Your first real trip to anything is stressful and when you’re playing at a competitive level it’s even more stressful and that can be one word in which to best describe Adam Hadwin who is playing in his first Masters Championship.

Mostly everyone’s talking about young upstart Adam Hadwin but let’s not forget that there are in total (counting Adam)  three players from north of the 49th that are currently in contention for the prestigious trophy for the first time dating back to 1968.

The three and in no particular order are Abbotsford’s 29 year-old Adam Hadwin who was born in Moose Jaw, Mackenzie Hughes from Dundas Ontario and the 2003 Champion from Bright’s Grove Mike Weir (46) who is the biggest name on the ticket.

Weir was born in Sarnia Ontario and as a youngster spent his time as most

Canadian kids playing hockey and at first wasn’t fond of golf, but eventually realized he wasn’t going to make pro hockey at any competitive level all in part due to his size.

He is the biggest Canadian name in the PGA tour and has spent over 110 weeks in the top 10 of the Official Golf Rank that run from 2001 to 2005.

One could say the highlight to his career was winning the 2003 Masters when Tiger Woods presented him with his green jacket, which would make any young golfer excited.

This win offered a road to success for other Canadian golfers such as Hadwin and Hughes who  had a chance to play a practice round earlier in the week with their mentor, who one can only guess gave them “tips” to help fellow Canadians.

Hadwin brings his fresh look to the PGA Masters after the recent win at the Valspar Championship March 12th that moved him up in the world rankings to #46.

Earlier in the year he managed to shoot a 59 in the third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge at the La Quinta Country Club where Hadwin mentioned to the media “he takes every opportunity to learn all there is about the Augusta National from Weir and builds on it, without being a bother to him.”

Hughes (26) on the other hand is ranked 116th in the world and continues to learn and advance after he captured his first title at the RSM Classic in November by sinking an extremely long putt for par on the third playoff hole.

It’s reported that Hughes is known to exchange text messages ahead of tournaments and mentioned to the media that “I had the opportunity to walk the hallowed course with the Masters champion was “a dream come true.”

While most are talking about Adam, let’s not forget about the other two who are making Canada proud as well!!