Senators star Claude Giroux to play in PGA Tour Canada event in Ottawa

OTTAWA — Senators star Claude Giroux has been offered a sponsor’s exemption to play in the Commissionaires Ottawa Open, a PGA Tour Canada event.

Giroux will also be the tournament’s honorary chair.

He isn’t the first active NHL player to compete in a PGA Tour Canada event.

Winnipeg Jets forwards Mark Scheifele (2018, 2022) and Kyle Conner (2019) have both played in the CentrePort Canada Railpark Manitoba Open.