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Wedding trumps Match Play berth for Hadwin

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Adam Hadwin could qualify for the WGC-Match Play with either a win or a runner-up finish Sunday at the Valspar Championship.

But it won’t matter. He won’t be in Austin.

Hadwin, a 29-year-old Canadian, is getting married March 24 – during the third day of the Match Play.

“The wedding will happen,” he said with a laugh.

Hadwin and his fiancée, Jessica, are supposed to begin their honeymoon to French Polynesia two days later, but that could be rescheduled.

If he converts this four-shot lead into his first PGA Tour victory – and qualifies for his first Masters – then he’ll need that time to prepare for Augusta.