While Adam Hadwin and Corey Conners are well back of Brooks Koepka’s record-setting pace at the PGAChampionship, they know their major championship careers are just getting started. (adam_stanley)
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – For the Canadian contingent at this year’s PGA Championship, the scores don’t reflect either the prep work or the excitement both Adam Hadwin and Corey Conners had for competing in another major.
But despite them being treated as interchangeable PGA Tour pros in the back of the pack on this year’s leaderboard at Bethpage Black, they’re PGA Tour winners. They’ve got a shot to represent the International side at the upcoming Presidents Cup. And there’s a chance they will be Canada’s Olympians at the 2020 Olympics.“I’m hoping to play in a lot of major championships in my career, so it’s nice to know what they feel like,” said Conners. “I’m definitely ready for them.
Conners lead the PGA Championship Thursday in ball-striking but has struggled all week with the short game, a reflection of his season as a whole – he sits 196th in Total Putting on the PGA Tour – but his coach Derek Ingram says Conners’ overall game is set up well for majors. By the time mid-afternoon rolled around Saturday, Hadwin was leading the field in strokes gained: approach-the-green. In other words, he was flushing it. This peaked on the par-3 14th, when he nearly made an ace.
Hadwin admitted when he first played in majors he would arrive Saturday before the tournament began to get in extra practice. Now, he’s treating them like normal events.
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