Life in Golf's Minor League

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[Me]

I don’t think people realize how hard it is to get to even this level

[barshakespeare]

Well.... no more sleeping on the floor for Jonathan! He made over $500, 000 since January.

[splice]

Crazy to see now that Joel is on the tour, these guys go through alot to get to the top

[tntkop]

“Heads up, Beaver incoming!”
Aaaaand that’s how all of Tiger’s troubles began.

[MrSudoku]

What I really want to see is a story about professional fishermen golfing.

[Awins]

Thought this dude was Patrick Reed for a sec

[angrytom]

This is pretty much the same across all minor pro sports, as far as I can tell. I remember the same atmosphere around all the minor league hockey tryouts and camps I went to. Everyone's in the same boat just grinding and hoping for an opportunity.

[Thesavage]

There's a bear down usually cool LOL

[sfulmer]

Keep doing more golf vids, there really cool

[Blazington]

Damn I didn’t realize Joel dahmen was on this episode lmao

[lowcountryadventures]

omg fly fishing, friends, and golf!? i would be happy to stay in the minor and not go to the tour

[jebbobo]

"I think I hit that thing 290 or 250" thats a large gap lmao

[wirelessgrapes]

Joel Dahmen did actually make it to the tour, he was on the Fore Play Scramble vs.

[jasonrhomberg]

Anyone notice how he casually stuffed 4 hats into that bag

[conradharle]

Love these videos, you get to know what really happens behind the glitz and of main stream sport, keep it up

[datanal]

one of my high school friends plays on the web.com tour. He's unreal at golf. He beat Brandt Snedeker in a playoff to win a tournament when he was 22 and got his card for a couple years. Then he broke his ribs and hasn't been back since. He has the same career best pro round as tiger with a 61, but hasn't even made a million dollars in 15 years of professional golf. He'll finish top 20 in a tournament and take home a smaller paycheck than if he sold used cars for a living. Some months he'll play 2-3 tournaments and miss every cut. He's 37, has a family, and it's starting to wear on him. Every year he says he's retiring.

[robertchristiandau]

Reading the comments always weirds me out, this is an overall positive video and he even made the PGA tour, can’t understand people hating on lifestyle and the fact they go fishing....

[thomasina]

Do you think they have a good camaraderie??

[northsidepolarbear]

Golf is life, like I've said before the Grind, The friends, but I want to show it from a different side--I know you see this all the time (White Guys playing golf) I've been a Caddie for more than 15+ years in the ChicagoLand area at C&C recently went to Cali and caddied so I know a thing about this Sport. I want to show the "Black side" of Golf, I'm not trying to divide us but I know people or I hope people want to see Black guys or kids that play Golf, or see what we think of the game. I want to show that trough Film, now I don't shoot low YET but I know I have great stories to tell--I just need help in this process.. I'm now trying to empower myself in away that I can show the world but, it's going to take sometime in the next 3yrs look out for me...

[Pfsif]

I'll be right on tour with you guys as soon as I knock off 30 strokes from my hot game.