Joel Dahmen, in his wonderful Joel Dahmen manner, summed up golf improvement in one sentence. Dahmen’s humor, you may remember, is as dry as his swing is smooth.
“Yeah, it’s amazing what happens,” he said Friday, “when you work with your golf coach at home and you hit a couple balls.”
Indeed. A week ago, Dahmen did. And wouldn’t you know it: Through 36 holes at the Sanderson Farms Championship, he’s contending.
On Friday, Dahmen bogeyed the 10th hole at the Country Club of Jackson, his first hole after starting on the back nine. Then he birdied 14. And 15. And 17. And 1. And 2. And 6. In the end, Dahmen finished with a five-under 67, and after a first-round 69, he’s at eight-under overall, six shots behind leader Ben Griffin.
But the past few months had been a grind for one of the stars of Netflix’s Full Swing. Since the Memorial in June, he had played nine events, and he missed the cut in seven of them. Dahmen was searching. He reached out to his swing coach, Rob Rashell.
“I had a great lesson with him last week and played really well at home with some buddies on a Thursday, and I was like, I think this is kind of clicking, coming together,” Dahmen said after his second round. “You never know until you bring it out here, but it’s working. Maybe there is something to hitting golf balls and practicing a little bit.
“We’ll just keep going down that route.”
With that, Golf Channel coverage of the third round of the Sanderson starts at 4 p.m. ET. In addition, Peacock will provide a live simulcast of Golf Channel’s coverage.
How to watch the Sanderson Farms Championship on TV Saturday
Golf Channel will air the third round of the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship on TV with a three-hour telecast on Saturday from 4-7 p.m. ET.
How to stream the Sanderson Farms Championship online Saturday
You can stream the third round of the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship on Saturday via Peacock. Peacock will provide a simulcast of Golf Channel’s Saturday TV coverage starting at 4 p.m. ET.
2023 Sanderson Farms Championship round 3 tee times (all times ET)
Tee No. 1
8:10 a.m. – Scott Harrington, Chris Baker
8:20 a.m. – Kyle Westmoreland, Michael Gligic
8:30 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli Callum Tarren
8:40 a.m. – Kelly Kraft, Richy Werenski
8:50 a.m. – Kramer Hickok, William McGirt
9 a.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Trevor Cone
9:10 a.m. – Eric Cole, Brandon Wu
9:20 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Jonas Blixt
9:30 a.m. – Lucas Herbert, Jim Herman
9:45 a.m. – Chris Stroud, Alex Smalley
9:55 a.m. – Brett White, Jimmy Walker
10:05 a.m. – Adam Long, Nicholas Lindheim
10:15 a.m. – Vince Whaley, Ted Potter, Jr.
10:25 a.m. – Ben Taylor, Kevin Chappell
10:35 a.m. – Nick Hardy, Robert Streb
10:45 a.m. – Ross Steelman, Cameron Percy
10:55 a.m. – Tommy Gainey, Alex Noren
11:10 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Akshay Bhatia
11:20 a.m. – Hank Lebioda, Ben Martin
11:30 a.m. – Mark Hubbard, Ford Clegg
11:40 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Lanto Griffin
11:50 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Tyler Duncan
Noon – David Lipsky, Doc Redman
12:10 p.m. Ryan Palmer, Austin Cook
12:20 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Cody Gribble
12:45 p.m. – Garrick Higgo, Russell Knox
12:55 p.m. – Martin Laird, Cameron Champ
1:05 p.m. – Matthew NeSmith, Tom Hoge
1:15 p.m. – Adam Svensson, Ludvig Åberg
1:25 p.m. – Joel Dahmen, Brandt Snedeker
1:35 p.m. – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Sam Ryder
1:45 p.m. – Scott Stallings, Wesley Bryan
2 p.m. – Beau Hossler, Peter Kuest
2:10 p.m. – Harry Higgs, Erik van Rooyen
2:20 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, Troy Merritt
2:30 p.m. – Henrik Norlander, Chesson Hadley
2:40 p.m. – Luke List, Carl Yuan
2:50 p.m. – Ben Griffin, Harrison Endycott
