Hale Irwin

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Final round groupings & tee times for Sunday at Newport Beach Country Club. * Tee No. 1 10 a.m.: Jeff Hart, Ben Bates, Corey Pavin 10:09 a.m.: Tom Jenkins, Greg Bruckner, Morris Hatalsky 10:18 a.m.: Wayne Levi, Olin Browne, Jeff Sluman 10:27 a.m.:...

Jay Haas keeps himself busy, with events on the Champions Tour and three grandchildren. He also does his best to find time to spend with his sons, Bill and Jay Jr. He says he can at least get a hold of one of them, and it's like talking to both since Jay...

When Hale Irwin sank a 45-foot-putt as part of his remarkableU.S. Open win in 1990 he erupted with high-fives and high-stepping in celebration. Many viewed that as a moment when Irwin was uncharacteristic. Irwin’s wife, Sally, contends it was her...

You could say Jake Knapp had an eventful day Tuesday. The Estancia High senior competed in the Toshiba Classic Par-3 Challenge at Newport Beach Country Club in the morning and then against rival Costa Mesa at Costa Mesa Country Club in the afternoon....

Paul Tadross has racked up 170 hours of volunteer work at Hoag Hospital. He started a senior-freshman mentor program at Newport Harbor High School, where he is the ASB president. Now he can add another impressive note to his résumé. Tadross, 17, was...

Hale Irwin is known as the only two-time champion of the Toshiba Classic. During the week of the 18th Toshiba Classic, he'll be known as keynote speaker at the annual Breakfast with a Champion, presented by the Allergan Foundation on March 13. The annual...

It's not how you start but how you finish. That's among the favorite lines for a coach to use. But Nick Price's start proved to be very important last year when he won the 17th Toshiba Classic. He opened the three-day tournament with an 11-under-par 60,...

There was a bit of an awkward silence when I delivered the final question to the great Hale Irwin during a phone interview last week. Irwin was asked when the last time he won on the Champions Tour, for golfers 50 and older. For a moment I thought he...

There wasn't much action on Monday, the first day of the 18th annual Toshiba Classic at Newport Beach Country Club. The shuttle buses driving from nearby parking lots to the club were empty as they made their rounds. But there was plenty going on...

It's that time again. The Toshiba Classic at Newport Beach Country Club March 16 through 18 marks the next Champions Tour event. Three different players have posted victories in as many events in 2012. (Dan Forsman at the Mitsubishi Electric in Hawaii;...