Just as Sunday's final group of leaders teed off Sunday in the 3M Championship, a three-time past champion finished with a bogey on No. 18.
But what a round it was for 67-year-old Hale Irwin.
Playing in the day's third group out after consecutive rounds of 2-over-par 74 to start the tournament, Irwin turned in a 65 on Sunday, the first time in his career he has shot under his age. He's shot his age six times.
Irwin jarred a 171-yard 6-iron shot on No. 9 for an eagle during his round, the first eagle ever on the ninth at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine during the annual Champions Tour event.
"It's a damn hard hole," Irwin said.
After the eagle, Irwin went on to birdie six consecutive holes on the back nine -- matching Day 2 leader David Peoples' Champions Tour and 3M Championship record-tying marks from Saturday -- before the hiccup on the 18th.
"Got a history lesson here today, huh?" Irwin said. "Kind of a bonehead move there at the end, but there were some fireworks."
Irwin has played 17 consecutive 3M Championships, winning in 1997, '99 and 2002.
