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David Hearn will be the seventh Canadian in the field this week at the Valspar Championship. Hearn survived a five-hole, three-man playoff at Southern Hills Plantation in Florida to get into this week’s tournament.

Thanks to some on-course reporting from Twitter handle @RyanGingy, being relayed through a very useful tweeter who tracks all Monday qualifiers (yes, for real) named @acaseofthegolf1, fans were able to follow the playoff between Hearn, Steve Marino and Piri Borja in real-time.

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After Marino was eliminated with an early bogey, the playoff continued between Hearn and Borja, who both made pars on the third playoff hole. Then things got a little crazy, when Borja stuffed his approach on the fourth playoff hole and made a tap-in birdie. Hearn, who had hit his second shot over the green, pulled off a day-saving chip-in to extend the playoff to a fifth hole, where Hearn earned his way into the Valspar field with a birdie.

It’s Hearn’s second time Monday qualifying on the PGA Tour this season. He joins 2017 Valspar Championship winner Adam Hadwin, Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Svensson, Roger Sloan and Austin Connelly in the field.