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A r n o l d Pa l m e r

H o n o rs B oa rd Major Championship Victories (7) 1958 The Masters Augusta National, GA 1960 The Masters Augusta National, GA 1960 U.S. Open Cherry Hills, CO 1961 British Open Royal Birkdale, England 1962 The Masters Augusta National, GA 1962 British Open Troon, Scotland 1964 The Masters Augusta National, GA

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Summary of Major Championship Record Starts: 142 Wins: 7 Second-place Finishes: 10 Top-three Finishes: 19 Top-five Finishes: 26 Top-10 Finishes: 38 Longest Streak of Top-10s in Majors: 6 Other PGA Tour wins (55) 1955 Canadian Open 1956 Insurance City Open Eastern Open 1957 Houston Open Azalea Open Rubber City Open San Diego Open 1958 St Petersburg Open

Pepsi Championship 1959 Thunderbird Invitational Oklahoma City Open

West Palm Beach Open 1960 Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic

Texas Open

Baton Rouge Open

Pensacola Open

Insurance City Open

Mobile Sertoma Open 1961 San Diego Open

Phoenix Open

Baton Rouge Open

Texas Open

Western Open 1962 Palm Springs Golf Classic

Phoenix Open

Texas Open

Tournament of Champions

Colonial National American Golf Classic 1963 Los Angeles Open

Phoenix Open

Pensacola Open

Thunderbird Classic

Cleveland Open

Western Open

Whitemarsh Open

1964 Oklahoma City Open 1965 Tournament of Champions 1966 Los Angeles Open

Tournament of Champions

Houston Champions International 1967 Los Angeles Open

Tucson Open American Golf Classic

Thunderbird Classic 1968 Bob Hope Desert Classic Kemper Open 1969 Heritage Classic Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic 1970 National Four-Ball Championship

(with Jack Nicklaus) 1971 Bob Hope Desert Classic Florida Citrus Invitational

Westchester Classic National Four-Ball Championship

(with Jack Nicklaus) 1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic Other Tournament Wins (18) 1955 Panama Open

Colombian Open 1960 Canada Cup (with Sam Snead) 1962 Canada Cup (with Sam Snead) 1963 Australian Wills Masters

Canada Cup (with Jack Nicklaus) 1964 Piccadilly World Match Play

Championship, England

Canada Cup (with Jack Nicklaus) 1966 Australian Open

Canada Cup (with Jack Nicklaus)

PGA Team Championship (w. J. Nicklaus) 1967 Piccadilly World Match Play

Championship, England

World Cup (with Jack Nicklaus)

World Cup (individual) 1971 Lancome Trophy, France 1975 Spanish Open

Penfold PGA Championship, England 1980 Canadian PGA Championship Senior PGA Tour wins (10) 1980 PGA Seniors’ Championships 1981 U.S. Senior Open 1982 Marlboro Classic Denver Post Champions of Golf 1983 Boca Grove Classic 1984 PGA Seniors’ Championship Senior Tournament Players

Championship

Quadel Senior Classic 1985 Senior Tournament Players

Championship 1988 Crestar Classic Other Senior Wins (5) 1984 Doug Sanders Celebrity Pro–Am 1986 Union Mutual Classic 1990 Senior Skins Game 1992 Senior Skins Game 1993 Senior Skins Game Vardon Trophy Wins (4) 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967 U.S. Ryder Cup Honors (7) 1961, 1963 (playing captain), 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975 (non-playing captain) Significant Amateur Win (1) 1954 U.S. Amateur Championship

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a r n o l d pa l m e r fo r e wo r d

A year, and a lifetime, to remember i still have a few weeks to go before I can celebrate my 80th birthday, but already 2009 has proved to be a landmark year both in my lifetime and for the game of golf.

We celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard at Bay Hill in March when Tiger Woods signaled his recovery from a dreadful knee injury to win our title for an astonishing sixth time. The manner of his victory—holing a curling putt across the 18th green—gave me a pleasing sense of déjà vu.

Tiger’s return to the winners’ circle after his knee reconstruction—three times so far this season at the time of writing—has given the game a major boost at a time when golf needs all the friends it can get.

The financial crisis which has hit the world in general and the sponsorship that professional sports people rely on so much in particular, continues to bite hard into the lives of ordinary people everywhere, and golf is no exception.

However, I have recently detected a more optimistic mood in the country and it is my fervent wish that this will prove to be the green shoots of a full-blown recovery. I am old enough, just, to remember the Depression and I sincerely hope and pray that we will not be returning to the pain and suffering that characterized that dark period in our history.

We have been busy in recent times, both with our ongoing projects at Arnold Palmer Design Company and also at Bay Hill where the Championship Course has been closed this summer for the re-grassing of the greens and an extensive refurbishment program.

Inevitably, with a landmark birthday approaching, I have been taking stock of many aspects of my life. I have been reflecting on the pleasures of my family life—my upbringing in Latrobe, all the years Winnie and I were together, the joy we experienced raising our girls, Peggy and Amy, and watching our seven grandchildren grow up, and more recently my marriage to Kit and the arrival of great-grandchildren.

I also recall the wonderful moments I have enjoyed and the friendships I have made through the game of golf—from the moment I started playing under the aegis of my father through all the tournaments I have taken part in, some of which I was fortunate enough to win, to my current work in course design and development.

I have rubbed shoulders with folks from all walks of life—with Presidents of the United States and numerous other celebrities but also many other people who have not been famous in any way but whose friendship has meant just as much to me.

Looking back, it is amazing how fast the years have passed by and how many changes I have witnessed in my lifetime. Certainly, the game of golf is quite a different business than when I was a youngster. I sincerely believe that most of the changes have been improvements and I never cease to be amazed by the standard of golf now being played and the quality of technology now applied to both equipment manufacture and course construction.

Golf continues to be well governed and its fine traditions of fair play, honesty and courteous behavior are upheld in the main by the vast majority of its participants. I like to think my life has made some small difference to the game—perhaps, more than anything else, with the spreading of its gospel to new parts of the world, like the Far East and South America.

Ultimately, though, I couldn’t possibly have achieved even a fraction of what I have managed in golf and life without the loyalty and love of those closest to me—family, friends, colleagues, fellow golfers and sponsors.

My life story, in many respects, is theirs too.

Enjoy the read,

Arnold Palmer

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Kingdom magazine Issue 14—80th Birthday Special

Arnold Palmer Foreword—A Fond Hello Publisher’s Letter—It’s a Question of Time Editor’s Letter—The Birthday Song

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The King Reflects—Arnold Palmer considers his first 80 years of achievements 80 Most Significant—A small handful of memorable moments with Palmer Gold Standard—Donald Trump brings his “A” game to Kingdom Pebble Beach—Shaping up for the 2010 U.S. Open Championship Birthday Card—An illustrious crew offers birthday wishes to Arnie Keystone Tops—Pennsylvania golf in the King’s backyard Palmer as the Pro—Arnie, from the pages of a 1962 Golf Digest Aloha Spirit—Sun, surf and the sweet sound of birdies in Hawaii By & Large—Mysteries of the sea revealed in the 2009 Transpacific Yacht Race King & Queen—Part II of a conversation with Annika Sorenstam and Arnie Life in Pictures: Part 14—A lifetime of exceptional living King Air—Wing ding dingin’ it with Palmer the pilot King & Key—Where to keep the keys to so many cities Eastern Promise—Palmer built the first course in China, and he hasn’t slowed down yet Birthday Menu—A celebratory feast

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Summer Swizzle—Cocktails to refresh and delight Top Marque—Why Palmer keeps a Cadillac in his driveway All Fore Caribbean—Buried treasure awaits just south of Florida Top Care—The Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando celebrates 20 years of excellence Palace Evolution—PGA National is a jewel in Florida’s golfing crown Olympic Ambition—Ty Votaw wants to see golfing gold—and silver, and bronze Fashion—The iconic golf shirt, from Rat Pack to sweat-wicking moderns Ultimate Patio—Improving the view from your back door Driving Ambition—Innsbrook’s Martha Faulconer helps you fire it off the tee Birthday Presence—Gifts so good you’ll give them more than once a year “Pop” is not a French word—Not all great sparkling wines are Champagne—believe it Of Dogs and Men—The shoes you wear have come a long way Sweet 16—A small collection of APDC’s greatest hits It’s About Time—Prostate health does not warrant procrastination Course Directory—A checklist of great golf Last Page—Honoring Jack Stephens

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publisher’s

foreword

Publisher’s greeting i like time.

I like the way it improves fine wine and I like the way Rolex celebrates its perpetual motion in such impeccable style. Most of all, I like the fact that it is one of the few certainties of our existence. You can’t slow it down, you can’t speed it up—it’s just there: a permanent, perennial constant.

It has been 10 years since I started working with Arnold Palmer and his fantastically creative Design Company. From the very origins of our association, I have always felt part of the wider Palmer family, always welcome under Arnie’s iconic umbrella.

The times have been good, but interspersed with moments of sadness—none more so than when time came calling for Ed Seay, the man who was such a driving force behind this publication in its earliest days.

Many of my friends and acquaintances assume that, as a publisher of golf magazines, I spend most of my time on the fairways. Unfortunately, that has simply not been the case of late—partly because when I do find time to play I seem to spend almost as much of it in the rough as on the fairways, but also because, like many others, too much of my time is spent working and traveling. High time, then, for me to make sure I get out and golf a bit more.

To me, golf is the greatest game of this or any other time. Therefore, we owe it to ourselves and the sport to help it, and us, through these difficult economic circumstances by simply playing more—a sentiment, I am sure, with which a certain gentleman who has done more to grow the game over the past 80 years than any other individual would whole-heartedly agree.

This 14th edition of Kingdom is a salute and a tribute to those 80 years which I am sure you, our precious readers, will enjoy from cover to cover and will want to keep in your possession as a perpetual reminder of a very special moment in time.

For those of you who would like to share your own experiences of these 80 years, the USGA Museum has launched a superb online Arnold Palmer Memory Book, www.usgamuseum.com/arnoldpalmer. Here you can submit your reflections about Arnold, be they in the form of words, images or video. The key is that you submit your own personal story—honest and from the heart. When placed alongside other contributions, these will capture the essence of what Arnold Palmer means to golf.

All of which leaves me with time to say just one thing more: Happy Birthday, Arnold

Matthew Squire Publisher

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Letter from the Editor

i’ve never really been a fan of the birthday song. You know the one. The old standard that hapless waiters and people in offices everywhere awkwardly slog through on their way to an eventual round of applause, someone inevitably adding the perfunctory “and many mooooore.”

I think the song bothers me because, though it’s a kind gesture—the singers are, after all, taking time to pause and wish someone a happy birthday—when I hear it across a restaurant or office it’s often painfully obvious the chanteurs feel obliged to serenade the celebrant (and I’m not writing about me, of course; people always sing my birthday song with—ahem—enthusiasm and gusto).

At any rate, when it comes to best wishes the word “obligation” should play no part.

