With a title in his pocket and a solid game, Papineau can see the future in a good light.
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“I don’t want to just win a tournament and tell myself I made it by quitting work,” he said, arriving at the circuit’s next event less than 48 hours after his win. The goal is to keep doing well and earn a place on the Korn Ferry Tour and the PGA Tour. The work goes on.”
With the merger of the Canadian and Latin American tournaments next year to form the PGA Tour Americas, this triumph will gain in importance, even though there are still nine tournaments on the calendar. Because in the spring of 2024, preference will of course be given to the best racetracks.
Most importantly, if he finishes in the top 10 in the final standings while maintaining a good rhythm, he’s earned entry to the Korn Ferry, the antechamber of the PGA.
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A first for a long time
It would be a first for a Quebecer since Julien Trudeau, who played around fifteen tournaments in 2010. In history, since Rémi Bouchard, Carl Desjardins and Craig Matthew, few representatives of Belle Province have gone there.
Papineau’s journey to the racetrack of the world’s elite is little different from that of other Quebecers who have tried to get there. He prides himself on doing it his way.
“It’s a bumpy road full of ups and downs. You take one step back and two steps forward. But like the others, I give my maximum to be able to reach the PGA Tour.
And along the way, he reaps a few trophies.