Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin | |
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![]() Irwin in 1986 | |
Personal information | |
Full name | Hale S. Irwin |
Born | Joplin, Missouri, U.S. | June 3, 1945
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Spouse | Sally Irwin |
Children | 2 |
Career | |
College | University of Colorado |
Turned professional | 1968 |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
Professional wins | 83 |
Highest ranking | 7 (May 19, 1991)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 20 |
European Tour | 3 |
Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
Sunshine Tour | 1 |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
PGA Tour Champions | 45 (2nd all-time) |
Other | 8 (regular) 7 (senior) |
Best results in major championships (wins: 3) | |
Masters Tournament | T4: 1974, 1975 |
PGA Championship | T5: 1975 |
U.S. Open | Won: 1974, 1979, 1990 |
The Open Championship | T2: 1983 |
Achievements and awards | |
Hale S. Irwin (born June 3, 1945) is an American professional golfer. He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever U.S. Open champion in 1990 at the age of 45. As a senior golfer, Irwin ranks second all-time in PGA Tour Champions victories. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in Champions Tour history. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.
Early life
Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, and raised in Baxter Springs, Kansas, and Boulder, Colorado. His father introduced him to the game of golf when he was four years old; he broke 70 for the first time at age fourteen.[2] Irwin was a star athlete in football, baseball, and golf at Boulder High School[3] and graduated in 1963.
Amateur career
Irwin then attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, played football for the Buffaloes under head coach Eddie Crowder,[4] was a two-time All-Big Eight defensive back (1965, 1966),[5] and academic All-American. He won the individual NCAA championship in golf in his senior year in 1967.
Professional career
In 1968, Irwin turned professional. Irwin's first PGA Tour victory was at the 1971 Sea Pines Heritage Classic.
Irwin's first U.S. Open triumph came at Winged Foot in 1974 at the age of 29. In what became known as "The Massacre at Winged Foot", Irwin won with a score of 7-over par, the second-highest winning score in relation to par of any U.S. Open since 1945. The course conditions at Winged Foot in 1974 were described as "brutal".[6] Johnny Miller and several other players suggested that the USGA had intentionally made the Winged Foot course setup particularly treacherous in response to Miller's record-breaking round of 63 at Oakmont the year before.[7] Irwin, however, said in 1974: "I've always enjoyed playing tough courses. It's much more of a challenge to me."[8] Irwin earned $35,000 for his victory at Winged Foot and said that he had a vivid dream three weeks earlier that he won the U.S. Open, which he only told his wife about.[9]
Irwin won the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship at Wentworth Club in 1974 and 1975. He missed out on a record-breaking third straight victory when he was beaten in the 1976 final by Australian David Graham on the second sudden-death playoff hole.[10]
Between January 1975 to the end of the 1978 season, Irwin made the cut in 86 consecutive PGA Tour events. To date, this is the fourth-longest streak of consecutive cuts made on the PGA Tour.[11]
In 1977, Irwin's three wins on the PGA Tour included a five-shot victory in the Colgate Hall of Fame Classic at Pinehurst Resort. Irwin shot a second round of 62 at Pinehurst for a 15-under par opening 36-hole total of 127, which was the best in any PGA Tour event for over a decade.[12]
Irwin's tournament victories kept him ranked high among his peers - he was ranked among the top five in McCormack's World Golf Rankings in every year from 1975 to 1979, inclusive. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for a few weeks in 1991.[13]
Irwin added a second U.S. Open title in 1979 at Inverness Club. With its narrow fairways and heavy rough,[14] the Inverness course was a stern test for the players. Irwin's final round of 75 tied the post-World War II tournament record for the highest final round score by a U.S. Open champion.[15] The next month in The Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Irwin came to the final round with a two-shot lead. He was bidding to become one of the few golfers in golf history to win the U.S. Open and British Open in the same year.[16] Irwin said in 1979: "I would dearly love to win the British Open. It is special."[17] However, he was thwarted in his attempt at an historic double by the incredible recovery play of Seve Ballesteros.
