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Arnold Daniel Palmer is a famous American golfer who is believed to be one of the best golf players. Arnold Palmer is the winner of several events on Champions Tour and PGA Tour held during 1955. Having the nickname of “The King”, Arnold Palmer is the most famous golfer and also the first sports-star of the television age of sports which started during the 1950s.
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Arnold Palmer was the winner of the 1998 PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award, his name being inducted in 1974 into the well-known World Golf Hall of Fame. Born in Pennsylvania’s Latrobe, this famous American golfer was given the lessons on golf by his father, the greens keeper and head professional at the Latrobe Country Club. Arnold used to go along with his father to this club and at the Bent Creek Country Club he broke 70 when he was seven. Palmer managed to practice golf only at the Latrobe course when the course was not being used by the members. Arnold got the opportunity to attend the Wake Forest University on his scholarship for golf. After the demise of Bud Worsham, Arnold’s close friend, he enrolled himself in the Coast Guard. He served there for almost 3 years during which he continued practicing golf and in 1954 won the US Amateur Championship. This win compelled him to opt for pro tour and he took his newly-wedded wife Winifred Walzer for traveling the circuit in 1955. He was also the winner of the Canadian Open in 1955 during his rookie season and improved himself for the coming seasons. Through rewarding business ventures and his strong personality, this popular American golfer succeeded in bringing out golf from the high-class country clubs among the common masses of America.
His appeal was an important factor in making golf a popular television event during the 1950s and 1960s. With his victory at the Masters in 1958, Arnold’s position as one of the famous golf-stars was secured, Mark McCormack being his first client. The position of the US players for The Open Championship was also strengthened by Arnold by his consecutive wins at the Open. The major championships won by Arnold Palmer include:
- US Open - 1960
- The Masters – 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964
- The Open Championship – 1961, 1962
From 1960 to 1963 Palmer won 29 events of PGA Tour along with the 1960 Hickok Belt. He was the winner of the Vardon Trophy for four times and was the first to win the World Match Play Championship at England. He participated last in the Masters in 2004 and retired on the 13th of October in 2006 by withdrawing from the Administaff Small Business Classic of the Champion Tours. At present Arnold Palmer owns numerous golf-related businesses and since 1971, has remained the owner of the Latrobe Country Club.
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