Hale Irwin

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Hale Irwin
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Personnel
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Career data
Professional since: 1968
Current tour: Champions Tour
Tournament wins: 86
Major wins : 3 (+ 7 senior majors)
Awards: World Golf Hall of Fame (1992)

Hale Irwin (born June 3, 1945 in Joplin , Missouri ) is an American professional golfer of the Champions Tour . He is a three-time major winner and a seven-time senior major winner.

Career

After attending the University of Colorado , where he was honored several times as a football player, Irwin became a professional golfer in 1968 .

On the PGA Tour he recorded a total of 20 tournament victories between 1971 and 1994, including three times the US Open in 1974, 1979 and 1990. In addition, there were countless successes at unofficial events in the USA and major tournaments worldwide.

After reaching the age of 50, Irwin entered the Senior PGA Tour , later the Champions Tour , and was not only able to continue his successful streak, but even increase it. He has won 45 tournaments so far, including seven senior majors, and is way at the top of the all-time ranking of this tournament series with around $ 27 million in prize money (as of November 2016).

Irwin played five times in the US Ryder Cup team and once - at the same time as captain - in the (first) Presidents Cup . All of these match-ups were won, a record no other living golfer can claim. Furthermore, he won the World Cup in 1979 for his country in his only participation .

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

PGA Tour victories

Major championships are in bold .

Other tournament victories

Champions Tour victories

Senior majors are in bold .

Other senior tournament victories

  • 1995 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Raymond Floyd and Jack Nicklaus )
  • 1996 Lexus Challenge (with Sean Connery )
  • 1997 Senior Slam at Los Cabos
  • 1998 Senior Match Play Challenge, Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Gil Morgan and Larry Nelson )
  • 1999 Senior Skins Game, Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson )
  • 2000 Our Lucaya Senior Slam
  • 2001 Senior Skins Game
  • 2002 Senior Skins Game
  • 2003 Father / Son Challenge (with son Steve)
  • 2005 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Jay Haas and Craig Stadler )
  • 2007 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Jay Haas and Craig Stadler)

Participation in team competitions

See also

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personal data
SURNAME Irwin, Hale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American golfer
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Joplin , Missouri , USA