Adam Hadwin

Hadwin began playing golf at a young age but didn't get serious about it until his teens. He credits his father, a teaching professional, for introducing him to the game and being his first coach. Baseball was his favorite sport growing up, but he eventually gravitated to golf. Despite being a Vancouver Canucks hockey fan, he did not play hockey as a youth. One of his great passions is cooking and he says that if he wasn't playing golf for a living, he would be a chef.
Has two Canadian Tour victories: the 2011 Pacific Colombia Tour Championship and the 2010 Desert Dunes Classic, which he won in a playoff.
Named Canadian Tour Rookie of the Year in 2010. Finished in the top-10 in his first three Canadian Tour starts. Received the Rivermead Trophy as the lowest Canadian at the 2010 RBC Canadian Open, finishing T-37th at five under par. Was runner-up at the Canadian Tour's Times Colonist Open and ATB Financial Classic in 2010. Won a 2009 Gateway Tour Winter Series Sponsorship event. Played on the South African Sunshine Tour in early 2011. Advanced to the match-play portion of the 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst. Played collegiate golf at the University of Louisville. Has played on two Presidents Cup teams, in 2017 and '19.
He enjoys cooking, playing tennis and watching hockey.
2011 Notes: Made the cut in all five PGA Tour starts and had two top-10 showings: T-4th at the RBC Canadian Open and T-7th at the Frys.com Open. Won the Pacific Columbia Tour event on the Canadian Tour, shooting rounds of 66-66-62-69 to earn his second title. In his 10-under-par third-round, he made eight birdies and one eagle.
2012 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 25; In Money - 13; Top-10 Finishes - 4; Scoring Average - 70.82 (rank 63rd); Money - $110,713 (rank 48th); Best Finish - T-3rd, Korn Ferry Tour Championship
2013 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 21; In Money - 11; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 70.69 (rank 68th); Money - $76,182 (rank 66th); Best Finish - 5th, United Leasing Championship
2014 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 21; In Money - 16; Top-10 Finishes - 9; Scoring Average - 69.81 (rank 18th); Money - $76,182 (rank 66th); Best Finish - 1st, Chile Classic & Chiquita Classic. Played his way to the PGA Tour on the strength of two wins, a runner-up and a third-place performance in 21 starts.
2015 Notes: In his rookie year, had a T-10th result in his second start, the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, but in his next 17 events, didn't have a top-20 finish. Just before the Crowne Plaza Colonial Invitational, was 118th in the FedExCup rankings. Shot four rounds in the 60s and finished T-7th at the RBC Canadian Open, enough to get him into the FedExCup playoffs. It all ended at the Barclays, where he missed the cut, but he retained his PGA Tour card in his 30 starts with a 107th finish in the FedExCup rankings.
2016 Notes: Opened the CareerBuilder Challenge with a pair of 66s to head into the third round three shots off the lead. Despite a third-round 64 at the Nicklaus Tournament Course, he couldn't make up ground on the leader, Jason Dufner, with whom he was paired in the last group on the final day. While Dufner went on to victory, Hadwin posted an even-par 72 to finish T-6th at 20-under 268. Had a second top-10 at the John Deere Classic, where, with a final-round 64, he climbed to a T-8th finish. Was able to play in the first two FedExCup playoff events and finished the season 85th in the rankings and 100th on the money list.
2017 Notes: Began the year with a missed cut at the Safeway Classic. At that point, he was 200th in the Official World Golf Ranking. Had a T-10th at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. His streak of good play began at the CareerBuilder Challenge when, in the third round at La Quinta Country Club, he shot a 13-under 59 to become the first Canadian to achieve that feat and the eighth different player to post a sub-60 round. Shot a final-round 70 to finish second, a stroke behind Hudson Swafford. Almost two months later, he was able to defeat Patrick Cantlay by a stroke to win the Valspar Championship, becoming the 15th different Canadian to win on the PGA Tour. The win created a bit of a dilemma for Hadwin, who was getting married 10 days later on March 24th, and then was to fly to French Polynesia for the honeymoon during the week of the Masters. He had already put down a healthy deposit at the Four Seasons Resort in Bora Bora but instead took a detour to play in the Masters. The next week, he finished 6th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, three strokes behind champion Marc Leishman. Finished T-36 in his first Masters. In his first WGC-Bridgestone and World Golf Championship event, he finished T-5th. Made it to all four FedExCup playoff events for the first time in his career. Finished the year with a 23rd-place finish at the Tour Championship and 26th in the final FedExCup standings. Made his Presidents Cup debut for the International Team at Liberty National after qualifying for the 10th and final position and had a 0-2-1 record.
2018 Notes: Played in 25 PGA Tour events making 22 cuts with three top-ten finishes. Was 36th in the final FedExCup standings. Finished T-3rd at the CareerBuilder Challenge, two strokes behind winner Jon Rahm. Was T-6th at the Genesis Open, then T-9th at the WGC-Mexico Championship. At the RBC Canadian Open, he missed the cut as his hip was a problem again, forcing him to withdraw from the WGC-Bridgestone. He hoped that by taking the week off, he would be ready for the PGA Championship. Hadwin's injury is due to a femoroacetabular impingement, a condition that causes bones to rub together and something Adam has been dealing with since he was young. The pain is so intense that Hadwin isn't able to hit all the shots needed to compete in a tournament. For example, Adam couldn't hit balls out of a bunker because of the way his hips are positioned. Historically, when Hadwin has dealt with the hip problem, he has been back to normal within a week after rest. He missed the cut at the PGA Championship, but his hip got better for the FedExCup playoffs. He finished T-11th at the Northern Trust, T-21st at the Dell Technologies, and T-19th at the BMW Championship.
2019 Notes: Played in 24 PGA Tour events, making 19 cuts with five top-10 finishes. Was 52nd in the FedExCup standings. Was T-10th at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges and Mayakoba Golf Classic. Had his third consecutive top-three finish at the Desert Classic, finishing runner-up with Phil Mickelson after Adam Long made a 13-foot birdie on the 72nd hole to edge Hadwin and Mickelson by a stroke. Finished 6th at the RBC Canadian Open and 4th at the 3M Open, three strokes behind winner Matthew Wolff. In the FedExCup playoffs, he finished T-43rd in the Northern Trust and BMW Championship. Played in the Presidents Cup in three matches, compiling a 1-1-1 record, and halved his match with Bryson Dechambeau.
2020 Notes: Played in 17 PGA Tour events, making 15 cuts with three top-10 finishes. Was 54th in the FedExCup standings. In his first event of the season, he finished 2nd at the Safeway Open, a stroke behind winner Cameron Champ. Next week, shot 63 in the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, and finished three strokes out of the Na/Cantlay playoff. His best finish after COVID-19 break was T-4th at the Rocket Mortgage. In the FedExCup playoffs, he missed the cut at the Northern Trust and had a T-40th result at the BMW Championship.