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Hale Irwin
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on 2001 SENIOR
TOUR Money List
FULL NAME: Hale S. Irwin
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 180
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: Fishing, hunting, photography, golf course
design
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1968
JOINED TOUR: 1995
CLUB AFFILIATION: Hokuli'a, Kailua-Kona, HI
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (20) 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. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (34) 1995 Ameritech Senior Open, Vantage Championship. 1996 American
Express Invitational, PGA Seniors' Championship. 1997 MasterCard Championship,
LG Championship, PGA Seniors' Championship, Las Vegas Senior Classic,
Burnet Senior Classic, BankBoston Classic, Boone Valley Classic, Vantage
Championship, Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic. 1998 Toshiba Senior
Classic, PGA Seniors' Championship, Las Vegas Senior Classic, Ameritech
Senior Open, U.S. Senior Open, BankBoston Classic, Energizer SENIOR
TOUR Championship. 1999 Nationwide Championship, Boone Valley Classic,
FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, Ameritech Senior Open, Coldwell
Banker Burnet Classic. 2000 Nationwide Championship, BellSouth Senior
Classic at Opryland, U.S. Senior Open, EMC Kaanapali Classic. 2001
Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, Bruno's Memorial Classic, Turtle
Bay Championship. 2002 ACE Group Classic, Toshiba Senior Classic. |
| International Victories |
| 1996 Lexus Challenge (with Sean Connery). 1997 Senior Slam at Los
Cabos. 1998 Senior Match Play Challenge. 1999 Senior Skins Game, Wendy's
Three-Tour Challenge (with Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson). 2000 Our
Lucaya Senior Slam. 2001 Senior Skins Game. 2002 Senior Skins Game |
| Other Victories |
| 1974-1975 Piccadilly World Match Play. 1978 Australian PGA. 1979
South African PGA. 1979 World Cup (individual) 1981 Bridgestone Classic
(Japan). 1982 Brazilian Open. 1986 Bahamas Classic. 1987 Fila Classic. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup Points and
Positions |
| 854 (1st) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money and Positions |
| $871,100 (1) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| 1--ACE Group Classic, Toshiba Senior Classic; 2--Verizon Classic,
Audi Senior Classic; T5--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley; T6--Liberty
Mutual Legends of Golf |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 64 at Round 2, ACE Group Classic, at Round 2, Toshiba Senior Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Highlights |
| Claimed his third consecutive Senior Skins (1999, 2001, 2002; did
not play in 2000) title when he prevailed over Jack Nicklaus, Arnold
Palmer and Fuzzy Zoeller at the Wailea Golf Club in January. Won five
skins and $260,000 on the final hole to help him earn a record $450,000,
breaking Ray Floyd's mark of $420,000 in 1995...Was granted a special
exemption into this year's U.S. Open and will make his 32nd consecutive
appearance in the prestigious tournament at New York's Bethpage State
Park in June...Extended his SENIOR TOUR record with his 33rd title
at The ACE Group Classic in Naples. Dueled Tom Watson down the stretch
before defeating him by a stroke at The Club at TwinEagles. His $225,000
paycheck put him over the $20-million mark in combined earnings...Staged
a late charge at the Verizon Classic with a final-round 66, but came
up one stroke short of Doug Tewell. Runner-up effort in Tampa was
his best performance at the TPC of Tampa Bay...Set a new SENIOR TOUR
record when he claimed his 75th career top-3 finish with a T2 at the
Audi Senior Classic, breaking Bob Charles' mark of 74. Had tied Charles
with a solo second-place finish at the Verizon Classic...Won the Toshiba
Senior Classic, his 34th career SENIOR TOUR victory, by five strokes
with a record-setting 196 total. Recorded the victory with all new
clubs in his bag except for the old putter and driver...Selected as
the Player of the Month for February...Finished T5 at the Siebel Classic
in Silicon Valley, closing with a 5-under-par 67 on the final day
in adverse conditions. His effort helped him jump 26 spots from a
T31 on Saturday to his T5. |
| Best 2001 PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T52--U.S. Open Championship |
| 2001 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--1; in money--1; Top-10 finishes--0 |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| 1--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, Bruno's Memorial Classic, Turtle
