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  Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Hale Irwin, Keynote Speaker On: Athletics / Sports, Golf, Success
Hale Irwin, one of golf's greatest players, is a PGA Tour Player and Senior PGA Tour Player.
Hale is the winner of 68 professional events worldwide, including 52 PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour victories.
Hale also is proud to conduct a charity golf tournament in St. Louis each year to benefit the St. Louis Children's Hospital and the Hale Irwin Center for Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at that facility
www.speaking.com /speakers/haleirwin.html   (346 words)

  
 Official Web Site of the 2006 U.S. Open | Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin, winner of the 1974 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, spoke to the USGA on May 10, 2006, about winning that championship.
HALE IRWIN: It was the kind of hole that you really had to put it on the surface.
HALE IRWIN: Well, I've suggested to them that I think it would be great if they narrowed the fairway even more and made the first cut relatively tame and then graduated from there, really put a premium on putting the ball in the fairway.
www.usopen.com /2006/news/interviews/hale_irwin_5_11_05.html   (4527 words)

  
 World Golf News - Hale Irwin looking to defend Senior PGA Championship
Hale Irwin, who enjoyed a successful start to this golf season, isn't feeling that cozy about his golf game right now, with three weeks to go before defending a major championship.
Irwin, 59, is planning for his 10th Senior PGA Championship appearance, and is anxious to play a course in Arnold Palmer's backyard.
Irwin said that Laurel Valley is among the "special" courses that he particularly enjoys.
www.worldgolf.com /newswire/browse/2380-Hale-Irwin-looking-to-defend-Senior-PGA-Championship   (972 words)

  
 Hale Irwin's Golf Swing
Hale is the winner of over 70 professional events worldwide, including over 50 PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour victories.
Irwin was a quarterback and defensive back on the University of Colorado football team that was ranked twentieth in the nation in 1966 and he won the 1967 NCAA golf championship.
Irwin is the only golfer to win three U. Opens; four players have won it four times.
beauproductions.com /golfswingsws/haleirwin/main.htm   (399 words)

  
  Hale Irwin's Golf Swing
Hale is the winner of over 70 professional events worldwide, including over 50 PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour victories.
Hale was not only a great golfer but an outstanding athlete.
Irwin was a quarterback and defensive back on the University of Colorado football team that was ranked twentieth in the nation in 1966 and he won the 1967 NCAA golf championship.
www.beauproductions.com /golfswingsws/haleirwin/main.htm   (399 words)

  
  Irwin weathers elements, Haas - The Boston Globe
Hale Irwin survived a grueling week and a challenge from the Champions Tour's newest player to win his fourth Senior PGA Championship.
Irwin birdied the 18th hole to win the weather-plagued event by one stroke over Jay Haas yesterday.
Irwin's approach to the 535-yard par-5 landed on the lower tier of the undulating green, about 40 feet away.
www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2004/06/01/irwin_weathers_elements_haas   (283 words)

  
 Sports: From rain to Hale
Hale Irwin accepts the winner's trophy after capturing his 42nd Champions Tour event, the most victories on the senior golf circuit.
Irwin was unable to play a hole Friday because of two rain delays that sent the tournament into a tailspin.
Irwin returned Sunday morning to get three more holes of his second round completed, but he still trailed Hatalsky by one shot when he arrived Monday with 12 holes to go.
www.sptimes.com /2005/03/01/Sports/From_rain_to_Hale.shtml   (970 words)

  
 Irwins' family business on course for success : Golf : Boulder Daily Camera
Many of his fellow tour players would love to have had the year Hale Irwin did on the golf course, but by his high standards 2006 left something to be desired.
But Irwin is nothing if not the ultimate competitor, and he knows that a year in which he failed to win a Champions Tour event for first time since turning 50 in 1995 leaves him feeling a little empty.
The Irwins are coming off a weekend in which they competed together in the Father-Son Challenge in Orlando, Fla. After a poor first day, they posted the best score on Sunday (a 59 in a scramble format) to finish fifth overall.
www.dailycamera.com /news/2006/dec/08/irwins-family-business-on-course-for-success   (1103 words)

  
 Hale Irwin Wins Senior PGA by One Stroke - General - RedOrbit
Irwin, who will turn 59 on Thursday, was the oldest winner of the event since Pete Cooper won in 1976 at age 61.
Irwin was 9 under and led Haas by two shots with eight holes to go.
Irwin made an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-5 10th to move to 9 under.
www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=60907   (633 words)

  
 Profile for Hale IRWIN   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Irwin is the only man to have won it three times.
Ordinarily, Irwin's quiet, even austere, demeanour indicated what he was - a talented and tough competitor, solid rather than inspirational, who became good by seldom doing anything badly, which was how he won the US Open in 1974 and 1979 over two remorseless layouts.
It appeared that Irwin had both swapped his spectacles for contact lenses and that he had also undergone a character transplant.
library.thinkquest.org /10556/english/low/profiles/irwin.htm   (270 words)