In 1983, Irwin had another close tilt at The Open Championship, but lost by a shot to Tom Watson at Royal Birkdale, after whiffing on a tiny putt of about an inch, during his third round of play. Irwin said that his mistake, which cost him the chance of a playoff with Watson, was "a mental lapse" and that he learned a lesson from it, later being very careful on short putts.[18]
Irwin later said that the greatest disappointment of his career was not at the British Open, but at the 1984 U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club. Irwin had led the tournament after the first three rounds but shot a final round of 79 to finish 6th. Reflecting on his final round collapse, Irwin said: "A number of factors were in play and it was very emotional. I thought it would be great to win 10 years later at the same venue and, more than anything else, my father was dying of cancer then and I thought it would be wonderful to give him a victory. I destroyed myself with the pressures I'd built up."[19]
After his victory in the 1985 Memorial Tournament, Irwin had occasional top-10 finishes in tournaments for the remainder of the decade but he did not have a further official PGA Tour win until an incredible year in 1990, which was capped by his third U.S. Open victory. In a remarkable tournament, Irwin holed an improbable 45-foot (14 m) birdie putt on the 72nd hole to join a playoff against fellow American Mike Donald. In the 18-hole Monday playoff, Donald was two shots ahead of Irwin with three holes to play. Donald missed a 15-foot par putt on the 18th which would have given him victory. Both men shot rounds of 74 in the playoff and Irwin won the title with a birdie on the first sudden-death playoff hole. After becoming the oldest ever U.S. Open champion at the age of 45, winning his first PGA Tour event for five years, Irwin was gracious in victory. He said of his playoff opponent Mike Donald: "God bless him. I almost wish he had won."[20] The following week, Irwin won the Buick Classic.[21]
During his career, Irwin won professional tournaments on all six continents on which golf is played: Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Irwin played on five Ryder Cup teams: 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, and 1991. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992.
Irwin's final PGA Tour win was at the 1994 MCI Heritage Golf Classic. This win at the age of nearly 49 made him one of the oldest winners in Tour history. Overall, he won prize money of just under six million dollars in his career.
Former U.S. Open champion and television analyst Ken Venturi said of Irwin: "Aesthetically and technically, Hale stands at the ball as well as any player I've ever seen."[22]
Senior career
Irwin qualified to play on the over-50 Senior PGA Tour in 1995, and enjoyed even greater success at this level than he did on the PGA Tour. Through the 2021 season, he is the career leader in wins and earnings with 45 victories and over $26 million.[23][24] Irwin won three consecutive PGA Seniors' Championships between 1996 and 1998, including a 12-stroke victory in the 1997 tournament, which was the largest ever margin of victory in a 72-hole Champions Tour event until Bernhard Langer's 13-stroke victory in the 2014 Senior Open Championship.[25] Irwin's nine victories in 1997 tied the Senior Tour record set by Peter Thomson in 1985.[19]
Irwin won the U.S. Senior Open in 1998 and 2000 for a career total of five USGA titles. He narrowly missed out on a third U.S. Senior Open title in 2004 when he finished one stroke behind Peter Jacobsen.[26]
Irwin is the oldest player to finish in the top five in a senior major, with a third-place finish at the 2012 Senior PGA Championship at the age of 66.[27] In the 2012 3M Championship, Irwin shot a score under his age for the first time in his career. His round of 65 included an eagle on the 9th hole and six consecutive birdies on the back nine.[28] Irwin has since gone on to shoot his age 44 times in official PGA Tour Champions events (as of August 11, 2020), well ahead of Gary Player's second-place 30. While he has continued to play PGA Tour Champions well into his seventies, he has significantly cut back his tournament schedule, competing in no more than eight tour events in any season since 2015.[29]
In 2000, Irwin was ranked as the 19th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest magazine.[30]