Bay Championship; 2--BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland, Las Vegas
Senior Classic; 3--The Countrywide Tradition, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Match Play Champ, FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, 3M Championship;
T4--Toshiba Senior Classic, Kroger Senior Classic, The Transamerica;
T5--Senior PGA Championship, SBC Senior Open; T6--SAS Championship;
T7--SENIOR TOUR Championship; T9--Verizon Classic; T10--AT&T Canada
Senior Open Championship |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--26; in money--26; Top-10 finishes--18 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Only start on PGA TOUR was T52 in the U.S. Open. Opening-round 67
put him one stroke off the lead. Finished with rounds of 75-74-76...Won
multiple official titles on the SENIOR TOUR for a seventh straight
year and also pocketed seven-figures in official earnings for a sixth
consecutive season...Eclipsed the $2-million mark for an unprecedented
fifth straight campaign at The Transamerica...Won three official events:
the Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, Bruno's Memorial Classic and
Turtle Bay Championship in Hawaii. It marked the fifth straight year
he's won at least three times in a year, tying him with Miller Barber
and Lee Trevino for the most in SENIOR TOUR history. |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Won multiple official titles on the SENIOR TOUR for a seventh straight
year and also pocketed seven-figures in official earnings for a sixth
consecutive season...Eclipsed the $2 million mark for an unprecedented
fifth straight campaign at The Transamerica...Finished third in the
final Charles Schwab Cup standings, edging Larry Nelson for that position
by just 29 points...Won three official events, the fifth straight
year he's won at least three times in a year, tying him with Miller
Barber and Lee Trevino for the most in SENIOR TOUR history...Claimed
two of his official victories in the first third of the season...Broke
out of a tie with Lee Trevino atop the all-time victory list by claiming
the inaugural Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley, his 30th career win
in his 135th start on the SENIOR TOUR. Used a final-round course-record
seven-under 65 to cruise to a five-stroke triumph over Allen Doyle
and Tom Watson. Win in San Jose started a run of five straight events
where he did not finish out of the top three...Posted three consecutive
rounds of 65 and shattered the Bruno's Memorial Classic tournament
record by six strokes with a 21-under 195 total. Easily outdistanced
Stewart Ginn by four strokes at Greystone CC for his 31st senior career
victory...Notched his 32nd title late in the campaign at the Turtle
Bay Championship in Hawaii. Became the fourth player (Fleisher, G.
Morgan, Nelson) to defend a title last year when he held off John
Jacobs by three strokes at The Palmer Course on Oahu...Had won his
second Senior Skins Game in January at Wailea Golf Club on the island
of Maui, claiming seven skins and $320,000 to push past Jack Nicklaus
who won $260,000 and 10 skins...Did not win a senior major championship
for the first time since his rookie year in 1995, but finished among
the top five in three of the four significant championships...Played
in the U.S. Open at Southern Hills and T52 after being one stroke
off the lead after an opening-round 67...Finished second to Gil Morgan
in the race for the Byron Nelson Award even though he paced the SENIOR
TOUR in both first-round (69.38) and third-round (68.58) scoring average.
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| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Claimed four official victories, the fourth straight year
he won four or more titles in a season...Tied Lee Trevino atop the
all-time victory list when he won his second EMC Kaanapali Classic,
besting Joe Inman by four strokes. Victory in Hawaii near the end
of the year gave him multiple victories in 10 different tournaments...Did
not win his first event until mid-May, but was only out of the top
10 four times after the end of April...Successfully defended his Nationwide
Championship crown, the sixth successful defense of his senior career.
Made just one bogey over 54 holes and edged Tom Jenkins and Vicente
Fernandez by one stroke at The Golf Club of Georgia...Picked up his
second title of the campaign three weeks later when he held off Gil
Morgan by a stroke for the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland crown.
