As one of the field criteria, the USGA reserves the right to offer special exemptions but does so with discretion. Here’s a look at who has received them over the years and how they fared, per the ...

Interestingly, Hale Irwin won the tournament in 1990 while playing on the special exemption. Among notable performances by ...

Four-time Insperity champion and winningest golfer on PGA Tour Champions with 46 victories, including 12 senior majors. Hale ...

He’s the only player in history to have won all five senior major titles, and last year he broke Hale Irwin’s record with his 46th title at the U.S. Senior Open. “I think I can still be very ...

Woods won the 2000, 2002 and 2008 U.S. Opens but has never won at Pinehurst, where he'll tee it up in June.

Bernhard Langer became the winningest golfer in Champions history in 2023 when he got to No. 46, breaking a mark long held by ...

All the great moments in Hale Irwin's career have come in the U.S. Open and yesterday the 56-year-old grandfather was at it again, writing one of the most remarkable first round stories in the ...

Bernhard Langer is set to make a triumphant return to the PGA Tour Champions just three months after tearing his left ...

Hale Irwin is hoping for a successful homecoming -- again -- at the Boone Valley Classic. Irwin was born in nearby Joplin, Mo., and remains a part-time resident of the St. Louis area. His comfort ...

The County of Los Angeles owns the largest and busiest public golf course system in the nation with 20 courses across 18 ...

Most notably, Hale Irwin won in 1990 at Medinah, defeating Mike Donald in a playoff, after getting an invite. 1966 (Olympic Club) Ben Hogan, 12th 1977 (Southern Hills) Sam Snead, MC Tommy Bolt ...