ALL HALE IRWIN; SENIOR PLAYERS AWED BY TOURNEY FAVORITE.Byline: Dave Shelburne Daily News Staff Writer Hale Irwin 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 has yet to win a U.S. Senior Open. But that might be the only factor not working in Irwin's favor this week at Riviera. Everything else - from his PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". history to his domination of senior competition to ringing endorsements by his peers - reinforces what the Romans sensed two millenniums ago: Hale, the conquering hero. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. anybody that can come out and dominate the tour any more than Hale has the last couple of years,'' said Larry Nelson Larry Gene Nelson (born September 10, 1947) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level. Larry Nelson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama and grew up in Acworth, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta. , like Irwin a U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
A strong endorsement, but Irwin's play has reduced it almost to a statement of facts. Since joining the senior tour in June 1995, Irwin has won 16 times in 70 starts. When he's not winning, most of the time he's the one to beat, having finished second another 18 times. He's been among the top five in every tournament he's entered this year. The numbers get better in senior majors, where Irwin has been first or second in seven of his 13 starts. He's won the PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Seniors' Championship three times and been runner-up in the Tradition, U.S. Senior Open and Ford Senior Players Championship (twice). Two years ago, he became the fastest senior to earn $1 million in a career. This year, he became the fastest to earn $1 million in a season. In between, he tied Peter Thomson's 1985 record of nine wins in a season. Irwin's play is affecting current mind sets as much as past records.John Jacobs John Jacobs is the name of:
``I played with a fella, Hale Irwin, that made me look like my 66 paled in comparison,'' Jacobs said. ``It just amazes me every time I play with him how good he plays.'' Worse yet for Irwin's senior rivals is the fact he is dominating this season without much preparation. Off-course demands - he's building a house and designing golf courses - have cut into his time so much that Irwin has had to combine his practice and tournament time. ``I'm literally practicing golf while I'm playing,'' he said. ``I'm trying to get my game ready while I play, because, with my other interests, I have little time to practice.'' Irwin arrives at Riviera leading the '98 tour in earnings, putting, birdies, scoring, greens in regulation, top-10 finishes, rounds in the 60s and final-round average. He also arrives looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. his first U.S. Senior Open title, so add motivation to the mix to a man who has won three U.S. Opens during his 26-year career on the PGA Tour. At this stage, with more than $12 million in combined earnings from both tours, the majors, more than the money, are the motivating factor for Irwin. Course familiarity could help. Irwin has played Riviera often in past L.A. Opens, winning there in 1976 for one of his 13 PGA Tour victories. ``I know where the shots need to go and how to play those shots . . . a little local knowledge on any golf course helps,'' he said. A greater aid may be the state of his game in what is already a record year. ``There is a case to be made, I suppose, that I might be playing with greater consistency than last year,'' he said. ``Another case could be made that I'm playing just a touch better . . . I don't know at this stage.'' Neither do his beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. senior opponents. All they know is, whatever the reason, Irwin is usually the one to beat. DALE IRWIN Age: 53. Years on tour: 4. Hometown: Frontenac, Mo., and Paradise Valley Paradise Valley may refer to:
This year: He has finished among the top five in all 13 starts. He has earned $1,735,250 and is No. 1 on the money list. He won the PGA Seniors' Championship, the Toshiba Senior Classic, the Las Vegas Senior Classic The Las Vegas Senior Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1986 to 2001. It was played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Desert Inn Country Club (1986-1993) and at the TPC at Summerlin (1994-2001). and the Ameritech Senior Open on Sunday. In addition, he was second at the Ford Senior Players Championship and the Bruno's Memorial Classic and tied for second at the MasterCard Championship and the State Farm Senior Classic. Last year: Tied Peter Thomson's senior record of nine wins, including PGA Seniors' Championship, won money title with $2,343,364 and was named player of the year. Notable: Former all-conference defensive back at Colorado also won NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association golf title for Buffaloes and won U.S. Open three times during 20-win career on PGA Tour. SENIOR PGA TOUR 1998 WINNERS Jan. 16-18 - MasterCard Championship (Gil Morgan Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD (born September 25 1946) is an American professional golfer. Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. ) Jan. 24-25 - x-Senior Skins Game (Raymond Floyd) Jan. 30-Feb. 1 - Royal Caribbean Classic (David Graham) Feb. 6-8 - LG Championship (Gil Morgan) Feb. 14-16 - GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Classic (Jim Albus) Feb. 20-22 - American Express Invitational (Larry Nelson) March 9-10 - x-Senior Slam (Gil Morgan) March 13-15 - Toshiba Senior Classic (Hale Irwin) March 20-22 - x-Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (Charles Coody-Dale Douglass) March 27-29 - Southwestern Bell Dominion (Lee Trevino) April 2-5 - The Tradition (Gil Morgan) April 16-19 - PGA Seniors' Championship (Hale Irwin) April 23-26 - Las Vegas Senior Classic (Hale Irwin) May 1-3 - Bruno's Memorial Classic (Hubert Green) May 8-10 - Home Depot Invitational (Jim Dent) May 15-17 - Saint Luke's Classic (Larry Ziegler) May 22-24 - Bell Atlantic Classic (Jay Sigel) May 29-31 - Pittsburgh Senior Classic The Pittsburgh Senior Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1993 to 1998. It was played in the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area; first in Midway, Pennsylvania at the Quicksilver Golf Club (1993-1997) and then in Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania at the (Larry Nelson) June 5-7 - Nationwide Championship (John Jacobs) June 12-14 - BellSouth Senior Classic (Isao Aoki) June 19-21 - AT&T Canada Senior Open (Brian Barnes) June 26-28 - Cadillac NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Classic (Bob Dickson) July 3-5 - State Farm Senior Classic (Bruce Summerhays) July 9-12 - Ford Senior Players Championship (Gil Morgan) July 16-19 - Ameritech Senior Open (Hale Irwin) CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, 2 Boxes Photo: (1) This year, Hale Irwin became the fastest senior player to win $1 million in a season. Micheal S. Green/Associated Press (2) HALE IRWIN Box: (1) HALE IRWIN (See Text) (2) SENIOR PGA TOUR 1998 WINNERS (See Text) |
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