getting better
by the second. It's, uh...

In the end,
if he gets out of here with a three...

[commentator 2] It's 6 or 8 feet closer
than I thought it was gonna get.

[commentator] Clark is suddenly getting
a grand tour of the North Course.

What he was able to pull off
at the eighth, saving bogey there,

maybe he can save par here.

[cheering and applause]

[commentator] That was some saving.
You can see what it meant to Clark.

Because he just won
at Wells Fargo about a month ago,

I think that gave him so much confidence
that he's capable of playing

with the best players in the world.

[commentator 2] He wants to play c*ck,
and that's some kind of c*ck, this shot.

Wow.

[commentator] Over at 18.

This is McIlroy for tie for the lead.

-[man] Get in the hole!
-[fans shouting, cheering]

[light applause]

[commentator] Leader in the clubhouse,
McIlroy with a final round 70.

3,295 days since that last major.

He's wondering if he's going
to have to wait a little longer.

It's all up to Wyndham Clark.
At 18 with a one-shot lead.

[Ellis] This is still the right club.

I want you to make
a full, aggressive swing here.

Right at that palm tree
in the background, okay?

[commentator] He's got
one last full-iron shot to go.

[commentator 2] He pars this last hole,
and he's a U.S. Open Champion.

[applause]

[commentator] Two putts from there,
and Clark will close the deal.

[Clark] All the way until this year,
I've always felt and feared

the bad things that are gonna happen
more than believing the good things are.

But now I truly have a belief
that good things are gonna happen.

I'm reminded of my mom saying,
"You're gonna be someone great."

♪ It's been a long while ♪

♪ Felt like a stranger ♪

♪ I've been gone for too long ♪

♪ But I'll be coming home soon ♪

♪ I'll be coming home ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ I'll be coming home ♪

-♪ I'll be coming home... ♪
-[commentator] No one was expecting him.

I mean, everyone thought
the spotlight was on McIlroy, Fowler.

Wyndham Clark is doing
everything he needs to do

to become a U.S. Open champion.

♪ So the nights don't feels so alone... ♪

[commentator] That's pretty cozy.

♪ There's a hole within my heart ♪

♪ And I've suffered, yeah... ♪

[commentator] The stage is clear
for Wyndham Clark...

-♪ I'll be coming home ♪
-♪ I'll be coming home ♪

...who takes down
all the stars in Los Angeles

to win the United States Open!

[applause]

♪ Everything's changing
Everything's fading ♪

♪ No, I won't delay ♪

♪ Everything's changing, everything's... ♪

[Kaitlin] Are you
freaking serious right now?

[Fowler] Good job, congrats.

Thank you.
Thanks for being a champ. Appreciate you.

-Your mom would be really proud of you.
-Thanks, man. Appreciate you. Thank you.

[man] Congratulations. Well played, man.

[Clark] I just felt like my mom
was watching over me today.

You know, I just wish she could be here
and we could enjoy this,

but I know she'd be very proud of me.

[announcer] The champion of the U.S. Open,
Wyndham Clark.

♪ I won't delay... ♪

[Julie] Seeing Wyndham connect the dots,

I felt like I was in the presence
of something magnificent.

He just got to see how amazing he was,

and if he applied himself,

he could make his dream come true.

It worked.

♪ Everything is changing
Everything's going... ♪

[Clark] I'm just so glad
that my caddie and agent said,

"Hey, we got this lady
that we think you should work with."

And I was a little reluctant to do it,

and I'm just so glad
that she was brought into my life.

[cheering and applause]

[Clark] Julie gave me a new mindset

and a new outlook on things
and made golf fun again.

You look back five, six months,
and you can kind of go,

"Wow, it's amazing how far I've come."

Just celebrate what we just did,
which was, you know,

some people would have thought
was unattainable.

And that moment was, you know, something
I'll remember for the rest of my life.

[music fades]

[beep]

[Dahmen] I am going home
for the first time in...

-In two weeks.
-[Geno] That's what you mean. "Home" home.

Thought the Rocky Mountains
would be a little rockier than this.

Talk to me, Joel.

Lona and I had
a great conversation at the U.S. Open.

And we chatted and it was like,
"Hey, this isn't working."

