Joel Thelen

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 76-100 on Regular Season points list and additional Qualifying Tournament finishers (thru 2020)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2020

Personal

• Favorite course he's played is Chateau Whistler and wants to play Augusta National and Pebble Beach.
• Favorite pro sports teams are the Dallas Cowboys and Mavericks.
• Has also worked as a welder.
• Brother, Mitchell, was a Texas Mixed Martial Arts title belt holder in 2008.
• He and his parents met his wife and her family during a golf tournament in 2009 in California. The trip was his parents first time flying on a plane and his first trip to California.
• He remembers playing golf with my grandparents and uncles during visits to Michigan. He always begged them to keep playing.
• Remembers attending the 2007 AT&T Byron Nelson with his dad and was impressed by the way Davis Love III walked. Remembers seeing Jimmy Walker striping it on the range.
• Before golf, he raced motocross for a few years. Grew up playing football, basketball, soccer, racing and always wanted to be a professional athlete. He was also home schooled.

Special Interests

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

• IV Tequila Azulejos Cup (Mex): Shot a final-round, 1-under 71 at Tres Vidas GC in Acapulco to T4 with Raul Pereda in early March. Finished four shots short of winner Jose De Jesus Rodriguez.

Career Highlights

2021 Season

• IV Tequila Azulejos Cup (Mex): Shot a final-round, 1-under 71 at Tres Vidas GC in Acapulco to T4 with Raul Pereda in early March. Finished four shots short of winner Jose De Jesus Rodriguez.

2016 Season

• Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-Canada: Earned status with rounds of 68-75-71-69 at the Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Canada Qualifying Tournament No. 4.

2015 Season

• PGA TOUR Canada Q-School-California: Finished T16 at the California Qualifying Tournament shooting rounds of 74-70-72-77.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019