Hale Irwin will turn 71 in a little over a month, but the former University of Colorado athlete hasn’t stopped racking up top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour Champions.
The three-time U.S. Open champion made a 15-foot birdie on the 18th hole Sunday as he and partner Wes Short tied for fourth place in the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf in Ridgedale, Mo.
It was the 211th top-10 showing on the PGA Tour Champions for Irwin. The former Coloradan is the tour’s all-time victory leader, with 45.
Sunday marked Irwin’s best finish in a Champions event since placing third in the Senior PGA Championship in May 2012. His last top 10 had come in August 2014, when he carded a ninth-place performance at the 3M Championship.
Irwin and Short (pictured, with Irwin at right) posted an 18-under-par total in the Legends of Golf, with the last two rounds being played on the Top of the Rock par-3 course. On Sunday, they carded eight birdies and a bogey. Irwin and Short ended up five strokes behind champions Woody Austin and Michael Allen.
