Who was Arnold Palmer?
A: Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely
regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's
history.
Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the
PGA Tour and what?
A: The circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions.
What was Arnold’s nickname?
A: The King.
Palmer was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as
a what?
A: A trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which
began in the 1950s.
Palmer's social impact on golf was what?
A: Unrivaled among fellow professionals.
His modest origins and plain-spoken popularity helped
change what?
A: The perception of golf from an elite, upper-class pastime of private
clubs to a more populist sport accessible to middle and working classes via
public courses.
Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player were "The Big
Three" in golf during the 1960s; they are credited with what?
A: Popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world.
His career spanned how many decades?
A: More than six.
How many PGA Tour titles did Palmer win from 1955 to
1973?
A: 62.
He is fifth on the Tour's what?
A: All-time victory list, trailing only
Sam Snead, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Ben Hogan.
How many major titles did he win in a six-plus-year
domination from the 1958 Masters to the 1964 Masters?
A: He won seven.
He also won the PGA what?
A: Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.
In 1974 he was one of the 13 original inductees into
what?
A: The World Golf Hall of Fame.
When was Arnold born?
A: On September 10, 1929, to Doris (née Morrison) and Milfred Jerome
"Deacon" Palmer.
Where was he born?
A: In Latrobe, Pennsylvania, a working-class steel mill town.
Who did he learn golf from?
A: His father, who had suffered from polio at a young age and was head
professional and greenskeeper at Latrobe Country Club, which allowed young
Palmer to accompany his father as he maintained the course.
Palmer attended Wake Forest College on a what?
A: A golf scholarship.
He left upon the death of close friend Bud Worsham and
enlisted in what?
A: The U.S. Coast Guard, where he served for three years, 1951–1954.
At the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New
Jersey, he built what?
A: A nine-hole course and had some time to continue to hone his golf skills.
What did he do after his enlistment term ended?
A: He returned to college and competitive golf.
Palmer won the 1954 U.S. Amateur in Detroit and made
the decision to do what?
A: To turn pro in November of that year.
After winning that match, what did he do?
A: He quit his job selling paint and played in the Waite Memorial tournament
in Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania.
There, he met his future wife, Winifred Walzer, and
they remained married for how long?
A: 45 years until her death in 1999.
Palmer's first tour win came during what?
A: His 1955 rookie season, when he won the Canadian Open and earned $2,400
for his efforts.
Palmer's charisma was a major factor in establishing
what?
A: Golf as a compelling television event in the 1950s and 1960s.
His first major championship win at the 1958 Masters
Tournament, where he earned $11,250, established what?
A: His position as one of the leading stars in golf, and by 1960 he had
signed up as pioneering sports agent Mark McCormack's first client.