Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport’s history. He won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions.

Arnold Palmer’s social impact on golf was unrivaled among fellow professionals. His modest origins and plain-spoken popularity helped change the perception of golf from an elite, upper-class pastime to a more populist sport accessible to middle and working classes via public courses.

In a career spanning more than six decades, Arnold Palmer won 62 PGA Tour titles from 1955 to 1973, making him the fifth on the Tour’s all-time victory list. He also won seven major titles in a six-plus-year domination from the 1958 Masters to the 1964 Masters.

Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player were known as the ,Big Three, in golf during the 1960s. They are credited with popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world.

Arnold Palmer was born on September 10, 1929 and passed away on September 25, 2016.

Arnold Palmer won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, and in 1974 was one of the 13 original inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Arnold Palmer was nicknamed ,The King, and was one of golf’s most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport’s television age, which began in the 1950s.