And then there’s Arnold Palmer. When kingdom asked people if they had anything to say to Arnie on the momentous occasion of his 80th birthday, we were deluged with salutations. In fact, we couldn’t fit them all in (apologies to those omitted and to those whom we could not reach in time or at all). Some of the greetings came from world leaders, some from business icons, some from personal friends.

Without exception, each birthday wish was sincere.

As anyone who’s met him knows, sincerity is a hallmark of Mr. Palmer. The kind words and friendly smiles he offers on a daily basis are genuine, his many charitable acts heartfelt. What’s more, he inspires similar behavior in others.

Besides motivating those of us at kingdom to keep our game in top shape, he may be the only person I know who most deservedly receives a 100% sincere and genuine birthday song. This September, I and the rest of the staff at kingdom are happily joining in the chorus.

Happy Birthday to you, Arnie—and many more.

Reade Tilley

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The King Reflects

The King sits down with chris roddell, reflects on a lifetime of achievements and looks forward to more kingdom: How much did receiving the Byron Nelson prize mean to you?

Arnold Palmer: He was always a dear friend to me and winning his prize was a great honor. When I was a youngster, Byron was writing his book. It was one of the first books I read about golf and the disciplines it takes to excel. He was very important to me and I treasured his friendship.

K: Babe Krinock, the man who taught you to fly and a lifelong friend, passed away recently. How will

you remember him?

AP: As a great friend. He was very important to me. He taught me to fly and was very special. A great guy and a great pilot. We’re all going to miss Babe.

K: You were in the Coast Guard. Do you still have a strong affinity for boating or the sea? If so, how does

that factor into your life now—i.e., are you a boater at all or do you enjoy sailing or going on cruises?

AP: Once a Coast Guardsman, always a Coast Guardsman. I don’t do much boating these days. I used to do quite a bit. In recent years, I have not.

K: The Pens have just won the Stanley Cup and the Steelers won the Super Bowl. Is there something

about your western Pennsylvania neighbors that demands perfection from their athletes?

AP: I watched the Penguins every chance I had. They were wonderful. They did a great job. I’m very happy for (Penguins team owner) Mario Lemieux. It’s the western Pennsylvania background of steel and coal. They’re a tough group. They demand a lot from their professional athletes and they’ve been rewarded with a lot to celebrate.

K: The course at Bay Hill is currently being renovated, how is that progressing? When will it be back

open for play and what does it mean for the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard?

AP: Very good. I toured it yesterday and am very pleased with what’s been happening at Bay Hill. We will have most of the physical work wrapped up in just a month and then things should be in playing shape by October, which is pretty fast.

K: Quite a few of your contemporaries are also celebrating their 80th birthdays in 2009—notably Bob Goalby, Peter Thomson and Dow Finsterwald. How would you assess them as individuals and your collective generation of golfers as a whole?

AP: Well, they’re all great golfers and made great contributions to the game and they’re all great friends. >

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Here’s to a lifetime of growing the game.

As a long-time partner and friend of Arnold Palmer, E-Z-GOÂŽ is proud to help support his passion and commitment to the game of golf. Mr. Palmer, we wish you a very happy birthday and look forward to moving even more players across your legendary courses for the next 80 years.

K: Watching episodes of Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf, it seems that most of the greens you played

on 40–50 years ago were very slow compared to today’s putting surfaces. Why was this and why did the authorities decide to speed them up?

AP: The greens weren’t that slow, although there were a lot of them that were. The reason they were slow is that cutting them low led to funguses and diseases and taking care of them was expensive. There were times that they were just as fast as they are today. I know Oakmont’s greens for the ’35 Open were just as fast as they were for the ’07 Open. But the modern technology has helped them speed up the greens a little more quickly.

K: If you were starting out on Tour today, using modern equipment, how different do you think your

swing and overall technique would be?

AP: I think it’d still be the same.

K: Phil Mickelson’s wife Amy is undergoing a difficult time. How challenging is it for a golfer to close

that off in his/her mind and go out and perform at the highest level?

AP: It’s something you never put out of your mind, even in the heat of battle. I’d had it in my family with my daughter and my wife. It’s a constant worry. You just hope for the best. Of course, with modern medicine and what the doctors can do, you can try and move forward with hope and faith that something positive is bound to happen. In Phil’s case, it’s got to be a major worry. I’m sure Phil and the medical people are doing all they can to take care of Amy.

K: Since his comeback, Tiger Woods has clearly not struck the ball as he would like and complains

about putting poorly, yet he won twice and had five other top–10s in his first seven strokeplay events of 2009. You could argue that had he had a better draw, weather–wise, he’d have won at Bethpage.

AP: That’s you saying that! That’s just the rub of the green. He is a tremendous player and his record is proof of that. Don’t worry about Tiger. He’s doing just fine.

K: Padraig Harrington, who you know well, appears to have lost the golf game which won him two

woods and palmer share a mutual admiration

majors last season with over–analysis. Were you ever tempted to go down the same swing–change route and what do you think he should do to recapture his form?

AP: I was never tempted to change my swing. I usually went back and worked on the things that I knew worked for me in the tournaments I’d won. So I never made any swing changes most of my life. I’d go back to basics and drill on that stuff. And that’s what I’d advise Padraig to do. >

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K: What changes have you seen in college golf since your days as a member of the Wake Forest College

golf team?

AP: There’s more sophistication in college golf, but I haven’t seen it change all that much. There’s just more of it and it’s better. A lot more players participating and I think the opportunities are better.

K: Can you envision a return to shorter courses and a game based on strategy and accuracy or do you

think courses will continue to get longer?

AP: It’ll be a combination of things. Certainly, they aren’t going to shorten the golf courses, but the courses will require more strategy. Making the golf ball less lively would solve a lot of problems. It would help the great traditional golf courses remain challenging and relevant.

K: Do you think the future of golf as a recreation for busy people hinges on the development of a shorter

version of the game as an alternative to the full 18 holes?

AP: I would hope it would always be 18 holes. A version where you can do 18 holes a little quicker would be good, but I don’t want to see the game change like that. Any changes shouldn’t tinker with the essence of what’s been a truly wonderful game for so many, many years.

K: If you could redesign any hole on a storied competition course, which hole would it be and how would

you change it?

AP: If it’s a great course, I’d leave it the way it is. There are some great holes that I might change, but I’m not going to tell you which ones I think they are!”

K: Do you mark your ball with a coin or with a ball marker? Why? AP: (Rattles a pocket full of umbrella logo ball markers and hands one each to Rodell and photographer Scott Spangler) I use these. Now, you can, too!

K: What do you think of Warren Stephens’ new golf development at Alotian Club in Pulaski County, Arkansas?

AP: It’s great. I was just there. It’s very well done. That’s beautiful country down there.

K: Latrobe is a wonderful area, what is being done to lure more golfers to play at LCC and to promote

golf tourism in general for the region?

AP: We’re offering some additions. We’re helping with the opportunity to play and I hope more people will come and see us here. We already have some rooms here, but we’re talking about the possibility of doing a hotel with Marriott. Starting with Latrobe, there’s some really wonderful golf here and we welcome golfers to come and see for themselves.

K: Is there any person in the world you haven’t met who you would really like to?

AP: No, I just take it as it comes. There’s a lot of people I enjoy meeting as time goes on, but I sort of take it as it goes.

K: How much are you looking forward to your birthday on September 10?

AP: I just hope I make it to September 10! I don’t make any plans for these things, but I have a feeling other people are seeing to that.

K: What do you miss most from the game of golf from when you first started playing professionally? I always

love the stories of you and Winnie riding around in that little camper. Are you nostalgic for those days?

AP: I did that for one year and then Winnie said, “That’s it!” That was the end of that. If I were playing the tour today, I’d probably be doing what Davis Love III does. It’s pretty neat he has a luxury RV with all the amenities at each tournament. That’s what I’d be doing today if I were playing 35 tournaments a year, which is the schedule I used to keep.

K: What is the greatest modern improvement in the game?

AP: It’s the zoom in the golf clubs and the balls. It’s certainly a great improvement over what we had.

But the biggest change is in the golf courses themselves and the equipment we use to take care of them.

It’s fantastic and makes it so much easier to take care of a golf course. One of the things I’m working on is trying to reduce the cost. That’s something we have to do to grow the game. And environmentally, we are working extremely hard to improve the environment by using less water, fewer chemicals and that is imperative. We must do that. >

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K: What’s the best advice a caddie’s ever given you?

AP: From hole–to–hole, the best caddie I ever had was Tip Anderson, a Scot who caddied for me in the British Opens and whenever I played in the UK through most of my career. He was great. He was relatively quiet, but when he said something it was always something I paid attention to. He usually knew what he was talking about.

K: How important is having a good caddie?

AP: In a lot of golfing careers, a good caddie has made the difference between winning and losing.

Nobody I’d care to mention.

K: With the Internet continuing to develop as the 21st century’s ultimate shopping mall, does the green–

grass pro shop have any future?

AP: I hope there will always be pro shops. The pro shop and the PGA professional is very important to the game. He’s as much the pro shop as the building itself. A really good pro is something that is important to the membership. A good club professional creates an atmosphere where people want to come and play golf and enjoy the camaraderie of a day at the golf course.

K: When you play in pro–ams, what techniques do you use to put your amateur partners at their ease so

they have a chance of playing their best golf?

AP: I usually try and get to know them quickly on the first tee and try and give them the impression that we’re there to have fun. It’s not important how well or how poorly they play. I want to help them enjoy what should be a special day.

K: Do you believe there will be golf in heaven and what will the courses look like?

AP: A heaven without any golf sounds like hell to me. I think courses will be in outstanding condition and the views will be absolutely lovely. I think they’ll all be perfect. But our games still won’t be. It wouldn’t be any fun if every shot was a hole–in–one. There’d have to be some stiff challenges and tricky pin positions. I believe there will be bogies in heaven. n

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Anyone trying to pinpoint the

8 0 most significant moments

in Arnold Palmer’s life is going to be subject to criticism and an immediate backlash of “you forgots” and “how could you leave outs?”

We’re fairly sure we’d get these letters were Arnie himself to pick the 80; after all, there are far more than 80 notable moments among his monumental contributions to philanthropy, business and genuine American character (not to mention golf ). But which mean more to humanity: the construction of a hospital where more than 100,000 children were born or the seven professional major wins? Which mean more to the man: the 92 professional victories or the birth of his first great-grandchild? Being fortunate enough to know Mr. Palmer a little, we’re positive that any opportunity to do good or influence young people matters more to The King than all the dollars and divots.

So, sorry Skins Game ’92, you lose out to addressing Wake Forest grads during the 2005 commencement. And please sit down those in Madrid excited by his Spanish Open victory, the U.S. Navy Memorial has something to say about USCG veteran Arnold Palmer’s honor and courage. The unenviable task of deciding which moments would make the cut for this list fell to writer chris rodell, with the able assistance of arnoldpalmer.com’s scott curry. We offer it with the full understanding that many of you will have your own ideas on the subject. Thankfully, Arnold Palmer has provided enough moments in his life for all of us to have our own “Best Moments” list. On his 80th birthday, here’s ours: >

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September 10, 1929

Arnold Palmer is born.

