Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwinis an American professional golfer. He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever U.S. Open champion in 1990 at the age of 45...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth3 June 1945
CityJoplin, MO
CountryUnited States of America
last
Try seven. I birdied the last two holes.
certain golf hit sure time ultimate win
Every time I won, ... I wasn't sure what I could do. The ultimate shots, the ones you have to hit to win golf tournaments, were never certain with me.
aggressive familiar played pleased positions second time
It's only the second time I've played it and I'm not real familiar with the positions from which I should play and how aggressive I can be. But I'm very pleased with the start.
gotten
I've gotten away from my conditioning because of my back, but I've got to get back to that this winter.
lives playing sort team
It's sort of the U.S. team playing the team that lives in the U.S.
biggest guys learned
The biggest thing I've learned is ... I've learned myself. It's something a lot of these guys never do.
against eagle good putt
The big eagle on 17 was the clincher, ... The putt was up against the collar, which is never a good place to be.
above ball hit lie needed solid tight
It was a very comfortable distance. The lie was a little tight and the ball was above my feet. I needed to hit it solid and I hit it heavy.
birdie game good including talking worth
It's been just awful. Including the pro-am, I've not made a birdie in 54 holes. Right now, I'm not a very good player. There's nothing in my game that's worth talking about. That's the game. You take your lumps and I'll be back.
front turn winning
When I made the turn I didn't give much thought to winning because I didn't play that well on the front nine,
guys playing shoot
When we have that many guys playing well, you have to shoot 5 or 6 under,
friday played today worst
Today was the worst I've played in the tournament. I played pretty well on Friday and I played really well on Saturday.
Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.
dealing dwell felt positive rather work
I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.