Papineau, Sear to Play in PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open
May 29, 2024 09:50 AM | Golf
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Former West Virginia University golfers Etienne Papineau and Max Sear will play in this week's PGA Tour event taking place at the RBC Canadian Open in Hamilton, Ontario.
Papineau, a native of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, will play in the event for the second year in a row. He also participated at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2022. Papineau competed at WVU from 2016-21.
Sear, a native of Unionville, Ontario, competed in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Club in 2022. He competed at WVU from 2015-19.
Papineau and Sear were the first and second Mountaineer golfers to qualify for a PGA Tour event as a professional since the program was reinstated in 2015. WVU Sports Hall of Fame inductee Mike Krak competed on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s.
Former Mountaineer golfer and state amateur champion Alan Cooke was given a sponsor's exemption to play in the 2017 Greenbrier Classic, and Matt Sharpstene, who played three years at WVU, qualified for the 2021 U.S. Open and the 2023 Barbasol Championship.
Papineau, a native of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, will play in the event for the second year in a row. He also participated at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2022. Papineau competed at WVU from 2016-21.
Sear, a native of Unionville, Ontario, competed in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Club in 2022. He competed at WVU from 2015-19.
Papineau and Sear were the first and second Mountaineer golfers to qualify for a PGA Tour event as a professional since the program was reinstated in 2015. WVU Sports Hall of Fame inductee Mike Krak competed on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s.
Former Mountaineer golfer and state amateur champion Alan Cooke was given a sponsor's exemption to play in the 2017 Greenbrier Classic, and Matt Sharpstene, who played three years at WVU, qualified for the 2021 U.S. Open and the 2023 Barbasol Championship.
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