"You're a great dad, great husband.
This is all fun, but it ain't working."

And I've known it's not working.

Like, I know it felt different,
but you tread so carefully, and I'm like,

"If you were just a little tougher on me,
it'd work way better."

[Geno] Really?

-Seriously.
-Okay, then I'm gonna tell you this.

If you don't talk to this guy
in the next little bit...

[Dahmen chuckles]

-What are you gonna do? Leave me?
-Yeah.

-[Dahmen] Okay. Do you have a job?
-I don't know.

I'm trying to find you a job on LIV.

[Geno] I don't want another job!
I wanna work for you.

I want... I want you to work for Talor Gooch
and make f*cking 17 million and come back!

I wanna work for Joel Dahmen
and just make 750,000 a year.

I want you to fly me private.

I would love that too,
but I can only do that

if you play great golf,
and I'm trying to help you.

-Why are you being so stubborn about this?
-[Dahmen] I'm not.

Netflix...
it's weird they're right here, but...

but, dude, being famous and sh**ting 76
is f*cking the worst thing in my life.

[Geno] I know. I feel bad. I honestly do.

It's the worst f*cking thing in the world.

Now, when you're golf-famous, that's fun,

because you're playing good
and they cheer for you.

sh**ting 76 and missing the cut by one.

And just, like... You couldn't put me
in a worse spot in my life.

Yeah.

All I want to do is
just hang out with my kid and be away.

-I will talk to this guy.
-And I appreciate that.

[Dahmen] The other thing is, Lona's like,

"Look, everyone around you
is working harder than you're working,

and trying to... get you back
where you're supposed to be."

"But you gotta care."

[Geno chuckles] Hey, look...

we're flying high!

It's so weird.
I don't even know why I like you.

[laughing]

Damn it.

-[Dahmen] I might sh**t 80 on Thursday.
-[Geno] That's okay.

I don't even care
if you sh**t 80 on Thursday.

As long as you're trying.

Damn it.

I hate you.

-This is so weird.
-It's so weird.

It's a turning point.

Damn it, Joel.

[Dahmen] Seriously.

[emotional music playing]

[crying]

I know.

[Dahmen] Thanks for caring about me.

I really think I'm back.
I thought I would give up golfing, but...

I don't care if we miss another five cuts
if we're... working toward the right things.

-You know?
-[Dahmen] I think we are.

Good. That's all that matters.

'Cause if we just don't give a f*ck,
and we just continue to be like,

"Oh, let's just miss another cut,"

"Let's go get f*cked up this weekend,"
and "who cares" again,

then it's like, what are we doing?

I think... like, golf is hard,
but I'm back as Joel on the golf course.

Hey. I love the f*ck out of you.

-I love you too.
-And I can't thank you enough for being...

-Ugh.
-I wish you would've got another bag.

I don't want another bag.

[Dahmen] But now, we might be okay.

[Geno] I mean, I hope so. I love you.

-I'm gonna go and get rich.
-Please do.

Ah!

[Dahmen] Geno's...

Okay. Are we there yet?

[Dahmen] Geno wants what's best.

This is way bigger than the game of golf
or a caddie-player relationship.

He's going the extra mile to try
to dig us out of this hole together.

[Geno] Nice shot.

[Dahmen] It's a road I'm willing to go
down, to talk to a sports psychologist.

That is the next step.

This isn't gonna
magically get better overnight,

but we're at least going the other way.

And it feels like
when you've switched momentum,

it's a great feeling for everyone.

It's so much easier when I do that.

[Geno] That does make the game nice.

[Dahmen] I feel like
I wanna play golf again.

I'm motivated to play well again
instead of going through the motions.

[Geno] Uh, it's pretty great.

[announcer] Now,
from the Republic of Korea, Tom Kim.

Tom Kim is a global superstar.

-He's a generational talent.
-[man] All right. Good.

But the PGA TOUR, it's different.
This is as big as it gets.

The PGA TOUR
has been a complete transition

to a different life, a different world.

[commentator] All gone wrong.

If you're not playing well,
it's gone in a flash.

It's a f*cking grind.

Having early success, your expectations
are to win a major championship.

-Ow!
-[man] Anything less is a failure.

[dramatic music playing]