<p>Adam Hadwin</p> Published on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 04:17PM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 08:24AM EST Adam Hadwin will get a head start on his 2013 golf season after finishing tied for first in the PGA Tour Monday qualifying event this week. Hadwin carded 11 birdies, including seven in a row at one point, at the El Camino Country Club to post an 8-under 64 which earned him one of four spots in this week's Tour event at Torrey Pines. "It's huge," Hadwin tells the Vancouver Sun. With all the big names teeing it up this week it's kind of just a nice little kickstart to my year. I wasn't really expecting to start my season until I went down to Colombia. I went out there, played well and now I get a chance to tee it up with the PGA guys this week. Hadwin will make it six Canadians in the field this week, joining Graham DeLaet, David Hearn, Stephen Ames, Mike Weir and PGA rookie Brad Fritsch. This will be Hadwin's eighth career PGA Tour start having made the cut in six of seven previous events. His best result was a tie for fourth at the 2011 RBC Canadian Open in Vancouver. Victoria's Cory Renfrew and Calgary's Ryan Yip both narrowly missed joining Hadwin in the field after shooting 67 - one stroke shy of the cut off.