March 23, 1939

Kathleen (Kit) Gawthrop Palmer, beloved second wife of Arnold Palmer is born.

January 22, 1951

February 26, 1956

July 29, 1956

Palmer wins the first of three tournaments on what will be his most successful calendar date as a professional golfer. On July 29, he’ll win three tournaments in three decades in three different states for escalating first place prizes of $3,800 (1956), $11,000 (1963), and $20,050 (1971).

Arnold and Winnie Palmer announce the birth of their second child, daughter, Amy.

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November 18, 1954

Palmer turns pro and signs a 3-year endorsement deal with Wilson Sporting Goods that will pay him about $5,000 a year.

December 20, 1954

Palmer, 25, and Winifred Walzer, 20, run away to “elope” in the Falls Church (Virginia) Presbyterian Church before a small circle of Palmer family and friends—and no Walzers.

Palmer’s future father-in-law, Shube Walzer, boycotted because he was convinced his daughter was making a tragic mistake.

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Palmer wins low amateur in the 1954 Pennsylvania Open at the Hershey Country Club.

August 28, 1954

Arnold and Winnie Palmer announce the birth of their first child, daughter Peg.

September 7, 1947

June 23, 1954

Palmer wins the 54th U.S. Amateur Championship.

August 20, 1955

Winifred Walzer Palmer, beloved first wife of Arnold Palmer, is born.

Palmer steps off a bus at Wake Forest, N.C., carrying a suitcase, a golf bag and a scholarship offer from golf coach Jim Weaver.

Still reeling over the death of close friend and Wake Forest golf teammate Bud Worsham, Arnold Palmer enlists in the U.S. Coast Guard and reports for duty in Cape May, N.J.

Palmer wins his first professional tournament, the Canadian Open. The putter Palmer uses for his first victory is stolen from his unattended bag. It has never been found.

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March 1, 1956

Palmer begins taking flying lessons at the Latrobe airport that will one day bear his name.

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April 6, 1958

Four days after overhearing Ben Hogan wonder aloud “how the hell Palmer got an invitation to the Masters,” Palmer wins the first of four green jackets.

January 24, 1960

Palmer wins the prestigious Hickok Belt as the popular men’s sportswear manufacturer’s “Professional Athlete of the Year.” >

Here’s to you, Arnie...

A tip of the cap for all that you have done so selflessly to benefit the PGA TOUR and the generations of players who have followed in your footsteps, and for the countless fans you have thrilled and delighted along the way. You truly are the King. Happy 80th.

June 18, 1960

Palmer embarks on his most memorable charge to secure perhaps his greatest victory. He begins the fourth round of the 1960 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills seven strokes behind leader Mike Souchak.

January 6, 1961

Palmer secures the title he’s most eagerly sought, the British Open, beating Britain’s Dai Rees by a single shot in the wind and rain at Royal Birkdale.

July 13, 1962

Announcer Jim McKay’s excited chatter in the booth above the 18th green distracts Palmer as he’s about to strike the winning putt at the 1960 Masters. Palmer backs away, grins up at the now-sheepish McKay, readjusts and sinks the putt.

August 27, 1960

Designer Oleg Cassini weighs in on Palmer: “He’s totally inelegant, a representative of the masses. If his pants fit, he wouldn’t have to hitch them up all the time.” Within six years, Palmer sportswear begins outselling Cassini.

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Palmer retains his British Open Championship title with a victory at Troon.

April 10, 1960

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Palmer takes a 12 on No.9 at the Rancho Park Golf Course during the 1961 Los Angeles Open after blasting four straight balls OB. Club members install a plaque commemorating the deed.

July 15, 1961

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February 7, 1960

Palmer shoots 66 to win the Bob Hope Desert Golf Classic in Palm Springs, California, and $12,000. It is the first of five wins there.

The James Bond film, “Goldfinger,” is released in America and includes a caddie who speculates the arch-villain is cheating, telling Sean Connery as Bond, “If that’s his original ball, I’m Arnold Palmer.”

June 18, 1966

Palmer is awarded the coveted 1960 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated.

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June 16, 1962

Palmer misses an 8-foot par putt on the 9th hole of the final round of the 1962 U.S. Open at Oakmont during a match that would have him three-putting 13 times over four days to eventual winner Jack Nicklaus’s one three-putt. Years later, Palmer cited the missed putt on 9 as the one he’d most like to mulligan.

April 12, 1964

Palmer is at his most dominant as he cruises to a fourth Masters victory, finishing 6 shots ahead of Dave Marr and Jack Nicklaus. It is the last of his seven major professional victories.

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December 25, 1964

Palmer takes a seven-stroke lead to the tenth of the U.S. Open at Olympic Country Club’s Lakeside course. In one of golf ’s greatest collapses, Palmer shoots a four-over par 39 on the back nine while Billy Casper’s 32 forces a Monday playoff, which Palmer loses.

January 10, 1961

February 23, 1966

Palmer flies his new Jet Commander to New York for wife Winnie’s birthday, then receives the Gold Tee Award at the Metropolitan Golf Writer’s Association.

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September 10, 1966

Dwight D. Eisenhower secretly flies to Latrobe and knocks on Palmer’s door for a surprise birthday visit. Palmer says it was “the thrill of a lifetime.”

August 17, 1967

August 11, 1967

Palmer wins $2,000 at the American Golf Classic at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. The sum makes him the first professional golfer in history to earn more than $1 million in career earnings.

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Golf Magazine takes a peek inside the guest book aboard Palmer’s Jet Commander. Recent passengers include former President Eisenhower, Bob Hope, Andy Williams, Dinah Shore, Dow Finsterwald, Vic Damone, Dave Marr, Doug Sanders, Bruce Devlin and more.

February 14, 1969

The Palmers visit President Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital for coffee and heart-shaped cookies.

It will be the last time the friends are together.

November 30, 1969

Palmer ends a year-long slump by winning the inaugural Heritage Golf Classic in Hilton Head, S.C., Thanksgiving weekend.

Actor Kirk Douglas is asked, of all the famous people you’ve met and known, who possesses more personal magnetism than any other? His answer: “Arnold Palmer.”

June 8, 1970

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January 12, 1970

From now on, it’s Dr. Palmer after Wake Forest presents the golfer with an honorary doctorate of laws degree.

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September 3, 1971

Arnie and Winnie Palmer become the sole stockholders of Latrobe Country Club, the course where he grew up and learned how to play golf.

One week after winning at Hilton Head, Palmer launches a vaunted charge to win the Danny Thomas Diplomat Classic.

February 6, 1970

The Associated Press announces Palmer is the Athlete of the Decade, beating out future hall of famers Bill Russell, Sandy Koufax, Johnny Unitas, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Jim Brown.

July 25, 1971

Palmer wins the Westchester Golf Classic in Harrison, N.Y. and gets a congratulatory call from President Nixon.

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Palmer beats Jack Nicklaus and a crowded field of challengers to win The Bob Hope Classic. At 43, it is Palmer’s first win in 18 months and will be his last on the PGA Tour.

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December 23, 1973

Palmer, while at a Bay Hill Christmas party, smokes his last cigarette.

May 19, 1976

Palmer navigates what some reporters call the greatest water hazards of his career as he circumnavigates the globe in a Lear 36 in less than 58 hours, a world aviation record that earns headlines around the world.

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Palmer breaks his own course record from September 23, 1968, with a 12-under par 60 at Latrobe CC. The round included three eagles, eight birdies, five pars and two bogies, one of them on the sixth hole, a reachable par 5. “I’m still kicking myself for that bogey at six,” he says 40 years later.

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September 25, 1971

The Wake Forest Sports of Hall of Fame inducts Palmer as a member during the halftime of a game with Miami, as the Wake band spells out “A-R-N-I-E.”

June 17, 1973

Palmer shoots a disappointing final round 72 to finish fourth at the U.S. Open at Oakmont. The bitterness of the loss is soothed by the fact that winner Johnny Miller shoots a record 63.

February 6, 1976

Deacon Palmer plays 27 holes in the warm sunshine at Bay Hill Club while his son Arnold shoots a 64 at the Bob Hope Desert Classic. Later, Deacon Palmer is found dead in his room of a heart attack.

His son often hints that it’s a way he wouldn’t mind going.

January 20, 1977

Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th president of the United States, replacing Gerald Ford, who in his first act as a private citizen flies a chartered jet to Pebble Beach Golf Course to play golf with Arnold Palmer in the Crosby Celebrity Pro-Am. >

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January 10, 1980

Palmer uses an 8 iron on the 144-yard sixth hole at Indian Wells Country Club during the 1980 Bob Hope Desert Classic to score his 10th career ace.

September 3, 1986

Crowds gather in hopes of seeing Palmer ace the same hole three consecutive days at the 1986 Chrysler Cup Pro-Am. Alas, Palmer’s shot goes into the rough.

March 27, 1990

September 28, 1986

A third consecutive Palmer one-putt eagle on the par 5 16th punctuates a final round 68 at the Union Mutual Seniors Golf Classic at the Purpoodock Club in Maine.

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The Los Angeles Times reports that Arnold Palmer remains No. 1 in the endorsement field. The paper reports Palmer will earn $8 million in endorsements this year.

September 6, 1997

Arnold Palmer aces the 122-yard second hole at Latrobe Country Club for the third time. Also on this day exactly 32 years previous, he’d aced during an exhibition in Johnson City, Tennessee.

September 18, 1988

June 20, 1993

President Clinton presents Palmer with The National Sports Award at a gala banquet in Washington.

Palmer wins the USGA Senior Open at the South Course at Oakland Hills C.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

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Palmer addresses Congress on the 100th anniversary of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s birth: “I spoke from the heart about a man I loved like a second father, and Congress gave me—or should I say President Eisenhower—a standing ovation.”

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July 13, 1981

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Palmer, 59, shoots a final round 70 to win the Crestar Classic at Hermitage Country Club near Richmond, Virginia, and the $48,750 first place prize. It is his 10th win since turning 50 and his final professional victory.

March 17, 1994

Palmer breaks personal precedent and charges a fee for his autograph. Told that business at his grandchildren’s 18th hole lemonade stand is slow, Palmer takes time out from his hosting duties at Bay Hill and agrees to sign autographs for anyone who’ll buy a $1.50 glass of lemonade. Thirty minutes later, the stand closes after taking in $50 and running dry of lemonade.

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Palmer becomes the key early investor in what will become a wildly successful and lucrative cable network, Golf Channel.

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April 4, 1995

Augusta National honors Palmer by dedicating a plaque to him next to a newly constructed water fountain near the 16th tee. The four-time Masters champ was only the fourth player ever so honored.

July 21, 2003

The K Club, future site of the 2006 Ryder Cup championship, opens with Palmer and his design team on hand for the festivities.

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June 17, 1994

Arnold Palmer, the sentimental favorite, misses the cut at the 1994 U.S. Open at Oakmont, but stirs many in the hometown crowd to tears as he makes his final appearance in a U.S. Open.

