SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Adam Hadwin shot a 6-under 65 in windy circumstances within the first spherical of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship on Thursday to get the beginning he wanted to keep up his full spot on the PGA Tour, however the spherical was not accomplished as a result of darkness.
Hadwin entered this week ranked 147th within the FedEx Cup standings. The highest 100 gamers after subsequent week’s RSM Traditional will retain their tour playing cards for subsequent 12 months. He led Takumi Kanaya by one stroke. Braden Thornberry was additionally 5 underneath after two holes at Port Royal.
Hadwin, a 38-year-old Canadian and two-time Presidents Cup participant, had by no means missed the FedEx Cup playoffs in 10 years on tour earlier than this 12 months.
“It is a bit of a shock to the ego, however I am not going to lie,” Hadwin stated. “I continued to wrestle just a little bit and which will have held me again just a little bit all through the season. I most likely received to some extent in July or August, despite the fact that it was most likely too late, that I simply wanted to simply accept the state of affairs I used to be in and simply battle by means of.
“I really consider that my finest golf is but to come back. I’ve a lot extra in me and I shall be a greater participant as soon as I get by means of this. It was only a matter of once I would recover from this, and immediately was begin.”
Kanaya and Thornberry additionally began the week exterior the highest 100. Ryo Hisatsune, Alex Smalley and Isaiah Salinda every shot 67s, and Frankie Capan III was at 4 underneath with two holes left.