  
 GolfDigest.com - Full swing: Hale Irwin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hale Irwin describes his swing as "plain vanilla." I agree, in that very few features of his swing are unusual enough to merit special comment.
Hale is not very long for a fellow his size -- he averages 272 yards in driving distance, 35th on the Champions Tour -- but he's always been long enough.
Hale's hands are fairly high at the top of his finish; this is a sign that his swing is more lateral than rotary and that he transports the club with his arms and hands as opposed to the big muscles of his torso.
www.golfdigest.com /instruction/index.ssf?/instruction/swingsequences/gd200307haleirwin.html   (667 words)

  
 Hale Irwin vaults into lead with 62
Irwin, coming off his first winless season in 12 years, had 10 birdies in his bogey-free round for a 16-under 128 total.
Irwin, who has a record 44 wins on the Champions Tour, is seeking his first win since the 2005 SAS Championship.
Irwin said he'll need to stay aggressive and probably needs a 65 or 66 to force this rivals to shoot an amazing round Sunday to win.
www.golfinternationalmag.co.uk /News/210107_4.htm   (868 words)

  
 Irwin recovers from meltdown to beat Watson in Kinko's playoff
Irwin and Watson headed to the par-5 18th tee for the first playoff hole.
Irwin then calmly rolled in his birdie putt for his first win of the year and 37th of his Champions Tour career.
Irwin moved to 2-5 in career playoffs on the Champions Tour, while Watson fell to 0-5.
www.pga.com /news/tours/champions/kinkosclassic051103.cfm   (884 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Unfazed by age, Irwin says he's capable in Open   (Site not responding. Last check: )
TULSA — Hale Irwin says he doesn't know 80% of the players in the U.S. Open, but he knows some things none of them know: For one, he knows what it takes to win three U.S. Opens.
Irwin, 56 and playing in his 32nd Open, faced that challenge Thursday at Southern Hills and responded by making two consecutive birdies to get back to par, and making four more to take the lead with a 3-under-par 67.
Irwin was born in Joplin, Mo., and lived most of his early life in a little triangle of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma that's about 100 miles from here.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/usopen01/2001-06-14-irwin.htm   (735 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - At 60, Irwin defies conventional curve   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Irwin, 60, competes in the Turtle Bay Championship that begins Friday in Hawaii, and he'll be playing for a record sixth consecutive victory in the event.
Irwin played everything at Boulder High, football in the fall, basketball in the winter, baseball in the spring and golf in the summer.
Irwin says he turned to golf in the spring of his senior year when he won the NCAA golf title, but Anderson recalls him being committed to golf before then.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/champions/2006-01-23-irwin_x.htm   (814 words)

  
 Hale Irwin wins Turtle Bay Championship
Irwin won by closing with a 5-under-par 67, his 16th round in the 60s in 24 starts in this tournament.
Irwin played the final hole (539-yard par-5) conservatively, laying up with his second shot, hitting his third safely over the water hazard and onto the green, and two-putting for par to finish at 208.
Irwin has had a relatively routine year because of a bad back, which he hurt two weeks after winning in May. He has not played like a three-time senior Player of the Year since, though Irwin's definition of golf disappointment is different than most.
www.turtlebayresort.com /Golf/PR_Detail_HaleIrwin.asp   (869 words)

  
 Senior PGA at Laurel Valley: Hale to the chief   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hale Irwin, a wonder for the ages who shows no signs of letting the young guys shove him aside on the PGA Champions Tour, remains on the top of his golf game despite chronic back problems at a time when most men of his years are content to merely enjoy a weekend round with friends.
Irwin reached the par-5, 18th in two strokes and tapped in a 2-footer for the win moments after Haas' 6-foot birdie attempt was wide right.
Irwin will be competing for a $2 million purse in the Senior PGA Championship against an elite field of 156 that is expected to feature 11 Senior PGA champions, 12 PGA champions, 9 Masters champions, 15 U.S. Open champions, 9 British Open champions, 10 Ryder Cup captains and 40 Ryder Cup players.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05100/485361.stm   (1106 words)

  
 Sports: Hale of a win for Fleisher
Irwin, the Champions Tour's all-time victory leader who battled a balky putter all week, finally got birdie putts to drop on the back nine at the 12th, 14th and 15th holes, giving himself a one-stroke lead.
Irwin still had a chance at No. 18 after he hit his 5-iron approach to 13 feet.
Fleisher and Irwin were among 16 players who had to finish the third round that was suspended Saturday due to weather.
www.sptimes.com /2003/02/24/Sports/Hale_of_a_win_for_Fle.shtml   (916 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Golf - Irwin captures first Senior Tour Championship - Sunday November 08, 1998 05:43 PM
Irwin finished with a 65, 14-under 274, for his seventh victory of the year and his 20th Senior title since joining the tour in 1995.
When Irwin got his seventh birdie at the 16th for a five-stroke lead, there was no question who was No. 1 on the Senior PGA Tour.
Irwin led the Seniors in putting, greens in regulation and birdies per round this year.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /golf/news/1998/11/08/hale_champ   (608 words)

