NO ISLAND DREAMS FOR HADWIN

No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass is one of the signature holes on the PGA Tour. Although it’s just 137 yards to the Island Green, the hole is surrounded on almost all sides by water and has a tiny bunker in front of it, leading to many highlight-reel moments as frustrated golfers try to get their ball to stay on the green.

Adam Hadwin, however, doesn’t like to get too geared up for any one hole, saying: “I can’t get hyped up for one hole over the other, I’ve got to play the entire golf course as it comes. I know that sounds lame, but ... it’s just another hole and when you get there, you pick a number, you pick a club and you try and hit a golf shot.”

Hadwin, from Abbotsford, B.C., is one of three Canadians at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. along with Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., and Nick Taylor, also from Abbotsford.