“He thinks he’s old” – Fans react to Joel Dahmen teaming up with Lilia Vu on the 'Vu-Tang Clan'

Fans have reacted to Joel Dahmen teaming up with LPGA Tour player Lilia Vu at the 2023 Grant Thornton Invitational Championship this week. The tournament features PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players in a mixed event.

During a pre-tournament press conference, Dahmen and Vu opened up about their game and unveiled their unique team name. A reporter questioned them about the name of their team.

Here's how the conversation went after that:

Vu: "Our group chat is named Vu-Tang Clan, but wasn't my...."

Dahmen: "You’re way too young to know anything about that."

Vu: "I know it’s Wu-Woo Tang, but I don’t know what it is."

Dahmen: "It’s a great name. I think that was your caddie, right?"

Vu: "Yeah."

Dahmen: "Yeah, that was cool. So phenomenal name. We are born in the ’80s, I believe. You’re — what year were you born?"

Vu: "97. "

Dahmen: "Yeah, wow. I do have grey hair, I didn’t know I was that old. We’re going to listen to some Wu-Tang Clan on the way to the first tee."

The PGA Tour shared a clip from their press conference on its X account with a caption saying:

"Meet the Vu-Tang Clan. @Joel_Dahmen 🤝 Lillia Vu"

Dahmen, who is 36 years old now, amazed his fans on social media with his humor. One user on X commented:

"He thinks he’s old. Lol"

Dahmen was born on November 11, 1987, in Clarkston, Washington. He currently plays on the PGA Tour.

Vu, on the other hand, was born on October 14, 1997, in Fountain Valley. She started her professional career in 2019 and has so far won four LPGA Tour events.

Meanwhile, another fan wrote:

"Joel is a legend."

"This is fabulous," commented another fan.

Here are some more fan reactions on X:

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Joel Dahmen and Lilia Vu's odds to win the 2023 Grant Thornton Invitational

According to Golf Week, Tony Finau and Nelly Korda are the favorites to win the 2023 Grant Thornton Invitational with odds of +550, followed by Ludvig Aberg and Madelene Sagstrom. Joel Dahmen and Lilia Vu have odds of +1400 to win the tournament.

Here are the odds of the tournament as per Golf Week:

• Tony Finau/Nelly Korda +550
• Ludvig Aberg/Madelene Sagström +700
• Justin Rose/ Charley Hul l+1000
• Sahith Theegala/Rose Zhang +1100
• Rickie Fowler/Lexi Thompson +1100
• Lucas Glover/Leona Maguire +1100
• Harris English/Celine Boutier +1200
• Corey Conners/Brooke Henderson +1200
• Nick Taylor/Ruoning Yin +1400
• Joel Dahmen/Lilia Vu +1400
• Jason Day/Lydia Ko +1400
• Denny McCarthy/Megan Khang +1600
• Russell Henley/Mel Reid +2000
• Tom Hoge/Cheyenne Knight +2000
• Billy Horschel/Andrea Lee +1800
• Cameron Champ/Allisen Corpuz +2500

The Grant Thornton Invitational is scheduled to take place from December 8 to 10 at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.