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Joel DahmenJoel Dahmen

Max Homa will win the U.S. Open

I think [Max Homa] is gonna win the US Open... It's in LA, it's where he is from. He's got all those positive vibes... I think LA could be the spot for him.

Wyndham Clark won the 2023 U.S. Open. Max Homa finished T10.
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Joel DahmenJoel Dahmen

Russell Wilson is a bit of a fraud

Super weird with [Russell Wilson]. I gotta admit I had his jersey... and I believed in what he was selling... turns out he is fraud is a bit much, but sounds like he's got too big for his boots and I'm glad that he's not a Seahawk anymore.

This is an opinion on Wilson's character/authenticity.
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Joel DahmenJoel Dahmen

The primary separator in elite golf is ball striking and driving distance

I think the big separation is, is in the ball striking. And if you just look at the FedEx couple list or the, the money list every year it's gonna be typically the guys who hit it far... you look at Scotty Scheffler and Rom and Rory right now. Like they just bomb it and they hit it very straight.

Professional golf statistics consistently show driving distance and strokes gained: off-the-tee are the highest predictors of earnings.
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Joel DahmenJoel Dahmen

Professional tour players have a massive advantage over club champions on harder course setups

The harder the golf course is, the bigger advantage tour players have. So if you go play like your local Easy Country club... the separation won't be as much as if we were gonna play like a US open setup. Like that's when you get a big separation where like a club champion would still probably shoot 90 at a US open setup.

Evidence from US Open qualifiers where high-level amateurs play on pro setups consistently supports this level of separation.
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Joel DahmenJoel Dahmen

Jared Kelenic will have a breakout season for the Mariners

Jared Kelenic is having, I think he had an awesome off-season. He's have good spring training and he might actually, you know, kind of be dangerous this year and come into his zone. So I'm actually a big Mariners fan.

Kelenic did have a much better 2023 season than previous years, posting a .746 OPS and nearly 2 WAR, though he eventually cooled off.
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Joel DahmenJoel Dahmen

The NBA is currently too watered down

The the the other problem is the NBA is so watered down now. Like the the the difference between the top five or six teams and then the bottom half is just just atrocious. So like if you just add two more teams, you're just gonna I mean you might as well have me play.

Subjective opinion on league quality.

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