July 21, 1995

Palmer, 65, crosses the Swilcan Burn at St. Andrews for the last time as a professional competitor.

September 15, 2003

The 100,000 birth is recorded at the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. >

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Ground is broken for the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies in Orlando.

March 3, 2004

Newspapers report how Palmer and Yankees manager Joe Torre were on a Hawaiian whale-watching cruise when Palmer shamed Torre, then 64, out of thoughts of retiring. “He said, ‘Hey, I’m 74 and I’m never going to retire,’” as Torre recalled Palmer’s scold.

June 23, 2004

President George W. Bush bestows Arnold Palmer with a Presidential Medal of Freedom Award, making Palmer one of just roughly 400 ever to receive the honor bestowed to distinguished Americans in peacetime.

May 16, 2005

While giving the commencement address during graduation ceremonies at Wake Forest University, Palmer tells students to find role models who elevate their games and their fellow man.

January 2, 2007

Wake Forest alum Arnold Palmer and Louisville native Muhammad Ali serve as honorary captains for their teams at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Louisville Cardinals win 24-13.

May 7, 2007

Palmer and Kit are among 130 A-list guests at a White House dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth II.

June 4, 2008

The U.S.G.A. dedicates the Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History in Far Hills, N.J. “This is a major championship to me,” Palmer says.

Palmer aces the 208-yard 17th hole at Bay Hill Club for his 19th and most recent ace.

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January 26, 2005

Arnold Palmer and Kathleen (Kit) Gawthrop, are married on this day in a private ceremony by the sea at Turtle Bay Resort, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii.

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She’s played with Bruce Springsteen, he’s played with Jack Nicklaus; but today Melissa Etheridge and Arnold Palmer share the stage in Philadelphia to offer hope and inspiration to cancer survivors like themselves.

April 5, 2007

Arnold Palmer returns to The Masters to hit the honorary first tee shot.

May 8, 2007

Following the elegant White House dinner, Palmer accepts an invitation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, a friend of Kit Palmer’s, to visit the highest court in the land.

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The New Yorker publishes Dana Goodyear’s poetic ode “Oasis” : “We found (like the deserting) spacious calm/ drank a pair of Arnold Palmers underneath a palm.”

March 30, 2004

The House of Representatives unanimously passes legislation introduced by Congressman Joe Baca (D-Rialto) to award Arnold Palmer with the Congressional Gold Medal.

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USCG vet Palmer receives the prestigious Lone Sailor Award, presented annually by the U.S. Navy Memorial to Sea Service veterans “who have excelled with distinction at their respective careers while exemplifying the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment.”

May 19, 2009

Arnold Palmer flies his Citation X from Nashville to Dallas to take part in an HP Byron Nelson Championship luncheon ceremony where he receives the Byron Nelson Prize and a $100,000 contribution to a charity of his choice. n

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“This is Arnold Palmer’s magazine?” asks Donald J. Trump from his office in New York. He has me on speakerphone.

“Yes it is”

I answer from my [undoubtedly smaller] office in Los Angeles. I’m balancing the phone between my ear and my shoulder while typing.

“He is the greatest of all, a great man” Trump says.

Donald Trump and I think alike.

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you know the name because the name is everywhere, usually big and bold: TRUMP. It might be on the cover of a book you’ve read; it might be on a contract you’ve signed. One thing’s for certain: wherever the name appears, it means business—and the golf course is no exception.

“Oh, it’s a 1 or a 2,” says Donald Trump, referring to his handicap—and he’s not bragging, not really. Trump is a regular fixture on the golf course, whether he’s playing one of the many courses he owns or hitting it around Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, NY, where he’s a longtime member and where he’s had a recent bit of success.

“I just won my club championship,” he tells me. Then adds, “I’ve won many club championships.”

The Ultimate After just a minute or so on the phone it’s apparent that, in my limited experience at least, Trump is not living up to the hype that would cast him as a severe and perhaps aggressive man to meet in an interview. In fact, I find him refreshingly direct, polite and efficient—a sentiment shared by my colleague and kingdom golf editor, Paul Trow. Earlier this year, Paul ran into Trump in the pro shop of the latter’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, and was surprised to find a “welcome and friendly” host.

As Paul, one of Britain’s best known golf writers, put it: “On the basis of anecdotal evidence alone, I had convinced myself that the taskmaster in the American version of The Apprentice would be as abrasive and demanding as his cockney counterpart [Sir Alan Sugar]. Nothing could have been further from the truth… I was charmed.”

Trump’s personality, combined with his competitiveness in all things, echoes that of another golfer and businessman, one whom Trump admires very much: Arnold Palmer.

“He’s one of the great champions who’s really a nice guy,” says Trump. >

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unveiling the trump national golf club, los angeles

“The great champions, many of them are nasty people— and that’s why they’re great champions. They’re self-motivated self-centered… “[Arnie] has a way of making you feel you’re the only one in the room. People meet him—and many people have told me this—they feel like they’re the only person in the room.

That’s a very unusual thing for someone of that status.

“But while he’s a great champion who’s truly a nice person, at the same time he’s got a competitive streak the likes of which you don’t see. I saw him in an interview on TV and they were asking how he would have done against the current guys. He wasn’t backing down, wasn’t being diplomatic; he was going to beat everybody. I like that answer. He’s the ultimate.”

Sportsman Developer, author (his collected “The Best Golf Advice I Ever Received” should be on every golfer’s shelf ) and celebrity, Donald Trump is also quite an athlete. The son of New York real estate developer Fred Trump, Donald captained his varsity baseball team and played both varsity soccer and football during his high school years at the New York Military Academy. Golf came with college.

The good news about owning golf courses is that I can consider golfing work—so I do

“I attended the Wharton school at University of Pennsylvania and I played the public courses there with friends; that’s when I got to like it,” Trump says. “I did well early on, and I got better quickly.”

Today, the ultimate deal-maker takes his single-digit handicap to charity tournaments and club rounds on a regular basis, playing a surprising amount of golf given his schedule—until you consider one thing: “The good news about owning golf courses,” Trump says, “is that I can consider it work. So I consider it work.”

Trump owns a fair number of courses around the world, eight at last count, with his newly acquired Trump National DC (formerly Lowes Island) and a much-publicized project in Scotland underway as well. All of his developments are considered top-tier, receive a constant stream of accolades and regularly host PGA tournaments. Trump International at the Raffles Resort on Canouan Island in The Grenadines, for example, has been named one of the best golf courses on the planet. Featuring one of the longest par 3s in the world (if not the longest), the views, waterfalls and other course features are unparalleled.

“Isn’t that beautiful?” Trump asks, already knowing the answer. “It’s great. And they’re doing a nice job down there.”

The Deal With the opportunities that come with course ownership, you’d think Trump’s children would be dangerous golfers as well, but they haven’t taken to the game just yet.

“They’re just starting,” says Trump. “They’re a little late blooming… I teach them a little bit, but I’d rather have pros teach them.” >

The game is an important one to learn, he says, for a number of reasons.

“It’s been a great thing for me,” he explains. “I’ve made many, many deals on the golf course.”

And in addition to the business opportunities, Trump told USA Today in 2000 that he likes golf “because it gets your mind off everything. You just think about hitting that stupid white ball. You’re really focused on it. You get off the golf course after three or four hours and your mind is very fresh.

It’s just a great, psychological exercise.”

The game’s positive effect on the business mind may have inadvertently contributed to Palmer’s business acumen, which Trump doesn’t hesitate to acknowledge.

“Arnold? He’s unbelievable. He’s not a good businessman, he’s a great businessman,” Trump says. “He’s a very conservative guy. I was talking to him about buying things, and he likes to buy for cash. In good times that’s not good, but in bad times that’s phenomenal because you don’t have any debt and you don’t end up being in bad times.

“I had a football player in my office the other day, I won’t say his name, but he mentioned Arnold as a role model. [Palmer] is an extraordinary businessman. He was the first, he figured it all out for athletes. He’s got one of the great brands anywhere.”

So is there any chance of a Palmer/Trump business relationship?

“I don’t know what it would be, but any business [Arnold] wanted to go into I would move immediately,” Trump says.

And what about on the golf course; who does a Palmer/ Trump team face?

“Well, I’d like to play against two guys who couldn’t play—because I like to win,” says Trump. “But maybe a combination of Tiger and Ben Hogan… That would be good.” n

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Clubs Trump Donald Trump’s golf developments are divided into Trump National Golf Clubs and Trump International Golf Clubs.

The current lineup includes: 1. Westchester, New York A serious challenge just 30 minutes from Manhattan.

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3. Colts Neck, New Jersey Designed for highly competitive players by US Open Champion Jerry Pate.

4. Los Angeles Stunning ocean-side play just south of the city.

5. Washington, D.C. Newly acquired stunning course on the Potomoc.

6. West Palm Beach, Florida One of the best in the state, host of pro tourneys, simply beautiful.

7. Canouan Island, The Grenadines Possibly the world’s longest par-3, definitely some of the world’s best views.

8. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Rainforest views on 1,000 acres of Atlantic waterfront.

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pebble beach In preparation for the 2010 U.S. Open Championship, the iconic course on the Pacific did a little shaping up. Arnold Palmer and the excellent team at his design company made the difference—and planned very, very carefully before they sent in the earth-movers… when designers jack neville and douglas grant saw “I didn’t try to change the golf course. I tried to make Pebble Beach Golf Links open in 1919, they couldn’t have some additional things that would play better for the Open,” known that their creation would become one of the most said Palmer. “We added a couple hundred yards. But you do lauded courses anywhere—and perhaps the greatest public need to respect the traditions of these great courses.” course of all time.

In fact, APDC’s work is as much restoration as it is A visual stunner that winds its way along Northern renovation, based largely on the original layout (though they California’s rocky Monterey coast, Pebble Beach also has been did add a few surprises). The changes weren’t made willy nilly, a fantastic player and tournament venue since it first hosted either. They came after long consideration and planning, and the Monterey Peninsula Open in 1926. not just by the design team.

Next year it’s hosting the 2010 U.S. Open Championship, Some years ago, the Pebble Beach Company’s Senior and the Arnold Palmer Design Company has helped it get VP of Golf R.J. Harper presented Palmer with a few ideas for ready with a little facelift—not that it needed much. course improvements. Pebble Beach’s owners and board, which

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Photo: © Evan Schiller 18th Hole, Pebble Beach Golf Links

includes Palmer, the actor Clint Eastwood and business icon Changes Peter Ueberroth, among others, discussed the proposed changes Any other “rehab job” likely wouldn’t have received the same and the overall master plan. When Palmer brought the ideas to amount of excitement, but Pebble Beach is iconic and it pushed the designers to plan carefully before any shovels went his team, the reaction was a mix of excitement and awe.

“He walked in with a set of plans and said, ‘I need some into the ground.

“We were googly eyed about it,” says Layton. “Digging help with these plans, guys,’” remembers Thad Layton, an APDC architect. “[Architect] Dave Crouch and I looked at up some old photos from the early 1900s of the golf course, it looks a lot different than it does today. It got a bit rounded each other and said, ‘This is going to be fun.’”

