Pro Humorously Gets Payback On PGA Tour Winner After 12 Year Grudge

Roger Sloan had to wait for his chance, but he has finally exacted a humorous revenge on fellow Canadian Adam Hadwin for once making fun of him at a tournament.

The pair were grouped together in the opening two rounds of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Tulum Championship, which is taking place at PGA Riviera Maya in Mexico.

That gave Sloan the chance to take payback, 12 years after Hadwin last played with him in a tournament, where he made fun of Sloan’s neat penmanship when keeping his scorecard.

As revealed by Sloan in an Instagram message, which was shared on X by the official account of the Korn Ferry Tour, that is something he has never forgotten, and he proved it by keeping track of his playing partner’s scores, marking each in Roman numerals!

Sloan posted an image of 2017 Valspar Championship winner Hadwin’s scorecard for the first round, showing his very tidy penmanship, albeit in the ancient numeral system that uses letters to represent numbers.

Accompanying the image was a message from Sloan proving that, as well as possessing very neat handwriting, he also has an impressive memory.

He wrote: “I’ve been waiting 12 years for this moment. The last time I played with @ahadwingolf in a tournament he made fun of my tidy penmanship.

“I looked at him and told him the next time I keep his card I was doing it in Roman Numerals. Been holding on to that grudge for a while but I was finally able to deliver!”

Hadwin, who missed the cut at the tournament, responded to the message, writing: “A) I can’t believe we haven’t played together in 12 years.B) I can’t believe you remembered that!"

Given Hadwin’s performance, which included rounds of 75 and 73 as he failed to make it past the halfway stage by two, he wasn’t finished there, writing on X: “Note to self, if you’re going to make fun of someone’s penmanship, play better.”

In contrast to Hadwin, Sloan made the cut comfortably, with rounds of 67 and 74, to leave him on three under after 36 holes and grouped with Ben Taylor in the third round.

Considering the length of time Sloan waited for his humorous payback on Hadwin, the Englishman would be well advised not to make fun of his playing partner's penmanship in case it comes back to bite him years later!