Tyler Mawhinney of Orange Park among First Coast players in RBC Canadian Open

Recent U.S. Four-Ball champion earned his way by winning the 2024 Canadian Amateur

• 17-year-old Tyler Mawhinney will be playing in the RBC Canadian Open.
• Mawhinney qualified by winning the 2024 Canadian Amateur.
• Ten other First Coast residents will also be playing in the tournament.

Tyler Mawhinney of Orange Park has won an amateur national championship in two countries and an FHSAA state championship. 

He’s now getting his chance at a PGA Tour event, at the age of 17. 

Mawhinney is in the field for this week’s RBC Canadian Open, at the TPC Toronto Osprey Valley course in Caledon, Ontario. The rising Fleming Island High senior earned his spot in the field by winning the 2024 Canadian Amateur and joins Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach in First Coast residents who have played in PGA Tour events as teenagers. 

Russell played in last year’s Rocket Mortgage Classic and Butterfield Bermuda Championship, as well as two Korn Ferry Tour events. 

Mawhinney will have some company in Canada. Ten other First Coast residents are in the field, including one other player who went to an area high school, Vince Covello (Nease). 

The Canadian Open is also a prelude to the U.S. Open June 12-15 at Oakmont. 

Who are the area players in the RBC Canadian Open field? 

First Coast: Ludvig Aberg, Ricky Castillo, Vince Covello, Lanto Griffin, Philip Knowles, Ben Kohles, Tyler Mawhinney, Sam Ryder, Alejandro Tosti, Karl Vilips, Danny Walker. 

Golden Isles: Keith Mitchell, Greyson Sigg. 

Purse: $9.8 million ($1,764,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner). 

Defending champion: Robert MacIntyre. 

TV: Golf Channel (June 5-6, 3-6 p.m.; June 7-8, 1-3 p.m.); CBS (June 7-8, 3-6 p.m.). 

What other Tours are playing this week? 

LIV Golf 

Event: LIV Golf Virginia, June 6-8, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Va. 

Purse: $25 million ($4 million to the winner). 

Defending champion: First-year event. 

TV: Fox (June 6, 2-5 p.m.); Fox Business Network (June 7, 1-4 p.m.); FS1 (June 8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.). 

LPGA 

Event: ShopRite LPGA Classic, June 6-8, Seaview Golf Club, Bay Course, Galloway, N.J. 

Purse: $1.75 million ($262,500 to the winner). 

Defending champion: Linnea Strom. 

Area players: Austin Kim, Jessica Porvasnik. 

TV: Golf Channel (June 6, 12-3 p.m.; June 7-8, 3-5 p.m.). 

PGA Tour Champions 

Event: American Family Insurance Championship, June 6-8, TPC Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 

Purse: $3 million ($540,000 to the winner).  

Defending champion: Ernie Els. 

Area players: David Duval, Fred Funk, Davis Love III, Vijay Singh. 

TV: Golf Channel (June 6, 7-9 p.m.; June 7-8, 8-10 p.m.). 

Korn Ferry Tour 

Event: BMW Charity Pro-Am, June 5-8, the Thornblade Club, Greer, S.C. 

Purse: $1 million ($180,000 to the winner). 

Defending champion: Ryan Gerard. 

Area players: Tyson Alexander, Samuel Anderson, Dawson Armstrong, Derek Bard, Chandler Blanchet, Cody Blick, Jonathan Byrd, Sebastian Cappelen, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Nick Gabrelcik, Tano Goya, Luke Guthrie, Rick Lamb, Raul Pereda, Marcus Plunkett, Doc Redman, Julian Suri, Travis Trace, Thomas Walsh, Carl Yuan. 

TV: Golf Channel (June 5, 12-3 p.m.; June 6, 4-6 p.m.; June 7-8, 5-7 p.m.).