“I love golf – everything about it.”
With that, you know Weston White.
You should also know that White’s a Morgantown native, a West Virginia University student, and a Finance major in the John Chambers College of Business and Economics. But if you don’t know about his love for golf, you’re missing the passion that led him to a position with the Professional Golfers’ Association of America.
“I picked up golf in the summer of 2021,” White said. “When I was younger, I thought it was stupid. Then my dad took me golfing, and I knew it was what I wanted to do.
“Golf is for everybody, and that’s one reason the sport’s growing so rapidly. The integration of networking, and the people you meet playing golf and working in golf – it’s just a beautiful thing. It’s one of the best ways to meet people.”
In fact, a chance meeting on a golf course kick-started White's career well before he graduated from college. Playing solo one day at the Pines Country Club in Morgantown, he was invited to join another group, one of whom was an operations manager for the Ryder Cup.
A few weeks later, White was on a plane to Seattle, preparing for his first internship as an operations assistant with the LPGA, the PGA’s female-only counterpart.
“One of my favorite professors, Vincent Dobilas, has what he calls the Big Doba Rules,” White said. “One of them is ‘Meet Everybody.’ That’s been a big thing for me, whether it's the course professional or a guy from the grounds crew. When I got to Seattle, I met two other PGA employees from Morgantown. We’re all connected. Everybody’s a Mountaineer.”
One year later, White was offered an internship for the Senior PGA Championship in Bethesda. Though it started during his spring semester, White’s professors coordinated with him to ensure he could finish his classes and take his final exams online.
His success there led his supervisors to recommend him for a position as an operations assistant with the Ryder Cup, one of the PGA’s premier competitions, which pits golf teams from the United States and Europe against each other every two years.
It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – but it came with a catch. In 2025, the Ryder Cup would run from June to September, meaning that White would have to miss half of his fall semester, pushing his graduation back.
But to a Mountaineer, a challenge like that might as well be a molehill. With the help of the Chambers College advising office, White reworked his academic plan and was soon on his way to the Bethpage Black Course in Long Island.
“My dad said, ‘If you get this opportunity, you have to take it,’” White said. “I feel like that's one thing that WVU does really, really well. It helps put students in a better spot for the future.”
That means ensuring students succeed whether they go to Wall Street, Main Street, or a big, green place without streets.
For White, that flexibility has proven invaluable.
“I’m not necessarily looking at financial statements, but I’m taking things I learned in class and using them in a way that’s beneficial to a field that’s not business-related. You don’t have to think that just because you’re a finance major, you can only do finance. The Chambers College sets you up to do anything.”
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Andrew Marvin
Senior Communications Specialist
John Chambers College of Business and Economics
andrew.marvin@mail.wvu.edu
