Adam Hadwin can dine out on this Valspar Championship for the rest of his life.

PGA Tour Valspar Championship final leaderboard http://www.pgatour.com/competition/2017/valspar-championship/leaderboard.html

When Adam sunk that 55' putt up and down across the green with a double break at the 13th for birdie 2, I finally thought this is it, this is his time, all these bombs he's made only go in the week you win.

I said it wasn't going to be easy in yesterday's missive, so here comes the big slice into the aqua off the 16th tee and a resulting double bogey 6 and suddenly he's tied at -14 with Cantley.

What was most impressive for me was on that 17th tee, where he got a hold of his emotion, something he admits has been a problem all of his life, and made a solid par  to stay even, then got through another bad break when his approach on 18 ran through the green up against the collar, but he rescued himself with a lovely little bellied wedge to 2 feet and a par while Cantley missed his 15 footer and left the 72nd with a bogey, and the runners up spot.

So Adam is going to Augusta, is now 51st in the world, a million dollars richer, exempt for 2 years, a solid bet for the Presidents Cup, way up the Fed Ex Cup standings and is getting married in two weeks!!

But that is far from all. Adam Hadwin has joined his peers as a winner on the PGA Tour, and with that monkey off his back he has years of play in front of him to win some more.

Here in Canada he will dine out on that for the rest of his life. Remember a Canadian golfer called Ian Leggatt.

Around this time in 2002 at the age of 36, and after 10 years of futility he shot a 64 on Sunday to win the Tuscon Open. It was his only win on the PGA Tour and injuries finally forced him out of the game in 2009.

However Ian parlayed that win and his experiences in and around the game to a career as a consultant and agent with the Wasserman Media group, then a gig with SNET TV as a golf analyst, and now as the Director of Golf at the very private Summit Golf Club here in Toronto.

Adam can do the same thing, even if he never wins again. That's why it all means so much. He'll soon be a husband, then a father, and with good health he can go on to add to stature as a pro golfer, one of Canada's best.

That all started last night in Tampa. Congratulations to Adam Hadwin, winner of the 2017 Valspar Championship... and much more..

Bryan Angus