  
 Irwin leads by stroke in Champions event - Boston.com
Hale Irwin shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Champions Tour's ATandT Champions Classic.
The 61-year-old Irwin, the 1998 and 2002 tournament champion who won the season-opening MasterCard Championship for his tour-record 45th victory, had a 9-under 135 total on the Valencia Country Club course.
Irwin has won 33 of the 47 times when he has lead or shared it going into the final round on the 50-and-over tour.
www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2007/03/17/irwin_leads_by_stroke_in_champions_event   (422 words)

  
 Irwin wins SAS Championship for his fourth of 2005 and 44th as a senior
CARY, N.C. (AP) -- Hale Irwin won for the fourth time this year to push his Champions Tour-record victory total to 44, capping a back-nine run with an eagle in a two-stroke victory over Tom Jenkins and Bob Gilder on Sunday in the SAS Championship.
Irwin earned $285,000 to increase his season total to $1,794,767, only $17,537 behind Quigley for the top spot.
Irwin also became a four-time winner in a season for the sixth time in his 10 full years on the Champions Tour.
www.pga.com /news/tours/champions/sas100205.cfm   (492 words)

  
 Irwin Takes Nationwide, 1. Hale Irwin -9 - CBS News
Hale Irwin approached the final round of the Nationwide Championship with the same mindset he used to win three U.S. Opens.
Irwin, the Nationwide's first repeat champion, rolled in a 5-foot putt at No. 18 for his sixth straight par and 9-under 207 total.
Irwin's victory at the Golf Club of Georgia last year, which came when he eagled the par-5 18th by holing a wedge from 74 yards, started a run of five straight wins.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/05/12/archive/main195114.shtml   (763 words)

  
 2008 U.S. Senior Open Names Honorary Chair
Colorado Springs, CO (Vocus/PRWeb) January 23, 2007 -- Golfing great and former University of Colorado football and golf star Hale Irwin has accepted the position of Honorary Chairman for the 2008 U.S.Senior Open, to be held at The Broadmoor, July 28 - August 3, 2008.
Irwin was asked to serve in this capacity by the Championship's local organizing committee, headed by Bill Hybl and Phil Lane.
Irwin was named to the Colorado State High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006 for his accomplishments at Boulder High School, where he was a three-sport athlete and led the football team to a state title in 1963.
www.prweb.com /releases/2007/1/prweb499689.htm   (709 words)

  
 Hale Storm: Irwin Claims Outback Title - from TBO.com
Irwin sealed the victory with six consecutive pars, including a 4-foot putt on his final hole that nearly rolled to the right of the cup, giving Irwin a quick moment of trepidation.
But with the Vijay Singh-like run Irwin is on to start the season - in four events he has two victories (Turtle Bay), a second- and third-place finish - he played well enough to get the one-stroke victory and finally add the Tampa senior event to his list of victories.
Irwin began his round at No. 16; after a birdie at No. 18, where he hit 8-iron to within 2 feet to pull even with Hatalsky, Irwin birdied the par-4 third hole for what proved to be the final margin on a 22-foot putt.
sports.tbo.com /sports/MGB8WK2HR5E.html   (757 words)

  
 Hale Irwin seeks putting improvement
When Irwin won the 2004 event at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., three days before his 59th birthday, he became the oldest player to win a Champions Tour major since 1976, when 61-year-old Pete Cooper won the Senior PGA.
Irwin and Jack Nicklaus are the only players to win the same senior major four times.
Irwin said he needed to try something different, hence the change in putters.
www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news06/hale_irwin_1.html   (622 words)

  
 71024A-24C - Hale Irwin Autograp
Irwin is one of only 32 players in PGA TOUR history with 20 or more career victories.
Irwin was the first captain of the United States President's Cup Team, in 1994, a team on which he played.
Hale Irwin was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992.
www.golfsartgallery.com /golf_club_head_series/71024a24c__hale_irwin_autograp.htm   (271 words)

  
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Hale Irwin didn't listen to any of it -- just as he ignored the talk five years and 16 tournament victories ago that, because of the undeniable skill-diminishing passage of time, even he couldn't expect to keep winning much longer.
Irwin's 3-under 69 left him a shot behind Graham Marsh, a longtime successful golfer around the world who hasn't won on the Senior tour in six years.
Irwin won twice on the Champions Tour early this year, but finished out of the Top 10 in four consecutive tournaments before an encouraging sixth-place tie in the Bruno's Memorial Classic last week.
www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=79973   (689 words)

  
 Hale Irwin still struggling with injuries
Irwin, with an unprecedented 91 top-three finishes in 200 career tournaments on the 50-and-over circuit, is normally in the mix for player of the year honors.
Irwin hasn't been the same since he hurt his lower back in the first round of the U.S. Open in June.
Irwin has won at least two Champions Tour events in each of his eight previous seasons for a total of 37 victories, but he's got just one title this season with a handful of tournaments remaining.
www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news03/irwin2.html   (531 words)

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