It’s not every day you get to walk a hole on the golf course alongside a pro.
As part of the PGA Tour Americas’ Fortinet Cup Championship, students from South Surrey’s Rosemary Heights Elementary as well as other area schools had the chance to watch the pros golf, learn about the golf course and even, walked the entire 18th hole at Morgan Creek Golf Course with AJ Ewart, a Canadian golfer from B.C. who grew up in Coquitlam.
During the RBC Pro-Am Wednesday (Sept. 24), the young students also had the chance to participate in a skills clinic, an RBC Community Junior Golf initiative, with some of the other professional golfers set to compete for the cup — and a chance to make it into the PGA’s Korn Ferry Tour — Thursday through Sunday (Sept. 25 to 28) at the beautifully maintained golf course.
Ewart, 26, is fresh off setting a record with a career-low 11-under 59 in the second round to set a new course record at Uplands Golf Club in Victoria last weekend, carding 12 birdies and one bogey. He entered the tournament 12th on the PGA Tour Americas’ Fortinet Cup points list, and if he can move up at least two spots, he will receive one of the 10 2026 Korn Ferry Tour cards that will be handed out after Sunday’s final round.
But making it to the top 10 isn’t Ewart’s only goal.