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AUGUSTA, Ga. — There won’t be a Canadian joining Mike Weir at next year’s Masters Champions dinner, and it wasn’t even close.

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Canada’s two weekend representatives at the seasons’s first major, Corey Conners and Adam Hadwin, finished off rather disappointing weeks on Sunday at Augusta National.

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“It’s tough. Obviously you see the leaderboard, and I’m near the bottom. It’s not where I want to be,” Conners said. “So that’s certainly frustrating. I think when I digest the week, I’ll be able to pick out some decent positives that I can use going forward.”

Conners has three previous top-10s at the Masters and finished Thursday’s opening round with a share of eighth position after shooting a two-under 70. But Friday’s blustery conditions and Saturday’s baked-out greens saw Conners shoot middle rounds of 76-76 to fall out of contention. He shot one-over on Sunday to end the week tied for 38th at seven-over par.

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“I like a lot of the things that I’ve been doing,” he said. “The good shots are really good. Just had some errors that were costly and I think need to tighten up the misses, just to gain a little bit of consistency to be where I want.”

Hadwin had his best round of the tournament on Sunday, shooting a two-under 70 that incuded three birdies in a row beginning at the famous par-5 13th. But the 36-year-old from Abbotsord, B.C. wasn’t ready to pat himself on the back.

“It’s certainly a lot better than shooting 82,” he said, comparing it to his third round score from Saturday. “I think things are a little bit softer. There’s barely a breath of wind.

“Two completely different days. They turned the sprinklers off, hardened everything, wind was blowing still and some impossible pin locations versus today. There’s some pins in bowls and no wind and more receptive greens.”

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Hadwin finished the week tied for 53rd at 12-over par.

There is an internal competition between all Canadian players on the PGA Tour for spots in this summer’s Olympics as well as the Presidents Cup in Montreal in September, but that doesn’t stop the countrymen from wishing each other well.

“There is no part of me that’s worried about what Corey is doing and all of that other than hoping he’s playing a good round of golf,” Hadwin said. “During my round, there’s a lot bigger things to focus on at that point. There’s still another three months to go really until the Olympics and another four and a half months or so for Presidents Cup. There’s a lot of big events.”

Both Conners and Hadwin are heading a few hours south to Hilton Head for next week’s RBC Heritage.

Nick Taylor and Mike Weir missed the Masters cut.

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