BC's Hadwin Jumps In WGR After T7 At U.S. Open
BC's Adam Hadwin Finished T7 At The U.S. Open - Image Credit Bernard Brault/Golf Canada
By Brad Ziemer, British Columbia Golf
Abbotsford’s Adam Hadwin is proud of the way he battled as he contended in a major championship for the first time. After holding the first-round lead at the U.S. Open, Hadwin remained in contention all weekend and settled for a tie for seventh place.
“That round could have slipped away at any point during that front (nine) with some of the places I hit it,” Hadwin said after Sunday’s final round.
“I just kept my head down and kept moving forward and am very proud of the way I ground through this week. I really didn’t have my best stuff at times. I didn’t necessarily feel comfortable at times, but I found a way to get it done.”
Hadwin closed with a one-over 71 and finished at one-under par, five shots behind winner Matt Fitzpatrick of England.
“It was very, very scrappy,” Hadwin said of his final round. “It was pretty ugly early, I didn’t have a lot of rhythm, (hit) a couple of snap hooks with the driver. I was kind of lucky to get out of that first stretch one-over the way I was hitting it.”
Hadwin made a back-to-back birdies on the 16th and 17th holes Sunday before bogeying his final hole. “I finally started to settle down a little bit on seven and beyond, hit some good shots . . .it was nice to get a couple there on 16 and 17. (No.) 18 stings a little bit, but I’m under par at a U.S. Open for four days. That’s not too bad.”
Hadwin earned $515,934 and the result moved him up 24 spots to 81st on the Official Golf World Ranking. It will also help him in his quest to make the Presidents Cup International team for this fall’s competition. It was Hadwin’s fifth top-10 finish of the season and he likes where his game is headed after making some significant swing changes earlier this year.
“It was a lot hard work and some really crappy golf for a while that I had to fight through,” he said. “These last six months or so have been very eye-opening for me, I have played a lot of really good golf. I do think another win is coming at some point. It was a great week to contend in a major and we’ll keep moving forward from here.”
Fellow British Columbians Nick Taylor of Abbotsford and Roger Sloan of Merritt both missed the cut at the U.S. Open.
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