The overall idea was to add a bit of length, in line off over time. The old black-and-white photos are really with the modern game, and to restore the original designers’ flamboyant, really splashy. We tried to inject a little of that old character back into it and bring it up to today’s standards intended flow of play by restoring the challenge. in terms of length.”

The most significant changes were done on holes 6 and 18, on which the ocean was brought more into play with strategic placement of bunkers and Cypress trees. On 6 specifically, the large fairway bunker at the lower landing area was replaced with five new bunkers that shift the landing area towards the ocean. On the iconic 18, two Cypress trees and a fairway bunker were added in the landing area, which forces longer hitters to aim left towards the Pacific. >

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“I just got to play a few weeks ago, and I hadn’t seen a lot of the changes; It’s a lot tougher than the last time I played,” said Sally Dodge, an LPGA Master Pro (and Pebble Beach Golf Links’ first female assistant pro) who’s been at the course for 33 years. “They’ve got a lot more places where you have to stay out of trouble. On 15 they added a lot of bunkers, and on 6… They’ve done a lot all over. It’s really toughened the course up.”

And how’s this going to affect the 2010 U.S. Open? “It’s going to be pretty spectacular,” she says.

When all’s said and done, four greens and 16 bunkers were rebuilt, altered or installed; 11 tees received enhancements; six holes had trees added or adjusted; and the total course length was extended to 7,014 yards.

“Our goal has been to strengthen Pebble Beach for today’s player, while maintaining its timelessness,” said Palmer of the changes. “I believe we have accomplished this goal with the many improvements made over these past few years.”

Notable Moments Players of years past would probably agree with Palmer—and the course certainly has posed a challenge. The best evidence of that may have been Tiger Woods’ incredible U.S. Open win in 2000—he was the only player in the field to shoot below par, scoring 65-69-71-67 to tie the Open record with 272. His 12-under-par total was 15 shots better than the joint runners-up, Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez, and the largest margin of victory ever recorded in a major championship.

In contrast, the 1926 Monterey Peninsula Open—the very first tournament at Pebble Beach—was won by Harry “Lighthorse” Cooper of Texas with a score of 293. The first major came in 1929 with the U.S. Amateur. Defending champ Bobby Jones would have made it three Amateur titles in a row had he won, but a Minnesotan named Harrison Johnson had other ideas. (“Three U.S. Amateurs in a row” wouldn’t happen until Tiger Woods finally did it in 1996.)

The 2000 U.S. Open was the fourth to be hosted by Pebble Beach, which also hosted the 1977 PGA Championship.

Additionally, since 1947 the course has been one of the venues for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (formerly known as the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am or the “Clam Bake”), while The Champions Tour Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach comes here in September.

Today With the changes made by APDC over the last few years, there’s no question the 2010 U.S. Open should be an interesting one to watch. Furthermore, everyday golfers who visit this beautiful property should find the alterations as pleasing as the pros that take it on. As Mr. Palmer himself put it: “Pebble Beach is a national treasure to the game of golf. I am proud to have had a hand in preparing it for the 2010 U.S. Open and for all golfers who come to Pebble Beach to enjoy its many challenges. ” >

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Tiger Woods pictured during his 15-shot victory in the 100th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links

Stay and Play For the true Pebble Beach experience, we recommend you don’t just rush in, play the course, and leave.

Rather, take your time to appreciate the natural beauty of this marvelous golf setting. Pebble Beach seems to have its own unique light, and the best way to capture the full spectrum is to stay on site for two or three days—experiencing dawn, sunset and everything in-between. Naturally there is a range of accommodation on offer as well as a variety of courses to play. Our favorite is the The Lodge at Pebble Beach; it boasts a truly glorious ocean-side setting and, despite its grand and stately architecture, manages to get the balance between relaxed and elegant just right.

Exquisite dining, excellent service and spacious guest rooms all add up to an unforgettable experience.

Casa Palmero is to be found along the first and second fairways. Comprising 24 spacious rooms and suites amongst verdant landscaped grounds, this elegant Mediterranean-style enclave offers the ultimate in modern comforts. At the authentically restored main house, guests enjoy a luxurious living room, library, billiard room, heated outdoor pool, and complimentary evening refreshments in the bar and lounge.

The last option is the largest: The Inn at Spanish Bay is set amongst groves of tall Monterey pines and offers golfers and holidaymakers alike 269 rooms and a whole host of facilities. We thoroughly recommend all three. Do visit www.pebblebeach.com for further information, rates and packages.

What’s New? A hole-by-hole look at Pebble Beach Golf Links’ improvements in preparation for the 2010 U.S. Open

Hole #1 • Rebuilt #1 green to USGA Specifications and enlarged by 700 sq.ft.

• Extended left greenside bunker to wrap the length of the green • Split right greenside bunker into two bunkers Hole #2 • Added new championship tee (15 yards) • Planted trees to create a narrow chute for the second shot just prior to the barranca bunker • Extended last right-hand side fairway bunker into landing area • Rebuilt green to USGA specifications • Pinched front two bunkers into approach area to create a smaller opening from the fairway • Installed a fairway bunker on left-hand side of fairway near landing area Hole #3 • Rebuilt green to USGA specifications and enlarged by 200 sq. ft.

• Tent Pad renovations—lowering and re-grading • Installed Cypress trees along left side of the dogleg • Added new championship tee (15 yards) • Installed three new fairway bunkers along right side of the fairway Hole #4 • Planned changes to fairway bunkers—flip pot bunker towards coastline and add a bunker upper left of landing area in the fairway Hole #5 • Installed Seawall to protect the entire green • Lengthened championship tee by 10 yards and rebuild all teeing surfaces Hole #6 • Added new fairway bunker 75 yards short of the green on the left side of the second shot landing area • Removed large bunker at lower fairway landing area and install five new bunkers along the left side Hole #7 • Rebuilt entire tee complex and move cart path out of line of sight Hole #8 • Added upper tee surface

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Hole #9 • Added new championship tee—50 yards total since 2000 Hole #10 • Planned change to add a new championship tee—35-50 yards Hole #11 • Added a new championship tee—10 yards Hole #12 • No changes Hole #13 • Planned change to add a new championship tee Hole #14 • Installed two bunkers along the left side of the fairway to pinch the landing area • Installed one bunker along the right side of the fairway to pinch the landing area • Rebuilt and lowered teeing area • Planted one large Cypress on right side of the fairway 100 yards out from the green to pinch the landing area Hole #15 • Removed roadway (Live Oak Meadow Road) in front of teeing area • Rebuilt green to USGA specifications • Installed five new bunkers along the left side of the fairway, which includes a pot bunker placed 10 yards in the fairway, all near the landing area • Planted Cypress trees along right-hand side of fairway Hole #16 • Rebuilt teeing grounds • Planted three large Cypress trees (two before the barranca bunker to create a chute towards the green and one near the bridge to create a true dogleg on the hole) Hole #17 • Enlarged tee complex • New path and hedge replacement on right side of the hole Hole #18 • Replaced big pine in front of the green with a large Cypress tree • Installed one fairway bunker along the right side of the landing area near trees in the fairway • Replaced two trees in the fairway and adjusted them towards green to protect new landing area—20 yards • Seawall fairway bunker expansion

With deep affection and immense pride, we wish you a very happy birthday. Today and every day, we are proud to call you one of Wake Forest’s own.

“You might wonder how somebody my age, whose greatest success came many years ago, can still be in tune with what works in the world which has changed so very much in my lifetime. Certainly, there are many things that I cannot fully comprehend, but there are still the absolutes that transcend place and time: Hard work will always yield positive results. Be fully aware of the world around you. Act purposefully on your strongest perceptions, and then with no regrets.”

- Arnold Palmer, Wake Forest University alumnus and Life Trustee, in his commencement address to Wake Forest graduates in 2005

Birthday card Best wishes from a “Who’s Who?” of the golfing world “Little did I think when I first met you in 1961, at the Ryder Cup

“The American Society of Golf Course Architects is honored

matches at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, that we would become firm

to wish you a Happy 80th birthday, Arnold. We congratulate

friends. During our careers our paths crossed many times and the

you on your unequalled career in golf. No one in history has so

experience was always enjoyable.

championed the game of golf and touched the hearts and souls

To me, we were part of a golden age: rightly or wrongly, it was exciting to smoke and enjoy an alcoholic drink(!), to enjoy conversation and the occasional flirtation! I enjoyed you because you were ‘human,’ you gave people hope and encouragement, you

of golfers worldwide like you have. ASGCA is proud to have you as a past recipient of our highest honor, the Donald Ross Award.

On behalf of all the members of ASGCA, congratulations and best wishes on your 80th birthday.”

Doug Carrick—President, ASGCA

played with enormous flair—some might say, “crash, bang, wallop.”

I agree at times that certainly was the way of things—you were not the most sophisticated of players; but, oh, the excitement you generated was quite splendid! I loved watching you play. You’re a little older than me, so we’re both well over par, but I’d like to think we’ve still got a few good shots left in the locker.

Happy birthday old friend.”

Peter Alliss—Commentator & former GB Ryder Cup player

“Arnold, 80 is a nice score at our age. Congratulations on the successes you’ve enjoyed throughout your life, not only in golf but throughout the world. Thank you for setting an example with everything you’ve done for the game of golf and the way you touched people’s lives.”

Billy Casper “You are the most honorable person I have ever known in my life

“Happy 80th! Ever since I first met you while a counselor at your junior camp at Bay Hill, you have been nothing but first-class. My win at Bay Hill in 1988 is still one of my fondest memories in golf because it was your event. Thank you for paving the way for so many in the golf world… You are everything that is right about the game!”

Paul Azinger—Victorious U.S. Ryder Cup Captain 2008 “To my colleague and friend, Arnold Palmer, wishing that the next 80 years will bring you a lot of happiness and complete health.

and I am so proud to be able to call you my good friend.”

Hollis Cavner—Tournament Director, 3M Championship

“I have so much admiration and respect for you, Arnold, both as a human being and as a golfer. You used to come up on stage and sing with me and sometimes would even conduct the band. I love you, man.”

Don Cherry “It is with great pride that I can say that I have had the opportunity

Also wishing the same to your family.

I am neither forgetting Mulligan, whom I know from the

to get to know you. I love this game very much and it is rare to find

beautiful picture that you sent me.

someone who loves it even more. Thank you for the time you spend

Happy birthday to you.

with me and I wish you all the very best on this your 80th Birthday!”

Daniel Chopra

A big embrace.”

Seve [Ballesteros]

“We all call you ‘The King,’ Arnold, the ultimate competitor with an 80-year love affair with golf.

‘What stories are true and which ones just fit?’ a 60-year-old friend of yours asked you on your 70th birthday. ‘Just wait 10 years and I’ll be able to beat you.’ You replied: ‘Maybe not. You’ll be 10 years older, too.’”

