Joel Dahmen already faces an uphill climb to receive PGA Tour status in 2025.
But that road just got a whole lot tougher.
During Thursday’s opening round of the Shriners Children’s Open, the PGA Tour assessed Dahmen a four-shot penalty. He had 15 clubs in his bag—one more than the maximum of 14. His 4-iron was the guilty party.
So, instead of Dahmen carding a pair of pars on his opening two holes, the PGA Tour added two strokes on each, meaning he began with two doubles. That turned a benign start into an aggravating one.
But according to the United States Golf Association (USGA), Rule 4.1.b within the
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