Conners, Hadwin reflect on Masters weekend

Canada's two weekend representatives at the Masters, Corey Conners and Adam Hadwin, finished off a disappointing week on Sunday at Augusta National.

“It's tough. Obviously you see the leaderboard, and I'm near the bottom. It's not where I want to be,” Conners said. “I think when I digest the week, I'll be able to pick out some decent positives I can use going forward.”

Conners has three previous top-10s at the Masters and finished Thursday's opening round with a share of eighth position after shooting a two-under 70.

But Friday's blustery conditions and Saturday's baked greens saw Conners shoot middle rounds of 76-76 to fall out of contention. He ended the tourney at seven over par.

“I like a lot of the things that I've been doing,” he said. “The good shots are really good. Just had some errors that were costly and I think need to tighten up the misses, just to gain a little bit of consistency to be where I want.”

Hadwin had his best round of the tournament on Sunday, shooting a twounder 70 that included three birdies in a row beginning at the famous par-5 13th.

But the 36-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C., wasn't patting himself on the back.

“It's certainly a lot better than shooting 82,” he said, comparing it to his thirdround score. “I think things are a little bit softer. There's barely a breath of wind.

“Two completely different days. They turned the sprinklers off, hardened everything, wind was blowing still and some impossible pin locations versus today. There's some pins in bowls and no wind and more receptive greens.”

Hadwin finished the week at 12-over par.

Nick Taylor and Mike Weir missed the cut.

There is an internal competition between all Canadian players on the PGA Tour for spots in this summer's Olympics, as well as the Presidents Cup in Montreal in September, but that doesn't stop the countrymen from wishing each other well.

“There is no part of me that's worried about what Corey is doing and all of that, other than hoping he's playing a good round of golf,” Hadwin said.

“There's still another three months to go, really, until the Olympics.”