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SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES<br />
2-52<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1995<br />
CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (44): 1995<br />
Ameritech Senior Open, Vantage Championship. 1996<br />
American Express Invitational, <strong>PGA</strong> Seniors'<br />
Championship. 1997 MasterCard Championship, LG<br />
Championship, <strong>PGA</strong> Seniors' Championship, Las Vegas<br />
Senior Classic, Burnet Senior Classic, BankBoston<br />
Classic, Boone Valley Classic, Vantage Championship,<br />
Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic. 1998 Toshiba<br />
Senior Classic, <strong>PGA</strong> Seniors' Championship, Las Vegas<br />
Senior Classic, Ameritech Senior Open, U.S. Senior<br />
Open, BankBoston Classic, Energizer SENIOR <strong>TOUR</strong><br />
Championship. 1999 Nationwide Championship, Boone<br />
Valley Classic, Ford Senior Players Championship,<br />
Ameritech Senior Open, Coldwell Banker Burnet<br />
Classic. 2000 Nationwide Championship, BellSouth<br />
Senior Classic at Opryland, U.S. Senior Open, EMC<br />
Kaanapali Classic. 2001 Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley,<br />
Bruno's Memorial Classic, Turtle Bay Championship.<br />
2002 ACE Group Classic, Toshiba Senior Classic, 3M<br />
Championship, Turtle Bay Championship. 2003 Kinko's<br />
Classic of Austin, Turtle Bay Championship. 2004 Liberty<br />
Mutual Legends of Golf, Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship.<br />
2005 Turtle Bay Championship, Outback Steakhouse<br />
Pro-Am, Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, SAS<br />
Championship.<br />
OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES: (10): 1996 Lexus<br />
Challenge [with Sean Connery]. 1997 Senior Slam at Los<br />
Cabos. 1998 Senior Match Play Challenge. 1999 Senior<br />
Skins Game, Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge [with Jack<br />
Nicklaus and Tom Watson]. 2000 Our Lucaya Senior<br />
Slam. 2001 Senior Skins Game. 2002 Senior Skins<br />
Game. 2003 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with<br />
Steve). 2005 Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge [with Jay Haas<br />
and Craig Stadler]<br />
2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:<br />
4th - 2,001 points<br />
<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (20): 1971 Sea Pines<br />
Heritage Classic. 1973 Sea Pines Heritage Classic. 1974<br />
U.S. Open Championship. 1975 Atlanta Classic, Western<br />
Hale Irwin<br />
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 1992)<br />
EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on 2005 Champions Tour Money List<br />
FULL NAME: Hale S. Irwin<br />
HEIGHT: 6-0<br />
WEIGHT: 185<br />
BIRTHDATE: June 3, 1945<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Joplin, MO<br />
RESIDENCE: Paradise Valley, AZ<br />
CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-6<br />
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank<br />
1995 12 2 3 11 12 $799,175 10<br />
1996 23 2 7 2 21 23 1,615,769 2<br />
1997 23 9 3 1 18 22 2,343,364 1<br />
1998 22 7 6 2 20 22 2,861,945 1<br />
1999 26 5 2 3 14 23 2,025,232 2<br />
2000 24 4 4 1 17 23 2,128,968 3<br />
2001 26 3 2 4 18 24 2,147,422 3<br />
2002 27 4 6 4 22 27 3,028,304 1<br />
2003 22 2 2 2 13 19 1,607,391 5<br />
2004 23 2 3 1 14 20 2,035,397 2<br />
2005 22 4 2 2 11 17 1,983,596 2<br />
Total 250 44 40 22 179 232 22,576,561<br />
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $28,542,592<br />
Open. 1976 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, Florida<br />
Citrus Open. 1977 Atlanta Classic, Colgate Hall of Fame<br />
Golf Classic, San Antonio Texas Open. 1979 U.S. Open<br />
Championship. 1981 Hawaiian Open, Buick Open. 1982<br />
Honda Inverrary Classic. 1983 Memorial Tournament. 1984<br />
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. 1985 Memorial Tournament.<br />
1990 U.S. Open Championship, Buick Classic. 1994 MCI<br />
Heritage Golf Classic.<br />
OTHER VICTORIES (11): 1967 NCAA Championship<br />
[indiv]. 1974 Piccadilly World Match Play. 1975 Piccadilly<br />
World Match Play. 1978 Australian <strong>PGA</strong>. 1979 South<br />
African <strong>PGA</strong>, World Cup [indiv], World Cup [with John<br />
Mahaffey]. 1981 Bridgestone Classic. 1982 Brazilian Open.<br />
1986 Bahamas Classic. 1987 Fila Classic.<br />
<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER EARNINGS: $5,966,031<br />
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES:<br />
1—Turtle Bay Championship, Outback Steakhouse Pro-<br />
Am, Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, SAS<br />
Championship; 2—Ford Senior Players Championship, The<br />
ACE Group Classic; 3—Administaff Small Business<br />
Classic, MasterCard Championship.<br />
2005 SEASON:<br />
Enjoyed another record-setting year as he led all players<br />
with four wins and narrowly missed earning $2 million for<br />
the eighth time in his career…Made history in late<br />
January when he rolled to a five-stroke victory at the<br />