Personal life
Irwin is married to wife Sally and has two children.[31] Irwin's son Steve qualified for the 2011 U.S. Open. Steve Irwin said of his father: "I'm very proud of him. The U.S. Open is what truly defined his career. It's been my ultimate goal in golf to play in the U.S. Open since I began competing."[32]
For 25 years, Hale Irwin helped to raise money for the St. Louis Children's Hospital, which named a wing in his honor. Irwin also enjoys hunting and fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. He is the uncle of former CU lineman Heath Irwin.[33]
In 2019, in acknowledgement of his character, sportsmanship and commitment to charity, Irwin received the PGA Tour's Payne Stewart Award presented by Southern Company.[34]
Amateur wins
Professional wins (83)
PGA Tour wins (20)
Legend |
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Major championships (3) |
Other PGA Tour (17) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Nov 28, 1971 | Sea Pines Heritage Classic | 68-73-68-70=279 | −5 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | Sep 16, 1973 | Sea Pines Heritage Classic (2) | 69-66-65-72=272 | −12 | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
3 | Jun 16, 1974 | U.S. Open | 73-70-71-73=287 | +7 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
4 | Jun 1, 1975 | Atlanta Classic | 66-69-68-68=271 | −17 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
5 | Jun 30, 1975 | Western Open | 71-68-71-73=283 | −1 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
6 | Feb 22, 1976 | Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open | 69-69-66-68=272 | −12 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
7 | Mar 7, 1976 | Florida Citrus Open | 74-66-64-66=270 | −18 | Playoff | ![]() |
8 | May 29, 1977 | Atlanta Classic (2) | 70-70-66-67=273 | −15 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
9 | Aug 28, 1977 | Colgate Hall of Fame Golf Classic | 65-62-69-68=264 | −20 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
10 | Oct 16, 1977 | San Antonio Texas Open | 68-67-64-67=266 | −14 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
11 | Jun 17, 1979 | U.S. Open (2) | 74-68-67-75=284 | E | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
12 | Feb 14, 1981 | Hawaiian Open | 68-66-62-69=265 | −23 | 6 strokes | ![]() |
13 | Aug 23, 1981 | Buick Open | 65-73-67-72=277 | −11 | Playoff | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
14 | Mar 14, 1982 | Honda Inverrary Classic | 65-71-67-66=269 | −19 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
15 | May 29, 1983 | Memorial Tournament | 71-71-70-69=281 | −7 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
16 | Feb 5, 1984 | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am | 69-69-68-72=278 | −10 | Playoff | ![]() |
17 | May 26, 1985 | Memorial Tournament (2) | 68-68-73-72=281 | −7 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
18 | Jun 18, 1990 | U.S. Open (3) | 69-70-74-67=280 | −8 | Playoff | ![]() |
19 | Jun 24, 1990 | Buick Classic | 66-69-68-66=269 | −15 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
20 | Apr 17, 1994 | MCI Heritage Golf Classic (3) | 68-65-65-68=266 | −18 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (4–5)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1970 | Los Angeles Open | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1972 | Liggett & Myers Open | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
L. Graham won with birdie on third extra hole D. Graham and Ziegler eliminated by par on first hole |
3 | 1976 | Florida Citrus Open | ![]() |
Won with par on sixth extra hole |
4 | 1976 | Memorial Tournament | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole |
5 | 1981 | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cook won with par on third extra hole Clampett, Crenshaw and Thompson eliminated by birdie on first hole |
6 | 1981 | Buick Open | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
7 | 1984 | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
8 | 1990 | U.S. Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole after 18-hole playoff; Irwin: +2 (74), Donald: +2 (74) |
9 | 1991 | Memorial Tournament | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Oct 25, 1981 | Bridgestone Tournament | 70-65-72-68=275 | −13 | 8 strokes | ![]() |
