Published 1974.
Limited Edition Serigraph.
Image Area Dimensions 22.5″ x 32.”
Numbered 300 pieces.
Signed and numbered by LeRoy Neiman.
Gallery Retail $7,000.
The 1974 U.S. Open is the one called “The Massacre at Winged Foot,” a nicknamed coined by sportscaster Dick Schaap to describe what many of the golfers who played it remember as a tournament with brutal scoring conditions. Hale Irwin Survived the ‘Massacre’ to Win 1974 U.S. Open
In the final round, Irwin and Watson were tied for the lead after eight holes, but Irwin’s birdie on No. 9 gave him a lead he never relinquished. Irwin reached the 72nd hole with a 2-stroke margin over Forrest Fezler and Lou Graham (who won the next year at the 1975 U.S. Open). Irwin successfully negotiated Winged Foot’s treacherous 18th — the hole where Phil Mickelsonblew up and lost the 2006 U.S. Open — with his stock-in-trade, an expertly played long iron shot to the green. Irwin two-putted for par to close out a 73 and win the championship at 7-over 287.
“Now that I’ve won one,” Irwin said in the post-tournament news conference, “I want to do something bigger, like two major championships.” And he did: three majors. Irwin won the U.S. Open again in 1979 and 1990, won 20 PGA Tour titles total, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 1992.
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