Three-time U.S. Open winner Hale Irwin doesn't think former Denver Broncos quarterback and current general manager John Elway has much chance to play in the 2018 U.S. Senior Open.
"Good luck," Irwin said Tuesday, per Arnie Stapleton of the Associated Press. "He'd better throw some tight spirals, I'm telling you."
Stapleton noted Irwin played football at the University of Colorado and is the leading money winner on the Senior PGA Tour. The golfer recognized Elway's athletic ability while explaining how difficult the transition from the gridiron to the links would be in 2018:
"John's an accomplished athlete, of course, but there's been a number of guys that came out and were rudely awakened to how well these guys can play because they're coming out now with very accomplished skills, very refined skills…And not that John doesn't have them.