It’s taken Coquitlam golfer A.J. Ewart just five tries on the PGA Tour Americas to earn his first victory as a professional.
The 25-year-old grad of Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla., shot a 67 in the final round to win the Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open over the weekend. His four-round total of 263 was one stroke better than three other golfers who tied for second.
The win earns Ewart an automatic exemption into PGA Tour Americas events in Canada and the United States for the rest of the season as well as its Latin American events from February to May of 2025.
It also puts him in contention to play for a spot in the Korn Ferry Tour, a developmental circuit for young golfers trying to break into the PGA Tour.
“Obviously, it’s special, right,” said Ewart of the boost given to his professional aspirations by the win in Saskatchewan.
“We want to keep moving on up and eventually make our way to the PGA Tour.”
Ewart attended Gleneagle Secondary School and honed his swing at the Vancouver Golf Club. He is the son of longtime golf pro and executive Brad Ewart, who helped launch the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club.
Ewart’s 14 tournament victories during his collegiate career broke the record held by current PGA Tour player Adam Svensson, who's from Surrey. Seven of those wins came in his junior season and earned him the Jack Nicklaus Award as the NCAA Div. II national men’s golfer of the year in 2022.
Ewart has also been part of Canada’s national golf team, first as part of the amateur squad in 2017-18 and 2022 and then on the pro team in 2023-24. He’s been a national player of the year and was twice recognized as British Columbia’s men’s golfer of the year.
Ewart’s first pro tournament was the 2022 RBC Canadian Open but he struggled to get the results he needed to maintain his status on the PGA Tour Canada and had to cobble together sponsor exemptions to be able to enter events on the PGA Tour Americas.
Ewart said the stability that comes with having exempt status to play in future events will allow him to focus on taking his game to the next level.
“It’s really special just having some job security, right, and knowing where you’re going to be and plan ahead,” he said. “The last month-and-a-half or two months have been kind of chaotic.”
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