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Hadwin Ties for Fourth at Canadian Open
July 25, 2011 | Men's Golf
July 25, 2011
Louisville, Ky. - - Former University of Louisville men's golfer made a big name for himself last weekend at the Canadian Open.
Hadwin, who turned pro some 16 months ago and was playing in just his third PGA event, battled for 18 holes; surviving a spirit-crushing four-putt on the eighth green to finish tied for fourth at the national championship, two shots behind Sean O'Hair and Kris Blanks who finished the 72 holes tied for first.
O'Hair would win the tournament but, for this city and this country, this week was about Hadwin. In his other life on the Canadian tour, he battles it out at the Syncrude Boreal Open in Fort McMurray or the Times Colonist Island Savings Open in Victoria. But there he was on Sunday, with a chance to become the first Canuck to win the Open in 57 years; playing, as he kept saying afterwards, for the whole country.
Playing in the final group, Hadwin started unsteadily and his tournament seemed to implode on No. 8 following the four-putt and an disastrous double bogey that dropped him five shots back of the leader.
Hadwin, in fact, was just one shot back of the leaders standing on the 14th tee. Alas, the charge ended there but that didn't seem terribly relevant to the larger storyline.
The former U of L All-American fired 72 on the final day to finish in a tie for fourth-place and earned a spot in next week's PGA Tournament event at the Greenbriar in West Va.