Southern Africa Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | Dec 2, 1978 | Lexington PGA Championship | 70-69-67-69=275 | −9 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Nov 12, 1978 | Mayne Nickless Australian PGA Championship | 64-75-70-69=278 | −6 | 8 strokes | ![]() |
South American Golf Circuit wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | Nov 21, 1982 | Brazil Open | 67-67-66-65=265 | −7 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
Other wins (7)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Oct 12, 1974 | Piccadilly World Match Play Championship | 3 and 1 | ![]() | ||
2 | Oct 11, 1975 | Piccadilly World Match Play Championship (2) | 4 and 2 | ![]() | ||
3 | Nov 11, 1979 | World Cup (with ![]() |
141-141-152-141=575 | −1 | 5 strokes | ![]() |
4 | Nov 11, 1979 | World Cup Individual Trophy | 74-70-72-69=285 | −3 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
5 | Jan 5, 1986 | Bahamas Classic | 70-68-64-67=269 | −19 | 6 strokes | ![]() |
6 | Jan 4, 1987 | Fila Invitational | 69-68-70=207 | −9 | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
7 | Dec 7, 2003 | Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with son Steve Irwin) |
62-61=123 | −21 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Other playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2002 | Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with son Steve Irwin) |
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Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Champions Tour wins (45)
Legend |
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Champions Tour major championships (7) |
Tour Championships (1) |
Other Champions Tour (37) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jul 30, 1995 | Ameritech Senior Open | −22 (66-63-66=195) | 8 strokes | ![]() |
2 | Oct 1, 1995 | Vantage Championship | −17 (66-68-65=199) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
3 | Feb 25, 1996 | American Express Invitational | −19 (66-67-64=197) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
4 | Apr 21, 1996 | PGA Seniors' Championship | −8 (66-74-69-71=280) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
5 | Jan 19, 1997 | MasterCard Championship | −9 (71-67-69=207) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
6 | Feb 9, 1997 | LG Championship | −15 (70-66-65=201) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
7 | Apr 20, 1997 | PGA Seniors' Championship (2) | −14 (69-65-72-68=274) | 12 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
8 | Apr 27, 1997 | Las Vegas Senior Classic | −6 (70-65-72=207) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
9 | Jul 20, 1997 | Burnet Senior Classic | −17 (65-68-66=199) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
10 | Aug 3, 1997 | BankBoston Classic | −13 (70-65-65=200) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
11 | Sep 14, 1997 | Boone Valley Classic | −16 (70-65-65=200) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
12 | Oct 5, 1997 | Vantage Championship (2) | −18 (64-62-69=195) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
13 | Oct 19 1997 | Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic | −13 (67-63-70=200) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
14 | Mar 15, 1998 | Toshiba Senior Classic | −13 (70-68-62=200) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
15 | Apr 19, 1998 | PGA Seniors' Championship (3) | −13 (68-68-69-70=275) | 6 strokes | ![]() |
16 | Apr 26, 1998 | Las Vegas Senior Classic (2) | −7 (69-67-70-75=281) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
17 | Jul 19, 1998 | Ameritech Senior Open (2) | −15 (62-66-73=201) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
18 | Jul 26, 1998 | U.S. Senior Open | +1 (77-68-71-69=285) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
19 | Aug 30, 1998 | BankBoston Classic (2) | −15 (69-64-68=201) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
20 | Nov 8, 1998 | Energizer Senior Tour Championship | −14 (66-73-70-65=274) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
21 | May 9, 1999 | Nationwide Championship | −10 (69-68-69=206) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
22 | May 30, 1999 | Boone Valley Classic (2) | −13 (68-69-66=203) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
