Joel Dahmen hires his instructor as a fill-in caddie in Geno Bonnalie's absence

Joel Dahmen hired a new instructor to fill in for his caddie Geno Bonnalie's absence at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2025. The American golfer is gearing up to play this week in the PGA Tour event, which is scheduled to start on Thursday, May 1. However, his regular caddie, Geno, will be missing the event.

As per Golf analyst Brentley Romine, Jon Reehoorn, the Oregon State men's golf head coach, will be filling Geno’s position this week. The golf journalist shared the news on his X account, writing:

"Geno Bonnalie is off this week, so Joel Dahmen will call upon Oregon State men's golf coach Jon Reehoorn to carry the bag. Reehoorn coached Dahmen at Washington and still serves as his instructor."

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Joel Dahmen has been having a good time on the PGA Tour this season and would be looking forward to his first win of the year this week. He started his 2025 season at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

However, Dahmen missed the cut in his first two events before settling in T9 at the Farmers Insurance Open, but then again missed the cut at the WM Phoenix Open. He had played in a total of 12 tournaments so far and recorded one runner-up finish, which came at the Corales Puntacana Championship.

What are Joel Dahmen's odds for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2025?

Per CBS Sports, Scottie Scheffler is the favorite bet to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2025. He has the odds of +280. Dahmen has the odds of +10,000.

Meanwhile, some other favorite bets for the tournament are Jordan Spieth, Byeong Hun An, and Si Woo Kim.

Here are the odds of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2025 (via CBS Sports):

Scottie Scheffler +280
Jordan Spieth +1800
Sungjae Im +2200
Byeong Hun An +2500
Taylor Pendrith +2500
Si Woo Kim +3000
Sam Burns +3000
Keith Mitchell +3000
Ben Griffin +3500
Will Zalatoris +4500
Stephan Jaeger +4500
Mackenzie Hughes +5000
Rasmus Højgaard +5000
Jacob Bridgeman +6000
Tom Kim +6000
Jake Knapp +6000
Nicolai Højgaard +6500
Kevin Yu +7000
Harry Hall +7000
Eric Cole +7000
Thorbjørn Olesen +7000
Seamus Power +7000
Ryan Gerard +7000
Matt Wallace +7500
Taylor Moore +7500
Ryo Hisatsune +7500
Isaiah Salinda +7500
Kurt Kitayama +7500
Michael Thorbjornsen +7500
Alex Smalley +8000
Rico Hoey +8000
Austin Eckroat +8000
Sam Stevens +8000
Patrick Rodgers +9000
Lee Hodges +9000
Matt McCarty +10000
Doug Ghim +9000
Jesper Svensson +9000
Alejandro Tosti +9000
Matt Kuchar +11000
Gary Woodland +10000
Niklas Norgaard +9000
Cam Davis +11000
Davis Riley +11000
Chan Kim +11000
Joel Dahmen +11000
Ryan Fox +11000
Henrik Norlander +12000
Nico Echavarria +12000
Ricky Castillo +12000
Justin Lower +12000
Matti Schmid +12000
Beau Hossler +12000
Joe Highsmith +12000

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