Austin Lemieux, the 30-year-old son of NHL legend Mario Lemieux, will compete in next week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship as an amateur.
Austin Lemieux, who played hockey in college at Arizona State before transitioning to golf, shot a 66 on Monday to qualify for the tournament at Port Royal Golf Course.
The performance comes a month after Lemieux’s breakthrough win at the Pennsylvania mid-amateur championship. He added another title to his resume on Oct. 6 at Indian Spring Country Club in Boynton Beach, Florida, where he edged Jake Springer in a playoff for a win on the Minor League Golf Tour.
Monday’s 68-player qualifier was also held in Florida to give the four winning players time to arrange their travel.
The other three Monday qualifiers were Adam Long (64), Matthew Anderson (66) and Willie Mack III (66).
Lemieux grew up around both ice and grass as his dad was a scratch golfer — a figure often seen on the celebrity golf circuit, in addition to being one of the greatest hockey players of all time.
The Penguins legend played all 17 seasons in Pittsburgh, where Austin was born, and finished his NHL career with 690 goals and 1,033 assists. The two-time Stanley Cup champion also brought three NHL titles to Pittsburgh as an owner — the only man to have his name on the cup as a player and owner.
In 1998, Mario Lemieux won the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe, where he also has a pair of top-10s.
The Butterfield Bermuda Championship begins next Thursday, Oct. 22, in Southampton, Bermuda.