Irwin Stays Hot, Ties Record with Ninth Senior Tour Victory

Hale Irwin tied a 12-year-old Senior PGA Tour record with his ninth tournament victory of the year Sunday, winning the Kaanapali Classic by three shots.

Irwin shot a one-under-par 70 in the final round for a 54-hole total of 13-under 200. The first prize of $127,500 gave him $2,131,364, the most money any player has earned on any tour in one year.

Bruce Summerhays, who led after the first and second rounds, couldn’t recover from a triple-bogey on No. 6. He birdied two of the last three holes for a final-round 74.

Mike Hill birdied the final hole for a 70 and tied Summerhays for second at 10-under 203. Rocky Thompson shot a 71 and was alone in fourth at 204.

In his first tournament back since cancer surgery in June, Jim Colbert finished at one-over 214. He shot a 76 Sunday.

Irwin has 16 top-10 finishes in 21 events this year. Sunday’s victory tied the record set by Peter Thomson in 1985.

Bob Duval shot the day’s best round, a 5-under 66. Earlier Sunday his son David won the regular PGA Tour event in Florida in a playoff.