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Adam Hadwin couldn’t have seen that coming.
There was champagne, for one thing. He broke a bottle of champagne and was already in the middle of the spray by the time this happened. The sparkle is hard to see.
There were the sentiments of the moment, too: Hadwin, a proud Canadian, was holding onto the torso of his best friend and countryman, Nick Taylor. And now Taylor had finished off Tommy Fleetwood in the fourth round of the playoffs at the RBC Canadian Open.
There was shock value to what just happened, too: Taylor had spilled a 72-foot eagle putt to end a historic drought of Canadian winners with the longest putt of his PGA Tour career.
And then there’s Hadwin himself: He ended his competitive week a few hours early, finishing in the final four-under 68 with birdies on the 17th and 18th. Then he donned an unassuming green hoodie to watch the rest of the action, looking everyman as he stood alongside hooded Canadian pro Corey Conners and Mike Weir. At 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds, Hadwin’s streetwear doesn’t necessarily scream “pro athlete,” after all.
Whatever the details, the viral moment of the championship — Taylor’s 72-foot bombshell — was quickly replaced by what happened next. As Hadwin lunged for the green champagne bottle in his hand, an overzealous security guard made his move. Before he knew Hadwin had been implanted on his back, his threat had been completely neutralized.
Check it out below:
A few other angles snapped for a moment shortly thereafter; This showed Hadwin and the security guard acting nice after the misunderstanding (and CBS’s Amanda Renner in the surreal scene, too).
The combination of Taylor’s jab and Hadwin’s tackle was the perfect end to an intense week on tour.
Taylor’s putt was a reminder of all that was good and purposeful about golf and the sport; The Canadian faithful, who sang the national anthem every time Canuck appeared on the 14th block, were finally rewarded with a national winner — and in dramatic fashion!
And Hadwin’s moment was the perfect reminder that in a multi-billion dollar sport, it’s these ridiculous moments that strike. It’s the spontaneous stuff, the fun stuff, and the stuff you just can’t make up.
Oh, yeah — and Adam’s wife, Jessica, says he’s fine. And he apologized.
What could be a better finish to the Canadian Open than that?