Big sore spot; The good feeling he has for Minnesota's Champions Tour stop can't lessen the reality of back pain Hale Irwin will battle this weekend.(SPORTS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: August 8, 2003| Author: Zgoda, Jerry | Copyright information

Byline: Jerry Zgoda; Staff Writer

He has traveled from Arizona to Chicago, St. Louis to Georgia, seeking in the past seven weeks the opinions of six doctors and clinical specialists. Each one offered Hale Irwin different technical jargon for what might be causing the literal and figurative pain in his rear.

Befuddled by the inconclusive results, the Champions Tour's best player developed his own diagnosis for a lower-back injury that has limited him to one com...

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