Deane Beman—Former Commissioner, PGA TOUR “Dear Arnold, 80 years young. It’s impossible to believe. You have

“I’ve often said the greatest perk of my presidency was playing 18 holes with you, and I’m glad I can say it’s been a highlight of my post-presidency as well. You have been a thrill to watch and an honor to play with, a fierce competitor and a true gentleman on and off the green. My swing is straighter and the world is better because of you and all you’ve given us. Best wishes for a happy 80th birthday.”

President Bill Clinton “Arnold, all the best on your birthday, and I hope you have many, many more. I so much appreciate our friendship and the good

always represented all the finest qualities that make golf such a

times we have shared, and I look forward to seeing you again

great game. Indeed, you are golf!

very soon.”

Thank you from all golfers for the pleasure you have given

Fred Couples

to millions and the wonderful example you have set for others to follow. Happy birthday!”

Sir Michael Bonallack—Former Secretary & Captain, R&A

“I am proud to be an old foot soldier in Arnie’s Army. Happy birthday young fella! Barbara and I send our love and congratulations.”

President George Bush Sr.

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“While your Tour victories and major championships place you high among golf ’s all-time greats, your impact and enduring significance can’t be captured by numbers or cold facts. You are the most dynamic and appealing figure American sports has ever seen.

Millions of people came to love golf because first, they loved Arnie.”

Bob Costas—NBC Sports

“I want to extend my best wishes to you on the significant occasion of your 80th birthday. Over the course of your long and distinguished career, you have been a great ambassador for your sport and your country. Your golfing exploits have thrilled millions across the world over the decades and, of course, you have numerous fans here in Ireland. You are especially remembered in this country for your inspired work, which helped to create the wonderful golf course at The K Club, which played host to the Ryder Cup in 2006. With every good wish,” Brian Cowen, TD—Taoiseach, Republic of Ireland

“I want to send my sincerest wishes to you, Arnold, upon your 80th birthday.

I look up to you so much, as all of us do, and thank you for what you have meant to our great game, and the unparalleled example you have shown to us as such a substantial person.

Happy birthday! Your friend,” Ben Crenshaw

“Watching you at age 11 in the 1958 Masters is what piqued my interest in the game. Like millions of others I was captivated by the electricity you generated and your charisma.

To have been able to work closely with you over the past 20 years has been so very special to me personally.

Your impact on the game has been seen in many ways over the past 50 years. As a player you had a tremendous impact on its growth and in the formation of the modern PGA TOUR in 1968. Off the course, you have designed hundreds of golf courses, are a successful businessman and your Arnold Palmer Invitational is one of the best golf tournaments on Tour.

Nevertheless, in my view, what is most special about you, Arnold, is that you are the ultimate gentleman, certainly one of the most gentlemanly figures in the history of sport.

On behalf of the players and staff of the PGA TOUR, I wish you a happy 80th birthday.”

Tim Finchem—Commissioner, PGA Tour “Hey Arnold, over the 60 years I’ve known you I don’t think I’ve

“We owe you an enormous debt of gratitude for first coming over

ever seen you be rude or curt with anyone. You are a man for all

to play in The Open at St. Andrews in 1960. This proved the turning

seasons—whether in the company of presidents or caddies, your

point in the championship’s fortunes because it encouraged the

natural demeanor has allowed you to do and say the right thing for

other great players of yours and subsequent eras to enter. It’s fair

the occasion. Of course, your golf and your record speaks for itself,

to say the Open has never looked back since. We were delighted

just as your manner speaks for a fine gentleman. Happy birthday.”

to see you when you played in our spring medal this year and we

Dow Finsterwald

wish you a wonderful birthday.”

Peter Dawson—Chief executive, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club

“Happy 80th birthday to an old friend. I don’t mean old because you’re 80 but because we’ve been friends for 50 years, same as the Classic! Little did I think when you won our first tournament that you would wind up taking golf from the ‘minors’ to the ‘majors,’ paving the way for all the youngsters who followed. It’s been a great 50 years, Arnold. Your friendship has meant a lot to me and I’m very proud of what you have done for the game of golf. Remember, 80 is not old—ask me. I’m looking to your 100th. My very best for many more.”

Ernie Dunlevie—Founder Director, Bob Hope Classic “Golf professionals throughout the world owe a great debt to you, Arnold, because without you we wouldn’t be playing for the amounts we do today. You were an unbelievable champion

“Happy birthday, Arnold. You are a great man and you did immense good for our game. After Hogan and Snead you were the big name and you did a great job promoting our tournaments.”

Doug Ford “Happy birthday, Arnold. It’s great that you still get out on the course most days with your friends. I hope I’m still playing golf as well as you are when I get to 80.”

Bernard Gallacher—Former European Ryder Cup Captain

“Happy 80th Arnold. I played 55 years of tournament golf with you and what a great career you’ve had. More importantly, you were one of the best loved athletes of the last century. All your fellow competitors would have loved to have been like you. Your friend,” Bob Goalby

and to this day remain a magnificent ambassador for our game.

“Arnold: You have done so much for so many people during your

Few words can do justice to what you mean to golf, but whoever

80 years. I am one of those persons and a most grateful one

nicknamed you ‘The King’ got it absolutely right.”

indeed. How often I have wondered where I would have wound up Ernie Els

if I hadn’t happened to walk through the lunch room at Rio Pinar that March day in 1966 when you called me over at the Citrus

“You brought golf to the masses with your charisma, style of play and warmth for the galleries. All of those things really helped to make television audiences at the time sit up and pay attention to the sport.

I wish you and your family well, and pass on my best wishes for a happy 80th birthday.”

Sir Nick Faldo “Happy Birthday to one who has given so much to the game of golf and its fans. Keep on driving, long and straight, for many years to come.”

Dick Ferris—Former chairman and CEO, United Airlines

Open and offered me the dream job I have relished ever since. I salute you on your birthday for all that you have accomplished and done for others, and thank you most sincerely for what you have done for me and my family. You deserve every accolade that is coming your way on this 80th birthday.”

Doc Giffin

“Arnold, on your 80th birthday, thank you for your friendship and support over all the years that we have known each other. We have enjoyed so many wonderful times together, and I know there will be many more, my friend.”

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“All of us professional golfers owe a debt of gratitude to you, Arnold, for what you did for golf and for what you continue to do.

You were the first player to really set the game alight and to bring it to a mainstream audience. I have met you many times and even have a home on your White Oak Plantation in North Carolina. You

“Arnold, I love to play in your tournament. I tried so hard to make you proud at last year’s U.S. Open. I hope to have many more opportunities to do so at Bay Hill. Have a great birthday.”

Rocco Mediate “I consider our 48-year friendship to be one of the great privileges

have always been great to me.”

Padraig Harrington

of my life. Whether it was golf, aviation, family, business or pleasure, we have had some terrific times together and I hope

“No matter what words one chooses to describe you, Arnold—legend, icon, consummate athlete—the reality of what you have contributed to your profession is an enduring tribute to your skill and integrity.

Your life honors your alma mater, Wake Forest University; the sport of golf; and the highest ideals of professionalism. We celebrate your 80th birthday with admiration and appreciation.”

Nathan O. Hatch—President, Wake Forest University

“Arnold, you are the walking embodiment of golf. You stand as a figure who represents all the many virtues of the game. I can’t imagine where the game of golf would be without your grace and goodwill.”

Jim Nantz—CBS Sports

“You have been a wonderful friend for over 50 years. We are so

“It is hard to believe that my good buddy is going to be 80 years

much better for having your friendship and support over these

old. Just as it’s hard to believe I am going to be 70, right behind

years, and as you celebrate this milestone please know the

you. We all know your contributions to the game of golf, and we

Classic’s appreciation and spirit will always be with you.”

Bob Hope Classic

there will be many, many more. Happy birthday, Arnie!”

Russ Meyer­—Chairman Emeritus, Cessna Aircraft Co.

all know what a wonderful player you were. We think of the hitch of your pants, the flair and the fans that you brought to the game.

The game’s early growth on television has been attributed

“When I was a young man, Arnold, you were a tremendous inspiration for me and it has always been a privilege knowing you.

I will raise my glass on your 80th birthday in celebration of a great man and a great career. Happy birthday, Arnie!”

Tony Jacklin “Arnold, all of the Jacobsens send our very best to you on this special day. You have meant so much to all of us for so many years,

greatly to you. Your flair and charisma were very, very important to the game of golf during that period of time. But you brought to the sport more than just your golf game.

I have never met anyone who loved to play golf more than you. It didn’t make any difference what you were shooting, what you were doing or where you were doing it—Arnold, you simply loved to play. You have to admire someone who has such an unparalleled passion for the game, whether he’s 8 or 80.

your influence on everyone in all of sport is unparalleled. Thank

You have been a great friend, a great competitor and

you for your dedication, your guidance, your integrity and your

a friendly rival to me for many years. All of those represent

commitment to simply doing what’s right. Happy birthday, and I

something we both thoroughly enjoyed, and cherish even today.”

Jack Nicklaus

look forward to seeing you soon.”

Peter Jacobsen

“Arnold, when you invited me to your 50th birthday party I was honored. However, having been privileged to spend so much of the last 30 years with you I know first hand how much you deserve all the accolades that you will receive on your 80th. Many congratulations.”

Alastair J. Johnston—Vice Chairman, IMG

“Every player should thank you, Arnold, because you really opened up the era of commercialization in golf and an understanding of what publicity is all about. And here you are, 80 years old and still doing a great job. There’s nobody else, quite honestly. Everyone has you to thank.”

Greg Norman “Arnold, you have been an inspiration to everyone connected with

“You showed us respect and we learned integrity. You showed us

the European Tour and made such an enormous impact on the

how to work hard, and we learned how to have fun doing it. You

growth of golf throughout the world. We wish you well as you

showed us your style and we learned some class. Thanks, Boss!

approach your 80th birthday.”

George O’Grady—Chief Executive, European Tour

Happy 80th birthday.”

Erik Larsen and your Arnold Palmer Design Company

“Arnold: The Steelers, and the Steelers Defense in particular, wish you a very happy birthday. You epitomize what we try to portray: the heart of a champion and the demeanor of a true sportsman. God Bless.”

Dick LeBeau—Defensive Coordinator, Pittsburgh Steelers

“I hope you experience as much joy on your 80th as you have given to all of us over these many years.”

M.G. Orender—Past President, PGA of America “Arnold, the warmest wishes to you on your 80th birthday. Please allow me to be one of the many to thank you for all of the

“Arnold, here’s to you. For the years of pleasure you have provided

wonderful memories you have instilled in our minds throughout

our cardholders, the wonderful years of partnership to us, and the

your most notable lifetime, both on and off the golf course. You

years still to come, you are what we mean by ‘priceless.’”

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“Arnold, on behalf of our staff and more than 250 volunteers, happy 80th birthday. Thank you for everything you do for the game of golf and the World Golf Hall of Fame... We wish you the very best and look forward to celebrating many more.”

Jack E. Peter­ Sr. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, WGHOF “Arnie—Vivienne and I wish you a very happy 80th birthday. Like fine wine, you grow better with age. All our love.”

