Arnold Palmer

1929–2016 · American professional golfer, 62 PGA Tour wins

Arnold Daniel Palmer (1929–2016) was the golfer who made golf a television sport. The son of a club professional at Latrobe Country Club in western Pennsylvania, he won 62 PGA Tour titles between 1955 and 1973, including seven major championships, and drew the galleries that became known as Arnie’s Army. He was among the inaugural inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.

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“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done”

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“The harder I practice, the luckier I get”

actually Jerry Barber

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