Irwin could get to Medinah by winning the PGA Seniors Championship for a fourth consecutive year in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., next April. Otherwise, he'll need a special invitation. Irwin captured his third U.S. Open title at Medinah in 1990, defeating Mike Donald in a playoff. Jim Dent is the only player to qualify for all nine Energizer Senior Tour Championship. He chartered a plane out of Myrtle Beach, S.C., to fly to Louisville, Ky., for the Breeders Cup.
Player is a big-time horse owner in South Africa. . . .
The Senior PGA Tour produced 20 or more different winners in a season for the eighth time in the last nine years. Seven of those winners were first-timers. . . . The Senior PGA Tour added two more millionaires to the 1998 list when Dave Stockton and Jose Maria Canizares finished tied for eighth and tied for 11th, respectively. Graham played the first 23 holes of the event in 7 over par. He finished in a tie for fourth. . . .