23 | Jun 27, 1999 | Ford Senior Players Championship | −21 (67-71-64-65=267) | 7 strokes | ![]() |
24 | Jul 18, 1999 | Ameritech Senior Open (3) | −10 (73-66-67=206) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
25 | Jul 25, 1999 | Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic (2) | −15 (64-68-69=201) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
26 | May 14, 2000 | Nationwide Championship (2) | −9 (71-67-69=207) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
27 | Jun 4, 2000 | BellSouth Senior Classic | −18 (68-65-65=198) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
28 | Jul 2, 2000 | U.S. Senior Open (2) | −17 (66-71-65-65=267) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
29 | Oct 22, 2000 | EMC Kaanapali Classic (2) | −18 (71-62-65=198) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
30 | Mar 18, 2001 | Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley | −10 (71-70-65=206) | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
31 | Apr 28, 2001 | Bruno's Memorial Classic | −21 (65-65-65=195) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
32 | Oct 7, 2001 | Turtle Bay Championship (3) | −11 (69-68-68=205) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
33 | Feb 10, 2002 | ACE Group Classic (2) | −16 (68-64-68=200) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
34 | Mar 10, 2002 | Toshiba Senior Classic (2) | −17 (67-64-65=196) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
35 | Aug 11, 2002 | 3M Championship (3) | −12 (66-70-68=204) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
36 | Oct 6, 2002 | Turtle Bay Championship (4) | −8 (69-69-70=208) | Playoff | ![]() |
37 | May 19, 2003 | Kinko's Classic of Austin | −8 (69-66-73=208) | Playoff | ![]() |
38 | Oct 12, 2003 | Turtle Bay Championship (5) | −8 (68-73-67=208) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
39 | Apr 25, 2004 | Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf | −11 (66-68-71=205) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
40 | May 30, 2004 | Senior PGA Championship (4) | −8 (67-69-69-71=276) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
41 | Jan 30, 2005 | Turtle Bay Championship (6) | −16 (67-66-67=200) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
42 | Feb 27, 2005 | Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am | −8 (72-69-68-67=276) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
43 | Sep 4, 2005 | Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | −13 (66-69-68=203) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
44 | Oct 2, 2005 | SAS Championship | −13 (69-68-66=203) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
45 | Jan 21, 2007 | MasterCard Championship (2) | −23 (66-62-65=193) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
Champions Tour playoff record (2–6)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1996 | Boone Valley Classic | ![]() |
Lost to par on first extra hole |
2 | 1999 | BankBoston Classic | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
3 | 1999 | AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship | ![]() |
Lost to par on second extra hole |
4 | 2002 | SBC Senior Open | ![]() |
Lost to par on first extra hole |
5 | 2002 | Lightpath Long Island Classic | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on seventh extra hole |
6 | 2002 | Turtle Bay Championship | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
7 | 2003 | Kinko's Classic of Austin | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
8 | 2004 | Administaff Small Business Classic | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
Other senior wins (7)
- 1996 Lexus Challenge (with Sean Connery)
- 1997 Senior Slam at Los Cabos
- 1998 Senior Match Play Challenge
- 1999 Senior Skins Game
- 2000 Our Lucaya Senior Slam
- 2001 Senior Skins Game
- 2002 Senior Skins Game
Major championships
Wins (3)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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1974 | U.S. Open | 1 shot deficit | +7 (73-70-71-73=287) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
1979 | U.S. Open (2) | 3 shot lead | E (74-68-67-75=284) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
1990 | U.S. Open (3) | 4 shot deficit | −8 (69-70-74-67=280) | Playoff1 | ![]() |
1Defeated Mike Donald with a birdie on the 19th hole after they were tied at 74 (+2) in an 18-hole playoff.
