Adam Hadwin

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Adam Hadwin
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Hadwin at the 2025 Travelers Championship
Personal information
Full nameAdam Jerald Hadwin
Born (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 37)
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Weight160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) [1]
Sporting nationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Career
College University of Louisville
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins12
Highest ranking 35 (June 9, 2024) [2]
(as of August 24, 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other9
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T24: 2018
PGA Championship T29: 2019
U.S. Open T7: 2022
The Open Championship T35: 2018

Adam Jerald Hadwin (born 2 November 1987) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won once on the PGA Tour, twice on the Web.com Tour, and twice on the Canadian Tour.

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Early life

Hadwin was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan [3] and lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia. [4] He grew up playing golf at the Ledgeview Golf Club there; one clubmate was another top young player, Nick Taylor. [5] His father Gerry is a golf club professional who joined the Canadian PGA in 1979. Hadwin was a member of the RCGA's 2008 Canadian men's amateur team. [6] He attended the University of Louisville on a golf scholarship, studying business, and earned All-America Honorable Mention honors for 2009. [4]

Professional career

2009

Hadwin turned professional shortly after leaving college. His first professional win came at the Ledgeview Open on the Vancouver Golf Tour (VGT). He went on to win a total of four VGT events in 2009, including the Golden Ear's Open, the Johnston Meier Insurance Open and the RBC Invitational Pro-am, asserting himself against the top professionals in Western Canada. Hadwin won a 2009 Gateway Tour Winter Series Sponsorship event. [4]

2010

Hadwin joined the Canadian Tour in 2010, earning exempt status in the 2010 California Winter Qualifying School. [4] He won the Rivermead Cup as the top Canadian finisher in the 2010 RBC Canadian Open at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Toronto. This was his first PGA Tour event, and he finished at 5-under-par 279, good for a tie for 37th place. [7] Hadwin played in the 2010 Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic, a Nationwide Tour event, finishing in a tie for 33rd place. [7] Hadwin returned home in September and won the Vancouver Golf Tour's Vancouver City Open with a score of 204 (−10). Hadwin won the Canadian Tour's 2010 Desert Dunes Classic in the Palm Springs area, in November. [7] He had six top-10 finishes on the Canadian Tour in 2010, and was the circuit's Canadian Rookie of the Year. [4]

2011

Hadwin spent time during the winter of 2010–11 playing on the South African Sunshine Tour. [4] He won a second Canadian Tour event in March 2011, the Pacific Colombia Tour Championship, in Bogota, Colombia, taking home US$23,400 for scoring 66-66-62-69 to win by six strokes. [8] Hadwin finished as the top Canadian, and tied for 39th place, in the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club near Washington, D.C.. He won $41,154. This was his first major championship. [7] In the 2011 RBC Canadian Open at the Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club in Vancouver, Hadwin entered the final round in second place, one stroke out of the lead, following rounds of 72-66-68. [7] Hadwin shot 72 in the final round, finished in a tie for fourth place, won $228,800 for the biggest prize of his career, and captured the Rivermead Cup for the second straight year. [5] [7] His position in the Official World Golf Rankings advanced from 332 to a career high of 214. [9] By finishing in the top-10 of the RBC Canadian Open, Hadwin earned a place in the next Tour event, the Greenbrier Classic, and continued his good play there with rounds of 70-71-68-68, good for a tie for 32nd place, winning $32,485.71. [7] He won the 2011 Vancouver Open on the Vancouver Golf Tour, scoring 65-65-73 and then winning a playoff over Brad Clapp. [10] He was given a sponsor's exemption into the 2011 Fry's.com Open where he took home $130,312 for a T-7th finish after shooting rounds of 71-68-64-70. Hadwin attempted to qualify for the PGA Tour through Q School. He finished tied for 100th.

2012

Hadwin earned conditional Nationwide Tour status for 2012 based on his Q school finish. After a slow start to the year, he had a T-5 finish at the Soboba Golf Classic in April. After only making four of his next eight cuts, he finished with 63–66 over the weekend of the Cox Classic in August to secure a T-3 finish. Overall, for the year, he made 13 of 25 cuts, with four top-10 finishes with two third-place finishes, but only finished 30th on the money list, not earning a PGA Tour card.

2013

Hadwin is playing a full season on the Web.com Tour based on his 2012 season.

2014

Hadwin in 2015. Cascades 2015 Pro-Am 67 (18684479068).jpg
Hadwin in 2015.

On 9 March 2014, Hadwin won his first career Web.com Tour event at the Chile Classic. The win earned him US$117,000 and moved him to first place on the money list. He became the 13th Canadian to win on the Web.com Tour. On 7 September 2014, Hadwin won for a second time on the Web.com Tour, when he took home a playoff win at the Chiquita Classic. Hadwin earned his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season by topping the combined regular season and Web.com Tour Finals money list.