Nashville win propelled him to June Player of the Month honors...Biggest
victory of his season came in early July when he triumphed at the
U.S. Senior Open for a second time. Carded rounds of 65-65 on the
weekend at Saucon Valley and overtook Bruce Fleisher on the final
day to win by three strokes. His 17-under 267 total was the lowest
four-round score in any U.S. Open Championship and gave him a sixth
senior major title, two back of Jack Nicklaus...Finished T27 at the
U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and joined Tiger Woods as the only other
player in the field to post at least two rounds in the 60s on the
Monterey Peninsula...Underwent LASIK surgery the week prior to the
GTE Classic and went on to T3 in Tampa with three straight sub-par
scores. 1999: Became the first player in the history of the SENIOR
TOUR to win five or more official tournaments three years in a row...Won
all five of his events from early May until late August...During that
four-month stretch, he was par/better in 34 of 37 rounds and had a
scoring average of 68.51...Started the run with a dramatic victory
at the Nationwide Championship...Holed a 74-yard wedge shot for an
eagle on the final hole to break a tie with Bob Murphy...Closed with
a 66 to defeat Al Geiberger by two strokes at the Boone Valley Classic...Biggest
win of the year came at the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship when
he captured his fifth senior major despite a sore right rotator cuff...Used
a final-round 65 to blow away the field by seven shots, the largest
margin of victory ever at the TPC of Michigan. His 72-hole score of
21-under 267 also equalled Gil Morgan's tournament record set in Dearborn
in 1998...Rallied from an opening-round 73 to successfully defend
his Ameritech Senior Open title by one stroke over Gary McCord, Bruce
Fleisher and Raymond Floyd...Captured the Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic
the next week in wire-to-wire fashion, defeating Jim Dent and Dale
Douglass by two shots...Win in Minnesota moved him into solo second
place on the all-time SENIOR TOUR wins list...Set a SENIOR TOUR record
for consecutive sub-70 rounds with 13 in a row (second round/Ameritech
Senior Open thru second round/AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship)...Lost
two other tournaments in playoffs...Was defeated by Tom McGinnis in
overtime as he attempted to win a third straight BankBoston Classic
title...Lost the next week to Jim Ahern, an open qualifier, at the
AT&T Canada Senior Open near Montreal on the second extra hole...Started
his season with a win at the Senior Skins Game...Voted SENIOR TOUR
Player of the Month in May, July and August. 1998: Voted the circuit's
Player of the Year for the second straight season after seven victories,
including two major championships, and a single-season earnings record
of $2,861,945...In 22 starts, amazingly finished in the top five in
all but two tournaments...Posted a record 18 consecutive top-five
finishes before string ended at the Boone Valley Classic (T13)...Won
his second consecutive Arnold Palmer Award as the circuit's leading
money-winner and averaged $130,088 per start...Also garnered his third
straight Byron Nelson Award for the lowest scoring average (68.59),
breaking Lee Trevino's all-time mark of 68.89 set in 1990...Each of
his seven victories was significant...Fired a course-record 62 in
the final round of the Toshiba Senior Classic to come from five strokes
back and over take Hubert Green for the title...Won his third consecutive
PGA Seniors' Championship, matching Eddie Williams' mark for consecutive
wins in the event (1942, 1945, 1946)...Successfully defended his title
the next week at the Las Vegas Senior Classic...Fourth title of the
campaign came in wire-to-wire fashion at the Ameritech Senior Open,
his second senior victory in Chicago...Despite an opening-round 77,
made birdie on the 72nd hole to nip Vicente Fernandez at the U.S.