“You became, were and still are America’s folk hero. You are especially precious to the game of golf, dominating as you did when you emerged on the tournament scene as a young man.

Your performances were often swashbuckling, heroic efforts that changed the professional game of golf forever. To your enormous credit, success and public adoration never changed you. You were not a pop star but a folk hero, and in cricketing terms you opened the batting for the U.S.A. Your career should be a role model for all young golfers.”

Gary Player

“The world of golf, and the whole of America for that matter, has been incredibly fortunate to have had you touch our lives for the better part of eight decades on this planet. In you, we have the game’s ultimate ambassador, whose determination to win is matched only by a willingness to reach out with a steady, strong hand to reveal one of the world’s great humanitarians. Long live The King. And thank you, Arnold.”

Jim Remy and Joe Steranka President, and Chief Executive Officer, The PGA of America “Arnold—You are the only royalty America has ever embraced and

Peter Thomson

“To Arnold Palmer: you’re a champion and always will be. You are in a class of your own making and no one else comes close. I’m honored to wish you a happy birthday—and many more to come. You’re the best!”

Donald J. Trump “The USGA’s tribute to the great Arnold Palmer can be found right here in Far Hills, New Jersey, at our new Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History. This expanded wing of our Museum was so named to honor the enduring connection that you represent between golf and the people who play and love the game. Never before has a USGA building been dedicated to a single individual, and we are

loved. Your passion for the game is matched only by the affection

proud to have your name on this celebration of golf in America as

your fans have for you. Happy Birthday to a very special man from

told through our national championships and the individuals who

a grateful friend.”

won them. Happy 80th birthday to a true legend of the game.”

The Honorable Tom Ridge

“People say it’s hard to find a gift for the man who has everything.

It’s even more difficult to offer an appreciation for the man who has given everything—to his fans, his family, his community and the great game of golf. No words can adequately capture what you mean to all of us. I am honored to be your friend... and I extend to you best wishes for a most enjoyable 80th birthday.”

Jim Rohr Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Jim Vernon—President, USGA

“Arnold, congratulations on finally getting to my new par (80).

We had many fun rounds together and I will always cherish the friendship. Best wishes for many more.”

Lanny Wadkins “Dear Arnold, all of us professional golfers thank you for what you have done for us. You left it a better profession not only by the way you played our game, but most importantly by the way you conducted yourself—with spirit and class.”

Tom Watson

“Happy birthday to an enduring sports icon, a driven entrepreneur, a generous charitable benefactor and a true friend—from the entire Administaff family.”

Paul J. Sarvadi—Chairman of the Board and CEO, Administaff

“Few people have transcended their sport—but you fit that bill and more! For over 50 years, Arnie’s Army has marched to your support and when all eyes turn to St. Andrews in 2010 to celebrate 150 years of The Open, thousands of golfers will give thanks to you for helping its rebirth by coming 50 years ago and supporting it ever since.

Happy birthday, General!”

Ken Schofield—Former Chief Executive, European Tour “Happy birthday, Mr. Palmer! I hope you have a nice celebration.

Thank you for all that you have done for the game of golf, and the children of Orlando!”

Annika Sorenstam

“There is only one King and golf will be forever grateful. Thanks Arnold. Happy birthday.”

Warren A. Stephens—Chairman, President & CEO, Stephens, Inc.

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“Happy birthday to a true American icon and a legend who transcends all sports. It has been a privilege to follow your career as a fan but an even greater one to call you a friend.”

Ken Whisenhunt—Head Coach, Arizona Cardinals “Dear Arnold, welcome to the 80s! The only discouraging thing about this threshold is that you lose ten yards a year off the tee, but that shouldn’t bother you at all. Happy birthday.”

Jack Whitaker—Former Sportscaster, CBS and ABC

“It’s difficult to separate Arnold Palmer the golfer and Arnold Palmer the person. Both have made a significant impact in my life. From the time I joined the PGA Tour, Arnold has always treated me with respect and as a friend. He truly cares about everyone. There could be no better testament to him than the Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital. The hope, compassion and courage it provides mirrors the man. I know I can visit Arnold for advice or a reassuring smile anytime. To have a role model like him makes us all try a little harder.

It may be 80 years, but I’m certain much success and friendship lie ahead. Happy birthday, Arnold.”

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Keystone Tops Pennsylvania, the cradle of modern America, gave Arnold Palmer and Hershey Bars to the world.

Naturally, it offers a sublime selection of historic courses. paul trow looks at what’s on offer for the visiting golfer

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pennsylvania, known as the keystone state, can claim Arnold Palmer as one of its most famous sons. And anywhere capable of producing a player of Palmer’s quality and achievements must be home to far more than a mere handful of decent golf courses.

Palmer’s father Deacon was the professional-cumsuperintendent at Latrobe Country Club, an attractive undulating layout in the hinterland of small farming towns up in the Laurel Highlands some 40 miles east of that vast forge in the far west of the state that goes by the name of Pittsburgh.

Latrobe is where the young major-winner-to-be learned his golf game, and it launched him on such a successful and lucrative career that it was not too long before he returned home to buy the club.

Dating from 1922, this challenging par-72 course measures only 6,407 yards from the back tees but it plays much tougher due to elevation changes, tree-lined fairways, a few blind tee shots and fast, tricky greens. Managed for many years by Jerry Palmer, the King’s brother, this private club also has tennis courts, a heated swimming pool and bathhouse, extensive dining facilities and four deluxe guest houses.

The other great test of golf in the Laurel Highlands,

the 10th hole at laurel valley has an idyllic setting

must be Oakmont which will host the U.S. Open for a ninth time in 2016—its 16th national championship—and is considered by many pundits the hardest course in the entire country.

When, in 1903, wealthy Pittsburgh industrialist Henry C. Fownes created what he hoped would replicate the linksstyle golf he had loved in Scotland, there was hardly a tree on the whole property. After winning the 1925 U.S. Amateur Championship, Bobby Jones pointed out that 17 of the 18 flagsticks were visible from the rear of the clubhouse with only the 16th obscured by a hill.

A massive tree-planting program carried out in the 1950s and ’60s largely eliminated this linksy feel so the only remaining openness consisted of the large sweeping greens, a dozen fescue-topped mounds in the massive bunker between the 3rd and 4th fairways known as the Church Pews, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike that splits the property.

A redesign project to restore Oakmont to its original character began in the mid-1960s with input from Palmer, Robert Trent Jones Sr., Tom Fazio and Arthur Hills. That process continues to this day and in the past decade more than 5,000 trees have been removed from around the course.

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which also bears the Palmer hallmark, is Laurel Valley Country Club in Ligonier. Laid out by Dick Wilson in 1959, Laurel Valley hosted the PGA Championship, won by Dave Marr, just six years later.

After that, Palmer oversaw a redesign of this tough, tree-and-water-lined course prior to the 1975 Ryder Cup. It was a breeze for the U.S. team, captained by Palmer, but the match is generally remembered for two singles wins in one day by the GB & Ireland golfer Brian Barnes over Jack Nicklaus. After losing 4&2 in the morning, Nicklaus told Barnes: “You’ve beaten me once, but there’s no way you’re going to beat me again.” But the burly Scot did exactly that, winning 2&1. A sheepish Golden Bear then had the awkward task of explaining himself to his team captain.

Palmer has renovated the course since 1975 for two more “majors”—the 1989 Senior Open won by Orville Moody and 2005 Senior PGA Championship won by Mike Reid.

Apart from Laurel Valley, Pennsylvania boasts seven other courses that have hosted either the U.S. Open or PGA Championship: Oakmont, Merion Philadelphia Cricket Club, Llanerch, Hershey, Shawnee Country Club and Pittsburgh Field.

Leading the way from these other impressive venues, though,

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Open was last staged at Oakmont two years ago, first played between Latrobe and Pittsburgh. Situated in the rolling hills there as a 12-year-old in 1941. “The greens and surfaces have of Westmoreland County, this nine-hole layout opened in not been changed since this golf course was built. When I 2005 and a further nine is already on the Palmer Design team’s first came here to play with my father there wasn’t a tree on drawing board. The 315-acre, residential community features this course. Zero. It was beautiful, something I had never upscale living with manor, carriage, and single-family homes. experienced before. It was truly an inland links and it played When completed, the property will consist of nearly 500 like one. It was one of the great thrills of my life.” homes, 18 holes, clubhouse, swimming pool and tennis courts.

Palmer, who won one of his four Western Pennsylvania Moving towards the wider world of Pennsylvania golf, amateur titles at Oakmont, has twice been humbled in the U.S. its major event this year was the U.S. Women’s Open in July Open by this monument to Pittsburgh’s economic might—when at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, an hour’s drive he lost an 18-hole playoff against Nicklaus in 1962 and was north of Philadelphia. Over the years, Saucon Valley has grown caught by Johnny Miller’s astonishing closing 63 ten years later. into a massive private club with three 18-hole courses, a charming Four other prominent Pennsylvania courses have been six-hole layout, tennis and squash courts, swimming pools and an designed by Palmer. Blue Bell Country Club, at the heart 18th century guest house, all set in an estate stretching to more of a gated community in Delaware Valley in the Greater than 800 acres. In 1997, Saucon Valley’s three 18-hole courses— Philadelphia area, opened on 1 June 1994. Stretching to 6,920 Grace, Old and Weyhill—were voted, respectively, the fourth, yards from the tips, this delightful course has already staged seventh and eighth best courses in Pennsylvania. several professional tournaments and played host to the likes Merion will provide a historic setting for the 2009 of Phil Mickelson, Craig Stadler, Sandy Lyle, Rocco Mediate, Walker Cup from 15-16 September. The East Course, designed Lanny Wadkins, Duffy Waldorf, Roger Maltbie, Fuzzy by Hugh Wilson and opened in 1912, is unique in that it has Zoeller and the late Payne Stewart. wicker baskets instead of flags at the top of the flagsticks – so Palmer’s first creation near Philadelphia, dating from players cannot tell which way the wind is blowing on and 1990, is Commonwealth National Golf Club at Horsham around the green. One advantage of the baskets, though, is in Montgomery County, a high-end private club with 7,100 that you can see them whichever way the wind is blowing. yards of immaculate bent-grass fairways and manicured Wilson had no previous design experience, so he took greens, and fine dining at The Manor House. a seven-month fact-finding trip to the British Isles, the Another 1994 Palmer landmark was the 27-hole Treesdale principal outcome of which was the “white faces of Merion”, Golf & Country Club at Gibsonia just off the Pennsylvania the course’s distinctive Scottish-style bunkers. Built on a mere Turnpike in Allegheny County. The three loops wind scenically 126 acres, Merion is, according to Jack Nicklaus, “acre for acre… through rolling fields, apple orchards, lush forest, lakes and the best test of golf in the world.” It is certainly rich in history: wetlands to produce a challenge very much in keeping with Bobby Jones won the U.S. Amateur Championship for the Palmer’s design philosophy—a course should be beautiful and first time there in 1924 and completed his “impregnable challenging but fair, constantly demanding but always playable quadrilateral” in 1930 when he beat Eugene Homans in the for every caliber of golfer. Bent-grass tees, fairways and greens final to add the U.S. Amateur to the British Amateur, British along with strategically placed bunkers and water hazards Open and U.S. Open titles he had won earlier in the year. conspire to deliver a memorable round of golf.

