He gave up on pro golf. Then he qualified for his first PGA Tour event

Josh Goldenberg doesn’t plan to quit his day job. But he had a great time dabbling in his old career.

“This week was incredible,” he said. “A dream come true.”

It was nearing noon on Saturday, and Goldenberg was speaking by phone from the Toronto airport, about to board a flight home to New York. By Monday morning, he’d be back at his desk in Manhattan, working in finance for Goldman Sachs. But for now, he was still basking in the good vibes of the last few days, when he’d competed in his first PGA Tour event — the RBC Canadian Open — after late-qualifying into the field.

While Goldenberg’s appearance at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley hadn’t come entirely out of the blue — a former standout on the golf team at the University of Pennsylvania, he’d been a globe-trotting grinder on develop