Results timeline
Tournament | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||
U.S. Open | T61 | |||
The Open Championship | ||||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | T13 | CUT | T4 | T4 | T5 | 5 | 8 | T23 | ||
U.S. Open | T19 | T36 | T20 | 1 | T3 | T26 | T41 | T4 | 1 | |
The Open Championship | T24 | 9 | T32 | T46 | T24 | 6 | ||||
PGA Championship | T31 | T22 | T11 | T9 | T5 | T34 | T44 | T12 | CUT |
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | CUT | T25 | CUT | T6 | T21 | T36 | CUT | |||
U.S. Open | T8 | T58 | T39 | T39 | 6 | 14 | CUT | CUT | T17 | T54 |
The Open Championship | T2 | T14 | ||||||||
PGA Championship | T30 | T16 | T42 | T14 | T25 | T32 | T26 | T38 |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | T10 | 47 | T27 | T18 | T14 | T29 | ||||
U.S. Open | 1 | T11 | T51 | T62 | T18 | CUT | T50 | T52 | CUT | WD |
The Open Championship | T53 | T57 | T19 | |||||||
PGA Championship | T12 | T73 | T66 | T6 | T39 | T54 | T29 | T41 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masters Tournament | |||||
U.S. Open | T27 | T52 | CUT | WD | |
The Open Championship | |||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 17 |
U.S. Open | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 27 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 24 |
Totals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 43 | 92 | 79 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 26 (1972 U.S. Open – 1979 Open Championship)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 5 (1975 Masters – 1976 Masters)
Results in The Players Championship
Tournament | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
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The Players Championship | T34 | 7 | T17 | T3 | T42 | CUT | T14 | T51 | T19 | T49 | T15 | T5 | CUT | T24 | CUT | CUT | T5 | T27 | CUT | CUT | 4 | T55 | T46 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Senior major championships
Wins (7)
Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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1996 | PGA Seniors' Championship | −8 (66-74-69-71=280) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
1997 | PGA Seniors' Championship (2) | −14 (69-65-72-68=274) | 12 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
1998 | PGA Seniors' Championship (3) | −13 (68-68-69-70=275) | 7 strokes | ![]() |
1998 | U.S. Senior Open | +1 (77-68-71-69=285) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
1999 | Ford Senior Players Championship | −21 (67-71-64-65=267) | 7 strokes | ![]() |
2000 | U.S. Senior Open (2) | −17 (66-71-65-65=267) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2004 | Senior PGA Championship (4) | −8 (67-69-69-71=276) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2017.
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
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The Tradition | – | 2 | T13 | 4 | T20 | T37 | 3 | 6 |
Senior PGA Championship | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | T11 | T2 | T5 | T2 |
U.S. Senior Open | T5 | 2 | T5 | 1 | T3 | 1 | T11 | T11 |
Senior Players Championship | T10 | 2 | T19 | 2 | 1 | T4 | 3 | T6 |
Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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The Tradition | T10 | 13 | T42 | T32 | T52 | T41 | T38 | T50 | T45 | T53 | T54 | T72 | 80 | |||
Senior PGA Championship | T15 | 1 | T46 | T23 | T42 | CUT | T59 | T65 | 4 | 3 | T56 | T67 | CUT | CUT | ||
U.S. Senior Open | 2 | 25 | T32 | CUT | T40 | T32 | CUT | T4 | CUT | T56 | CUT | 70 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |
Senior Players Championship | T12 | T9 | 2 | T7 | T27 | T15 | T41 | T45 | T30 | T68 | T75 | T57 | T68 | |||
Senior Open Championship | T13 | CUT |
The Senior Open Championship was not a senior major until 2003.
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
U.S. national team appearances
This list may be incomplete.
Professional
- Ryder Cup: 1975 (winners), 1977 (winners), 1979 (winners), 1981 (winners), 1991 (winners)
- Presidents Cup: 1994 (winners, playing captain)
- World Cup: 1974, 1979 (winners, individual winner)
- UBS Cup: 2001 (winners), 2002 (winners), 2003 (tie), 2004 (winners)
- Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing Champions Tour): 1995 (winners), 1996, 1998 (winners), 1999 (winners), 2000, 2003, 2005 (winners)
See also
- Spring 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
- List of golfers with most PGA Tour Champions wins
- List of golfers with most Champions Tour major championship wins
References
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External links
- Official website
- Hale Irwin at the PGA Tour official site
- Hale Irwin at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Hale Irwin at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Hale Irwin at golf.about.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-09-19)
- University of Colorado - Athletics Hall of Fame - Hale Irwin Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine