Ewart tops leaderboard to increase Canadian contingent on PGA TOUR to seven for 2026
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A.J. Ewart and Adam Svensson have increased the Canadian contingent on the PGA TOUR to seven for next year after finishing in the top five at PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry at Ponte Vedra, Fla.
Ewart of Coquitlam, B.C. finished atop the leaderboard at 14-under following rounds of 66-67-67-66-266 to earn his PGA TOUR card for 2026. The Team Canada member was within the top five for majority of the four days and added a hole-in-one during Friday’s second round.
This past season, Ewart competed in 16 events on PGA TOUR Americas with one runner-up finish at the Times Colonist Victoria Open, four top 10’s and seven top 25’s, finishing 15th on the PGA TOUR Americas season standings. Ewart has competed in two PGA TOUR events during his career, with both coming at the RBC Canadian Open in 2022 and 2025. In addition, Ewart has one win on PGA TOUR Americas, coming at the 2024 Elk Ridge Saskatchewan Open.
Svensson of Surrey, B.C. has regained his PGA TOUR card after finishing T2 at 12-under following rounds of 70-64-68-66-268. Svensson has competed in 159 PGA TOUR tournaments since joining the Tour in 2019 with one win at the RSM Classic in 2022.
This past year, Svensson played in 29 tournaments and earned three top 25 finishes on the PGA TOUR, with his best finish coming at the 3M Open in July at T14.
Ben Silverman of Thornhill, Ont. finished T5 at 11-under following rounds of 68-69-65-67-269. Due to a change in the number of cards awarded this year, Silverman was forced into a playoff with Dylan Wu for the fifth and final card but fell on the first hole after Wu birdied.
The top five players earned their PGA TOUR cards for 2025 from the field of 174 golfers competing at Dye’s Valley Course and Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Nine Canadians teed off this week including, Adam Hadwin (Abbotsford, B.C.) and Drew Nesbitt (Toronto, Ont.) finishing T62 at 2-under, Roger Sloan (Calgary, Alta.) finished T79 at 1-under, Stuart Macdonald (Vancouver, B.C.) finished T92 at 1-over, Myles Creighton (Digby, N.S.) at T124, 5-over and Peyton Callens (Langton, Ont.) at T150, 11-over.
Ewart and Svensson join fellow Canadians, Corey Conners (Listowel, Ont.), Nick Taylor (Abbotsford, B.C.), Taylor Pendrith (Richmond Hill, Ont.), Mackenzie Hughes (Dundas, Ont.) and Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Mississauga, Ont.) on the PGA TOUR in 2026.
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