"PGA Champion" Hale Irwin Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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"PGA Champion" Hale Irwin Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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ES-2069
Hale S. Irwin
(born June 3, 1945) is 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. As a senior golfer, Irwin ranks first all-time in
PGA Tour Champions victories
. He is widely regarded as the greatest player in Champions Tour history. Along with
Gary Player
,
David Graham
,
Bernhard Langer
and
Justin Rose
, Irwin is one of five golfers to win official tournaments on all six continents on which golf is played. He has also developed a career as a
golf course architect
. Irwin was born in
Joplin, Missouri
, and raised in
Baxter Springs, Kansas
and
Boulder, Colorado
. His father introduced him to the game of golf when he was 4 years old. He broke 70 for the first time at the age of 14. Irwin was a star athlete in football, baseball, and golf at
Boulder High School
[3]
and graduated in 1963. Irwin then attended the
University of Colorado
, where he was a two-time All-
Big Eight
defensive back, as well as an academic All-American in
football
. He won the individual
NCAA Division I Championship
in golf in his senior year in 1967 and turned professional the following year.