Two former PNGA Players of Year earn PGA Tour cards

Two former PNGA Players of the Year, who are both from British Columbia, and both who attended Barry University, have secured full PGA Tour status for 2026.

A.J. Ewart (Coquitlam; 2022 POY) shot polished rounds of 66-67-67-66 – a 14 under par total – to win the PGA Tour’s Q-School Final, while Adam Svensson (Surrey; 2014 POY) tied for second, two shots behind Ewart.

The final event was held at Dye’s Valley Course at TPC Sawgrass, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

Predictably, both players have an established golf acumen, in their province and elsewhere. Ewart is a graduate of Barry University in Florida, and a former member of the Canadian National Team. He’s spent two seasons playing on the PGA TOUR Americas circuit, where he finished 11th on its Order of Merit. His win at the Q-School Final, in which he recorded an ace during round 2, earned him a $50,000 in prize money to boot.

Svensson, meanwhile, entered the week focused on regaining his status, after a season where he finished a distant 167th in the FedEx Cup Standings.

Although he admitted to feeling some nerves, he rallied to a final round 66 to secure his status. Despite his difficult 2025 season, Svensson’s professional resume is certainly accomplished; he won the 2022 RSM Classic on the PGA Tour and has three other wins on the Korn Ferry Tour since 2018. He too is a Barry University graduate, attending the school following a decorated junior career in his native B.C.

As the calendar turns to January, Ewart made his PGA Tour debut at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January. That tournament was most recently won by Nick Taylor, himself a two-time PNGA Player of the Year (2008, 2009), a former standout at the University of Washington and a native and still resident of Abbotsford, B.C.

It will be interesting to keep an eye on both players from British Columbia. One is a rookie on the PGA Tour while another is a veteran looking to improve on last year’s finish and keep his card.