Hale Irwin

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Hale Irwin on the cover of his golf instruction book Smart Golf (1999).
Hale Irwin on the cover of his golf instruction book Smart Golf (1999).

Hale S. Irwin (born June 3, 1945) is an American golfer. He is the uncle of Heath Irwin.

Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Colorado in 1967, where he was a two-time All-Big Eight defensive back, as well as an academic All-American in football. He won the individual NCAA Division I Championship in golf in 1967 and turned professional the following year.

Irwin had 20 victories on the PGA Tour beginning with the 1971 Sea Pines Heritage Classic and finishing with the 1994 MCI Heritage Golf Classic, and won prize money of just under six million dollars. His three major championship titles were the 1974, 1979, and 1990 U.S. Opens. Irwin played on five Ryder Cup teams: 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, and 1991.

Irwin qualified to play on the over-50 Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour) in 1995 and has enjoyed even greater success at this level than he did on the PGA Tour. He has won 45 Champions Tour titles and tops the all-time Champions Tour money list with earnings of over USD $23 million. He was the winner of the U.S. Senior Open in 1998 and 2000.

He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992.

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[edit] PGA Tour wins (20)

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other regular career wins (10)

[edit] Champions Tour wins (45)

Senior majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Other senior career wins (12)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T61 DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters DNP T13 CUT DNP T4 T4 T5 5 8 T23
U.S. Open DNP T19 T36 T20 1 T3 T26 T41 T4 1
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T24 T9 T32 T46 T24 6
PGA Championship T31 T22 T11 T9 DNP T5 T34 T44 T12 CUT
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters CUT T25 CUT T6 T21 T36 CUT DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T8 T58 T39 T39 6 14 CUT CUT T17 T54
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP T2 T14 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T30 T16 T42 T14 T25 T32 T26 DNP T38 DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP T10 T47 T27 T18 T14 T29 DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open 1 T11 T51 T62 T18 CUT T50 T52 CUT WD
The Open Championship T53 T57 T19 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T12 T73 T66 T6 T39 T54 DNP T29 DNP T41
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open T27 T52 CUT WD DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT

DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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