Senior Open at Riviera CC...Became just the 10th player to claim a
PGA TOUR and SENIOR TOUR event at the same venue...First-round score
was also the highest ever by a winner in SENIOR TOUR annals...Sixth
victory at the BankBoston Classic was another successful title defense...Closed
out the year with a five-stroke victory at the Energizer SENIOR TOUR
Championship in Myrtle Beach...Broke his own mark for fastest player
to reach $1 million in a season when he went over seven figures in
just his eighth official event ($101,200 for solo second place at
the Bruno's Memorial Classic)...Of his 71 rounds, 62 were par/better
and he had a run of 10 straight scores in the 60s...Led all players
in top-10 finishes (20) and Rounds in the 60s (48). 1997: Had nine
victories to tie Peter Thomson's 1985 record for most wins in one
season...Season earnings of $2,343,364 shattered Jim Colbert's previous
SENIOR TOUR record of $1,627,890...Became the first player to hit
the $2-million mark in one season when he won his eighth title at
the Vantage Championship and pocketed $225,000...Nine wins came in
just 23 starts (18 top-10 finishes) and he averaged $101,885 per start...Got
his year off to a great beginning with a two-stroke victory over Gil
Morgan at the MasterCard Championship in Hawaii...Outdueled Bob Murphy
a month later to win the LG Championship in Naples...Set a standard
by successfully defending his PGA Seniors' Championship, winning by
a SENIOR TOUR-record 12 strokes...Nipped Isao Aoki with a birdie putt
at the final hole of the Las Vegas Senior Classic...Took control of
the Burnet Senior Classic near Minneapolis with a birdie at the 17th
hole and slipped past Lee Trevino...Made birdies on the final two
holes for a two-stroke win at the BankBoston Classic...Claimed the
Boone Valley Classic near his home in St. Louis, playing all 54 holes
without a bogey...Played another bogey-free event at the Vantage Championship
and used a course-record 62 at Tanglewood in the second round to edge
Dave Eichelberger...Tied Thomson's record with a victory at the Hyatt
Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic, defeating Mike Hill and Bruce Summerhays
by three strokes...Claimed his first four titles in just seven starts,
the fastest ever to that number, and also broke his own record as
the quickest to $1 million in a season, surpassing that figure when
he earned $114,400 for a second-place finish at the Nationwide Championship
in just his 11th event (his previous record was 13 in 1996)...Of the
74 rounds he played, 57 were below par (77%) and only 13 were over
par...More than half (41 of 74/55%) of his rounds were in the 60s...Won
the Arnold Palmer Award as the leading money-winner and notched his
second consecutive Byron Nelson Award as the SENIOR TOUR scoring leader
(68.92). 1996: Just missed winning money title by $12,121 when he
was passed by Jim Colbert on the final day at the Energizer SENIOR
TOUR Championship, thanks to a birdie on the 72nd hole...Still finished
with $1,651,769...Averaged $70,250 in earnings in 22 starts with wins
at PGA Seniors' Championship and American Express Invitational...Led
SENIOR TOUR with 21 top-10 finishes and was under par in 21 of 23
events...Won his first Byron Nelson Award as the SENIOR TOUR scoring
leader (69.47)...His victory at the American Express Invitational
pushed him past $1 million in SENIOR TOUR earnings in his 16th event,
the fastest to do so at the time. 1995: SENIOR TOUR Rookie of the
Year after pair of victories and 10th place finish on the money list
in just 12 appearances...Made debut at BellSouth Senior Classic at
Opryland (T4)...Claimed first win at the Ameritech Senior Open in
his fifth start...Victory was third of his career in Chicago area
(also won '90 U.S. Open/'75 Western Open)...Defeated Kermit Zarley
by a whopping seven shots, equaling the largest winning margin on
the SENIOR TOUR in 1995...His 21-under-par 195 total smashed the tournament
record by five and was just one shy of the all-time 54-hole scoring
record in relation to par...Did not make a bogey all week at the Vantage
Championship and defeated Dave Stockton by four strokes. |
| Personal |
| Unusual two-sport participant at the University of Colorado: 1967
NCAA Champion in golf and two-time All-Big Eight selection as a football
defensive back...Was also an Academic All-American...Member of Colorado's
"All-Century Football Team"...Son Steve also played on the Colorado
golf team, while nephew Heath is now a guard for the Miami Dolphins
following his collegiate career at Colorado...Got his start in golf
at age 4 through his father...Actively involved in his own course
design business, including the TPC at Wakefield Plantation, future
site of the SENIOR TOUR's SAS Championship...Inducted into the World
Golf Hall of Fame in 1992...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...Conducts a charity golf tournament in St. Louis
each year to benefit the St. Louis Children's Hospital and Hale Irwin
Center for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at that facility bears his
name. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 4-5 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 0-3 |
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