Turtle Bay Championship, the 41st of his Champions Tour<br />
career. The win gave him five straight victories at the<br />
event, the first time a player had ever won a <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>sanctioned<br />
event five straight times. It was also his sixth<br />
win at the tournament. Shot rounds of 67-66-67 and set a<br />
54-hole record at 16-under-par 200. The victory was his<br />
100th top-three finish in his 230th start on the Champions<br />
Tour. It was also the eighth official <strong>TOUR</strong> win he has posted<br />
in Hawaii (seven on Champions Tour) and capped an<br />
impressive two-week run in the Islands…One week earlier,<br />
opened the season with a T3 at the MasterCard<br />
Championship. Shot consecutive 7-under-par 65s on the<br />
Champions Tour 2006 Guide<br />
FAMILY: Wife, Sally; Becky (12/15/71), Steven<br />
(8/6/74); two grandchildren<br />
CLUB AFFILIATION: Hokuli'a (Kailua-Kona, HI)<br />
EDUCATION: University of Colorado (1967, Marketing)<br />
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Photography, golf course design, fishing,<br />
bird hunting<br />
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1968<br />
JOINED <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1968<br />
weekend and missed earning a spot in the playoff with<br />
Tom Watson and eventual winner Dana Quigley by just<br />
one stroke…Won his 42nd career title on the Champions<br />
Tour at the rain-shortened Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am<br />
near Tampa. Monday finish resulted in a one-stroke victory<br />
over Morris Hatalsky and Mark McNulty. Found himself<br />
one stroke back of Hatalsky after playing three holes on<br />
Sunday before play was suspended for the day. Eventually<br />
made two birdies and a five-foot par save on the final hole<br />
to prevail on Monday afternoon. Notched his 22nd different<br />
tournament win on the Champions Tour with victory in<br />
Tampa and ran his streak of years with multiple victories<br />
to a record 11 straight seasons…Won for the 43rd time on<br />
the Champions Tour when he prevailed by one stroke over<br />
Craig Stadler, Morris Hatalsky and Gil Morgan at the Wal-<br />
Mart First Tee Open. Shared the 36-hole lead with<br />
Morgan, and his final-round, 4-under-par 68 made him the<br />
year's first three-time winner. The win also marked the<br />
12th time a player won a Champions Tour and <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong><br />
on the same venue (he also did it at Riviera CC near Los<br />
Angeles) and made him the 14th player over age 60 (60<br />
years, 3 months, 1 day) to win a Champions Tour<br />
event…Added a fourth title and 44th career crown when<br />
he was a two-stroke victor at the SAS Championship near<br />
Raleigh in October. Entered the final round four strokes<br />
behind 36-hole leader R.W. Eaks, but eventually won by<br />
two strokes over Bob Gilder and Tom Jenkins. Battled several<br />
contenders down the stretch but sealed the win with<br />
a clutch eagle putt on the 17th hole. Drained the putt from<br />
24 1/2 feet to assume a two-stroke cushion over Gilder at<br />
the time. His blistering back nine (6-under-par 31) included<br />
four birdies and an eagle. The victory made him the first<br />
player over 60 to win two events in the same year…It was<br />
also the sixth time in his 10 full seasons he had won four<br />
or more events in a season. The win also marked the<br />
eighth time in his career he had won consecutive starts on<br />
the Champions Tour…At the Administaff Small Business<br />
Classic near Houston, came up two strokes short in his bid<br />
for a third consecutive title. Played his last six holes in 2under,<br />
yet fell to a hard-charging Mark McNulty…Was in<br />
contention for a major championship victory in July but<br />
CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> MAJOR <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARY<br />
Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05<br />
Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship 1 1 1 T11 T2 T5 T2 T15 1 T46<br />
Ford Senior Players T10 2 T19 2 1 T4 3 T6 T12 T9 2<br />
U.S. Senior Open T5 2 T5 1 T3 1 T11 T11 2 25<br />
JELD-WEN Tradition 2 T13 4 T20 T37 3 6 T10 13 T42<br />
CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS (TOP 50 ON 2005 MONEY LIST)<br />
Scoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy<br />
1995 68.85 (N/A) 1.730 (N/A) 78.1 (N/A) 253.8 (N/A) 82.2 (N/A)<br />
1996 69.47 (1) 1.762 (3) 74.7 (1) 260.6 (T45) 79.0 (3)<br />
1997 68.92 (1) 1.734 (1) 76.2 (1) 266.1 (T25) 76.5 (7)<br />
1998 68.59 (1) 1.700 (1) 76.4 (1) 264.0 (42) 79.6 (3)<br />
1999 69.58 (2) 1.756 (7) 73.4 (3) 264.6 (45) 79.1 (4)<br />
2000 69.16 (4) 1.733 (3) 75.5 (3) 266.9 (40) 79.8 (3)<br />
2001 69.29 (2) 1.728 (1) 72.2 (T4) 267.1 (63) 76.2 (T8)<br />
2002 68.93 (1) 1.717 (1) 72.2 (9) 269.6 (39) 80.3 (5)<br />
2003 69.59 (3) 1.772 (T17) 73.6 (2) 274.8 (32) 77.1 (5)<br />
2004 69.58 (2) 1.753 (5) 76.0 (1) 269.8 (51) 80.9 (5)<br />
2005 69.97 (8) 1.763 (12) 73.0 (5) 274.6 (41) 78.1 (8)<br />
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