2017

On 21 January 2017, Hadwin shot a 59 (−13) in the third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge at La Quinta Country Club in La Quinta, California. He finished as the runner-up, and was the last player (as of the end of 2018) to shoot a round of 13-under, which is regarded as the lowest score in relation to par on the PGA Tour. [11] On 12 March 2017, Hadwin won his first career PGA Tour tournament at the Valspar Championship, earning a prize of $1,134,000. [12]
At the end of the season, Hadwin played in the 2017 Presidents Cup.

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Par443455344364535434443672
Score432344243294424324343059

2018

Hadwin had three top-10 finishes at the start of the year: T-3 at the CareerBuilder Challenge, T-6 at the Genesis Open, and T-9 at the WGC-Mexico Championship.

2019

In December 2019, Hadwin played on the International team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. The U.S. team won 16–14. Hadwin went 1–1–1 including a half in his Sunday singles match against Bryson DeChambeau. [13]

Adam Hadwin at the 2025 Travelers Championship Adam Hadwin Travelers-085.jpg
Adam Hadwin at the 2025 Travelers Championship

2022

In June 2022, Hadwin led the U.S. Open after the first round and finished T-7.

2023

On 11 June, Hadwin went viral when he was tackled by security at the RBC Canadian Open. Hadwin was not recognized as he entered the green and attempted to spray champagne on fellow Canadian golfer Nick Taylor after Taylor became the first Canadian to win the Canadian Open since Pat Fletcher in 1954. [14]

In July, Hadwin was tied for the lead of the Rocket Mortgage Classic after 72 holes. Rickie Fowler ultimately won the tournament in a playoff over Collin Morikawa and Hadwin. [15]

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
112 Mar 2017 Valspar Championship 68-64-67-71=270−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Cantlay

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic Flag of the United States.svg Rickie Fowler, Flag of the United States.svg Collin Morikawa Fowler won with birdie on first extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (2)

Legend
Finals events (1)
Other Web.com Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
19 Mar 2014 Chile Classic 67-69-67-69=272−161 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alistair Presnell
27 Sep 2014 Chiquita Classic 63-72-67-68=270−182 strokes Flag of the United States.svg John Peterson

Canadian Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
17 Nov 2010 Desert Dunes Classic 63-67-69-70=269−19Playoff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard T. Lee
227 Mar 2011 Pacific Colombia Tour Championship 166-66-62-69=263−256 strokes Flag of Chile.svg Benjamín Alvarado, Flag of Argentina.svg Tomas Argonz

1Co-sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas

Vancouver Golf Tour wins (6)

Gateway Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament T36T24
U.S. Open T39CUTT60CUT
The Open Championship CUTT35
PGA Championship CUTCUT
Tournament2019202020212022202320242025
Masters Tournament CUTT53
PGA Championship T29T58T64T71T40T60CUT
U.S. Open 54T40T759CUT
The Open Championship T57NTCUTCUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000143
PGA Championship 00000096
U.S. Open 00001196
The Open Championship 00000052
Totals0000122717

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20152016201720182019
The Players Championship CUTT39T30T57CUT
Tournament202020212022202320242025
The Players Championship CT22T9T13CUTCUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2017201820192020202120222023
Championship T9
Match Play T17NT1T31
Invitational T5T72
Champions T65T30T46NT1NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

PGA Tour career summary

SeasonStartsCuts
made
Wins
(majors)
2nd3rdTop-10Top-25Earnings
($)
Money
list rank [16]
2010 110000019,890n/a
2011 5500022440,752n/a
2012 10000000n/a
2013 31000000n/a
2014 110000013,034n/a
2015 301800037937,611110
2016 2720000261,067,80979
2017 28211105103,455,01219
2018 25220013101,932,48861
2019 2419010572,039,01253
2020 1715010331,710,80850
Career*162123131234511,616,41716 [17]

*As of the 2020 season [7]

Team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About Adam, Quick Facts". adamhadwin.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. "Week 23 2024 Ending 9 Jun 2024" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. Gateway Tour profile
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Canadian Tour profile Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 CBS Sports television broadcast of 2011 RBC Canadian Open, 24 July 2011
  6. rcga.ca, roster of National team members
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Adam Hadwin Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. cantour.com, 2011 Pacific Colombia Tour Championship tournament data
  9. pgatour.com, Official World Golf Rankings for 25 July 2011
  10. http://www.vancouvergolftour.com, 4 September 2011
  11. "Adam Hadwin becomes 1st Canadian to join 59 club". CBC Sports. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  12. "Adam Hadwin's win books spot at Masters, to delay honeymoon". ESPN. Associated Press. 12 March 2017.
  13. Dusek, David (15 December 2019). "Presidents Cup grades: Captains, Royal Melbourne score high marks". Golfweek.
  14. Bantock, Jack (12 June 2023). "Golfer Adam Hadwin mistakenly leveled by security when celebrating Nick Taylor's fairytale Canadian Open win". CNN. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  15. Lage, Larry (2 July 2023). "Rickie Fowler wins Rocket Mortgage Classic in playoff over Morikawa and Hadwin, ends 4-year drought". Associated Press News. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  16. "Official Money". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  17. "Career Money Leaders". PGA Tour. Retrieved 2 October 2020.