South Surrey golf course honoured with 2025 PGA Tour Americas award
Published 2:30 pm Friday, December 19, 2025
A popular South Surrey golf course has earned a PGA Tour Americas 2025 Tournament Award after hosting the Fortinet Cup Championship earlier this year.
Morgan Creek Golf Course was honoured with the Best Sales Performance and commended for its outstanding financial performance earlier this week, when the awards were announced in an online ceremony.
Only six tournament awards are handed out, meant to honour excellence across the season’s 16 official events, a PGA Tour Americas release noted.
Morgan Creek Golf Course director of golf operations and Fortinet Cup Championship tournament director Tom Doull said he was pleased to learn of the award.
“It was a lot of work and and our team did a fantastic job, so to get rewarded for that … is really nice. It’s kind of the cherry on top. We felt we did a good job, but it’s good to know that it’s recognized,” Doull said Thursday (Dec. 18).
It was the first tournament Morgan Creek has hosted at the PGA Tour Americas level, he noted, adding that the support of the neighbourhood and surrounding community was amazing.
“The support of the neighbourhood was really huge. We got a lot of support from volunteers and a lot of support from people who purchased tickets,” Doull said, adding that record crowds attended the PGA Tour Americas tournament.
“At the end of the week, the officials from PGA Tour Americas were saying it’s the biggest crowds they’ve ever seen.”
The whole tournament was a success, Doull said, and several local residents who live near the golf course emailed to express their thoughts.
“We were very concerned about how the local residents would feel about the added traffic in the area … I received multiple emails and comments in person from them saying, ‘That was great.’ ‘It was fun to have in the neighbourhood.’ ‘When are we going to do it again?’” he said.
Doull didn’t rule out hosting another PGA Tour Americas event in the future, but noted the Fortinet Cup Championship (which will no longer be called that in 2026, as the sponsorship has ended) will move to the Dominican Republic for the next two years.
“Thank you to the golfing community of Metro Vancouver, but particularly the Surrey area … the players were really blown away,” Doull said. “We gave them a real taste of what the real PGA Tour is like with the crowds, or a little bit of it, anyways. I think Surrey really showed that it can hold big events like this and support them. It was great.”
2025 Tournament Award Winners
• Tournament of the Year | CRMC Championship presented by Northern Pacific Center (Brainerd, Minnesota)
Honored for unmatched fan experience, charitable impact, and sponsor integration
• Best Tournament Brand Identity | Explore NB Open (Fredericton, New Brunswick)
Recognized for building the most cohesive and distinctive brand identity
• Best Tournament Awareness | 93° Abierto Telecom del Centro presentado por Zurich (Cordoba, Argentina)
Celebrated for innovative campaigns that boosted attendance and visibility
• Best Sales Performance | Fortinet Cup Championship (Surrey, British Columbia)
Commended for outstanding financial performance
• Best Pro-Am | KIA Open (Quito, Ecuador)
Praised for delivering a memorable experience with premium gifting, prizing and culinary offerings
• Breakthrough Tournament | Commissionaires Ottawa Open (Ottawa, Ontario)
Awarded for significant year-over-year advancement, elevating the experience for players, partners, volunteers and fans
The 2025 PGA TOUR Americas season ran from March through September this year, and featured 16 events across Latin America, Canada and the United States.
Rising star Michael Brennan led the season with three victories, finishing atop the points list, and has since earned PGA TOUR membership for 2026 after winning the Bank of Utah Championship in October.
The 2026 PGA TOUR Americas season begins in April and will conclude in the Dominican Republic with the PGA Oceans 4 Tour Championship presented by Scotiabank, where the top 10 players on the final season-long points list will earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for 2027.
