Editor’s Note: Witnessing something as rare as a round of 59 in a competitive round of golf is one thing. When it’s your son, well, that’s another thing altogether. This account of A.J. Ewart recording a 59 on the PGA Tour Americas circuit is related by his father and accomplished golfer himself, This column appeared originally in British Columbia Golf.
I have watched my son A.J. Ewart play hundreds of competitive rounds of golf.
As his father and coach during his amateur years I watched A.J. develop into a tremendous shot maker with nerves of steel. His short game and wedge play is stellar and when his putting is on the ball searches for the hole and finds it.
A.J. often shoots under par. But in the second round of the PGA Tour of America’s tournament at Uplands G.C. in Victoria – on