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Player Profile
Hale Irwin
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| Last week, three times U.S. Open champion, Hale Irwin,
appropriately won the Legends of Golf tournament in Georgia. Here we just touch on some of
his many achievements so far in his 36 year professional career. |
2003 portrait - Getty Images
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on 2003 Champions Tour Money List
FULL NAME: Hale Irwin
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTHDATE: June 3, 1945
BIRTHPLACE: Joplin, MO
RESIDENCE: Paradise Valley, AZ
FAMILY: Wife, Sally; Becky (12/15/71), Steven (8/6/74); one grandchild
EDUCATION: University of Colorado (1967, Marketing)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Photography, golf course design
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1968
JOINED TOUR: 1995 |
| He won 20 events in his PGA Tour career: 1971 Sea
Pines Heritage Classic. 1973 Sea Pines Heritage Classic. 1974 U.S.
Open Championship. 1975 Atlanta Classic, Western Open. 1976
Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, Florida Citrus Open. 1977 Atlanta
Classic, Colgate Hall of Fame Golf Classic, San Antonio Texas Open. 1979
U.S. Open Championship. 1981 Hawaiian Open, Buick Open.
1982 Honda Inverrary Classic. 1983 Memorial Tournament.
1984 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. 1985 Memorial Tournament.
1990 U.S. Open Championship, Buick Classic. 1994 MCI
Heritage Golf Classic. |
2000 U.S. Senior Open- Getty Images
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1994 Inaugural President's Cup Winners (Mickelson, Roberts, Irwin & Pavin) -
Getty Images
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Since joining the Champions Tour in 1995 he has recorded a record-breaking
39 victories, his closest rival being Lee Trevino with 29 Champions Tour wins. He made
history when he won the 2003 Turtle Bay Championship becoming the first Champions Tour
player to win the same event four times in succession and also the first to win the same
event five times. The win also gave him multiple victories, increasing his record to nine
straight seasons. |
His biggest thrills in golf were his first TOUR win in
1971 at Hilton Head Island, SC, his three U.S. Open victories, his two U.S. Senior Open
wins and playing on the victorious U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1991. |
1991 Ryder Cup (final day singles against Bernhard Langer) - Getty Images
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For more information about Hale Irwin,
read his full bio at http://www.pgatour.com/players/bio/132190
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