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You need to see this security guard aggressively tackle Adam Hadwin on the 18th green

By: Dylan Dethier
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June 11, 2023
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Adam Hadwin never saw it coming.

Adam Hadwin never saw it coming.

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Adam Hadwin never could have seen it coming.

There was the champagne, for one thing. He’d busted out a bottle of bubbly and was already mid-spray by the time it happened. It’s tough to see through the sparkle.

There was the emotion of the moment, too: Hadwin, a proud Canadian, had stuck around to root on his good friend and countryman Nick Taylor. And now Taylor had finished off Tommy Fleetwood on the fourth playoff hole of the RBC Canadian Open.

There was the shock value of what had just happened, too: Taylor had poured in a 72-foot eagle putt to end a historic drought of Canadian winners with the longest made putt of his PGA Tour career.

wow. the moment Nick Taylor became a national heropic.twitter.com/n5SKrzlZT5

— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) June 11, 2023

And then there’s Hadwin himself: He’d finished up his competitive week a couple hours earlier, closing out a final-round four-under 68 with birdies at 17 and 18. Then he’d donned an unassuming green hoodie to watch the rest of the proceedings, looking very much the everyman as he stood alongside also-hoodied Canadian pros Corey Conners and Mike Weir. At 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds, Hadwin in street clothes doesn’t necessarily scream “professional athlete,” after all.

Whatever the specifics, the viral moment of the tournament — Taylor’s 72-foot bomb — was quickly supplanted by what happened next. As Hadwin rushed onto the green, champagne bottle in hand, an overzealous security guard made his move. Before he knew it Hadwin had been planted on his back, his threat fully neutralized.

Check it out below:

i just cannot stop watching this hit. 5-foot-8, 160-lb Adam Hadwin comes to congratulate his buddy and gets bundled into next week. breathtaking. completely unnecessary. perfect sports moment pic.twitter.com/TOFYUKUjSH

— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) June 12, 2023

A few other angles of the moment trickled out shortly thereafter; this one showed that Hadwin and the security guard making nice after the misunderstanding (and CBS’s Amanda Renner cracking up at the surreal scene, too).

Following Nick Taylor’s winning putt, security tackled Adam Hadwin while he was trying to celebrate with Taylor, mistaking him for a fan. pic.twitter.com/G2ZaQhEhIK

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 12, 2023

The combination of Taylor’s putt and Hadwin’s tackle were the perfect end to an intense week on Tour.

Taylor’s putt was a reminder of all that is good and meaningful about golf and sports; the Canadian faithful, who literally sang the national anthem every time a Canuck appeared on the 14th tee box, were rewarded at long last with a countryman victor — and in dramatic fashion!

And Hadwin’s moment was a perfect reminder that in a sport worth billions of dollars, it’s these ridiculous moments that break through. It’s the spontaneous stuff, the hilarious stuff, the stuff you couldn’t make up that matters.

Oh, yeah — and Adam’s wife, Jessica, says he’s okay. And that he apologized.

Sorry to leave y’all hanging, had to get the toddler ready for bed. I’m thrilled to report that @ahadwingolf is still among the land of the living and in true Canadian form, apologized to the security guard for being tackled.

— Jessica Hadwin (@jessicahadwin) June 12, 2023

What could be a better ending to the Canadian Open than that?

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Dylan Dethier

Dylan Dethier

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Dylan Dethier is a senior writer for GOLF Magazine/GOLF.com. The Williamstown, Mass. native joined GOLF in 2017 after two years scuffling on the mini-tours. Dethier is a graduate of Williams College, where he majored in English, and he’s the author of 18 in America, which details the year he spent as an 18-year-old living from his car and playing a round of golf in every state.

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