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In the middle of the fairway on his final hole on Thursday at -5, @ahadwingolf had to check the yardage, the wind, and the sky @RBCCanadianOpen 🤣✈️🇨🇦#RCAF #hercules pic.twitter.com/56sjzg4Vp7 — Jon McCarthy (@jonmccarthySUN) June 6, 2019

Canadian Adam Hadwin and his playing partners, Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald, were on the ninth fairway about to hit their second shots as the planes, comprised of two CC-130 Hercules J, a Dakota C47, a Mitchell Bomber, a Lancaster Mk 10 Bomber, a CC-150 Polaris, and a CC-177 Globemaster, flew low and slow over top of them.

“It was a little different. Only happens rarely. Can only think of a couple events I’ve seen that. It’s pretty cool,” said Hadwin, who started his round on the back nine.

“It’s obviously an emotional day for a lot of people. To kind of see the planes that were used and then a couple newer ones, it was pretty cool to stand on the fairway and see that.”

It was, indeed, an emotional scene and it elicited applause from the gallery, who wanted to show their respect and thanks for our military.

Nick Taylor, who shot a six-under 64 to best his top round at a Canadian Open by three strokes, was also on the course when the planes flew over and echoed Hadwin’s sentiments.

“It was neat. Those are planes I haven’t seen for a long time. It was cool,” said Taylor, who played his round with fellow Canucks David Hearn and Mike Weir for a true Canadian experience. “We were on the sixth tee, I think, so it was nice to kind of take your mind off golf and watch that.”

Hadwin also had a pretty good day, firing a bogey-free 65.