At the U.S. Open in 1950, Merion was the scene of Ben Last, but by no means least in Palmer’s personal Hogan’s comeback from the road accident that nearly killed Pennsylvania canon, is The Club at Blackthorne—a growing him the previous year. Of course, he won! After the Australian residential golf-course community in Jeannette, halfway David Graham won the U.S. Open in 1981, Merion was >

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lengthened to 6,846 yards following some land acquisition and it will host the U.S. Open for a fifth time in 2013, extending a legacy that also includes six U.S. Amateur Championships.

Llanerch, a few miles west of Philadelphia, last year celebrated the 50th anniversary of its hosting of the PGA Championship won by Dow Finsterwold and, coincidentally, Palmer’s first appearance in the event. It was also the first time the PGA had been staged as a strokeplay competition, having previously been matchplay. In recent years the course has undergone extensive renovation by architect Stephen Kay and, although it is not long at around 6,700 yards, its par of 72 takes some matching.

If the state is famous for golf, it is also renowned for its chocolate. The town of Hershey, about 40 minutes from both Philadelphia and Baltimore, is home to the celebrated chocolate factory that pumps out Hershey’s Kisses and Cookies along with a mouth-watering multitude of other waist-expanders.

Hershey Country Club has two courses, the George Fazio-designed East Course comes in at 7,061 yards and has been in operation since 1970 whilst its older brother, the West, was laid out by Maurice McCarthy, measures 6,860 yards and dates from the early 1930s. The whole place is a monument to Milton Hershey, an entrepreneur who after several business failures struck gold with his Lancaster Caramel Company.

He became involved in confectionery towards the end of the 1890s when he formed the Hershey Chocolate Company and built the town that bears his name for resident workers.

From the 6th hole on the West you can see the factory while Hershey’s mansion is visible in all its glory from the 5th tee.

At first glance, it is unlikely that Philadelphia has any connection with that most English of sports, cricket, but the Philadelphia Cricket Club is one of the oldest sports clubs in the United States. Founded in 1854 by men of English descent who wanted to play cricket, it also has three golf courses.

The St. Martin’s course, designed in 1898 by Willie Tucker, hosted the U.S. Open in 1907 and 1910, and nine of its holes are still open today. Philadelphia-born A.W. Tillinghast, the fabled creator of Winged Foot and Baltusrol along with no fewer than 26 Pennsylvania layouts, then built the Flourtown Course in 1922.

Named Wissahickon, it is renowned for having 10 par-four holes that stretch beyond 400 yards from the championship tees, with the signature 9th and 18th both upward of 450 yards. The third course, Militia Hill, opened in April 2002 to an imaginative design by Dr. Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry on the site of an old American Revolution War encampment.

Shawnee’s Island course, designed by Tillinghast and opened in 1906, has a special place in the heart of Palmer because it was here that he first met his wife, Winnie. And if you have worked up an appetite after doing battle with this

tough track you can always repair to Sam Snead’s Tavern where man-sized steaks are the order of the day.

Other designers from golf ’s pioneer days to ply their craft in Pennsylvania include Donald Ross, whose 12 courses in the state include Aronimink in Newtown Square which hosted the 1962 PGA Championship won by Gary Player and the 2003 Senior PGA Championship won by John Jacobs. Aronimink opened in 1928, and upon revisiting his “child” 20 years later Ross stated: “I intended to make this my masterpiece, but not until today did I realize that I built better than I knew.” How much better will become evident when the PGA Tour tees it up there in Tiger Woods’ AT&T National tournament over the next couple of years while the Blue Course at Congressional Country Club is groomed to host the 2011 U.S. Open.

Another of Pennsylvania’s great designers was William Flynn, a greenskeeper who assisted Hugh Wilson with the design of Merion and went on to turn Lancaster Country Club into an outstanding 18-hole challenge in 1919 before creating the Spring Mill layout at Philadelphia Country Club in 1930.

Elsewhere, the course at Pittsburgh Field was designed

by Alexander H. Findlay in 1914. We all dread the feeling of trudging wearily to the last tee after 17 demoralizing holes, but the closing hole at Pittsburgh Field is uplifting in every sense of the word—an elevator is on hand to transport you from the 17th green to the 18th tee.

Other private courses worth considering are Huntsville in Shavertown, Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh and Hunter’s Station in Tionesta. If you’re after a public course, why not check out Pete Dye’s Mystic Rock layout at Nemacolin Woodlands, Center Valley in Allentown or Tom Fazio’s Hartefield National masterpiece in the northeast? And if you’re only passing through, grab nine holes at the charming Cliff Park Inn B&B in Milford. A quaint, quick perfect example of the state’s natural beauty and one more reason Pennsylvania golf is something to explore. n

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Palmer as the Pro Going back to look forward with a Palmer profile from our friends at Golf Digest

usually in kingdom, we feature a PGA pro who’s playing on Tour. We ask him questions about his game, his equipment, his family, his inspiration and so on. Usually we talk to men who may or may not be the heroes of tomorrow. But what if

we could go back and talk to an original hero—THE original hero? What if we could go back and get an interview with Palmer at the top of his game?

This issue, with a little help from our friends at Golf Digest, we’re doing just that. On the next few pages, printed exactly as it appeared in the November, 1962 issue of Golf Digest, is a look at Palmer and his familiy—not in reflection, but in a contemporary light. How we saw him, and how he saw himself. Reading this, was there ever any doubt he was going to be the greatest ever? >

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Aloha the pink sands at waikiki are home to one of the world’s loveliest beaches

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Spirit With storybook beaches and a coveted lifestyle, Hawaii’s legacy as the greatest getaway endures Oahu

“it was just the three of us,” said Rev. Ron Valenciana, remembering the 2005 wedding ceremony he performed for Arnold Palmer and Kathleen “Kit” Gawthrop at Turtle Bay Resort in Hawaii. “It was sweet and simple and meaningful.”

The setting could not have been more idyllic—a luxury cottage on the beach, soft music, ocean in the background, wind rustling through the palms overhead… everyday stuff for Hawaii and why—despite having visited the state enough times for his chief pilot to refer to it as “old hat”—Palmer wanted it for his wedding. He’s not alone.

The first civilian flight to the Aloha State was a Travelair monoplane named “City of Oakland,” which left California’s Oakland Field on June 28, 1927 and landed in a breadfruit tree on Molokai just 26 hours and 36 minutes later.

Between the start of this year and the end of May, Hawaii had already hosted 2.6 million visitors who came by air (and landed far more successfully). Most arrived in Honolulu and stayed put, never venturing beyond the pink sands of Waikiki. A small few set out to discover what the other islands had to offer, and were richly rewarded. Either way, there’s no denying the appeal of our 50th state. Here’s a quick look at paradise:

For many visitors, the island of Oahu and its capital city, Honolulu, is Hawaii. Honolulu is certainly the most “happening” city in the islands, and Waikiki is one of the most famous beaches in the world. Perhaps surprisingly, despite being saturated with sunburned Europeans, pale new arrivals from the Midwest and what seems like half of all Japanese weddings being performed anywhere, the area manages to retain its charm.

Besides the busy shops and restaurants—we recommend Keo’s Thai Cuisine—there are public parks, surfing lessons and more than enough tropical bars to entertain.

The Hilton Hawaiian Village is a safe bet for accommodations (ask for the Rainbow Tower) and has one of the nicest beaches on the strip. Also, a 2009 re-tooling of the property’s casual dining yielded great results, and the on-site shopping can’t be beat. The Moana Surfrider is another option.

The “First Lady of Waikiki” opened in 1901, and a recent renovation of the historic wing is well worth a look; the rooms are small but elegant, and the views are unbelievable.

An added plus: the property’s oceanside patio is covered by an Indian Banyan tree. Seven feet tall when it was planted in 1904, today it stands at nearly 75 feet, sprawls for nearly 150 feet and is protected as a state historic treasure.

Wherever you stay on Waikiki, make sure to stop by the Halekulani Hotel and its charming House Without A Key patio bar and restaurant. With waves rolling behind them, former Miss Hawaiis dance to authentic, old-school island music performed by talented local musicians, maintaining an atmosphere that has endured since the first days of Hawaiian tourism (and the mai tais aren’t bad either).

If you fancy a round of golf and/or you’re looking to purchase a Hawaiian golf residence, the Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa (just outside Honolulu) features top quality homes and Ernie Els’ first design in Hawaii.

On the North Shore of Oahu, Mr. Palmer liked Turtle Bay Resort for his wedding and accommodations, and if it’s good enough for him… well, you get the picture. Situated on nearly five miles of beachfront, the property boasts every amenity you could want, including a Palmer-designed golf course. >

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the lodge at koele is an old-school british-style playground with meticulously manicured lawns and gardens

Lana’i

Maui

There’s not much to do on Lana’i, and that’s the charm. Back in the day, the island served as a large pineapple plantation for Dole. Lana’i City, the only town on Lana’i, was built to house the workers. Today, the small ville’s charming historic district is listed as one of the most endangered historic sites in the U.S. and is well worth a visit. Though small, the island is environmentally dynamic, featuring stunning beaches, obscure rock moonscapes and even thick pine forests. There’s a cute local hotel in the city, but Four Seasons is the only luxury game in town. Thankfully, there are two locations: The Lodge at Koele sits above the city, while Four Seasons Manele Bay is down on the water. The bay itself is a protected marine enclave, and the fish seem to know it. Great snorkeling along the reef is outdone by the pod of wild dolphins that visits almost daily. From the hotel’s pool bar, you can watch them leaping and spinning; down in the water, the view is pure dream material. The Lodge at Koele is styled as an old-school British hunting lodge, and it’s a surprisingly convincing world apart. A meticulously manicured lawn and gardens, complete with a made-in-England glass orchid house, sit behind the elegant main building, which houses a wild game restaurant, among other amenities.

For a bit of fiscal relief in dining, eat in town at Pele’s Other Garden, a great lunchtime deli that turns into an Italian bistro at night (proprietors Mark and Barbara are wonderful). Alternately, if you like raw tuna, a new poké place recently opened behind the ice cream shop. Recreational options on Lana’i include renting a Jeep for some serious off-roading to various points of interest or booking a tour and letting someone else drive, which does nothing for the bumps but at least saves having to fix the tire if it goes.

You’ll likely arrive in the city of Lahaina. Located on Maui’s western tip, this one-time whaling port and seat of Hawaiian kings has a colorful history. Prior to unification, the town was a hotbed of conflict. At one point in the late 19th century, in a bizarre conflict between whalers and Christian missionaries, whaling ships actually shelled Lahaina. Today, the town serves as the gateway to the north-coast resorts. The Ritz-Carlton at Kapalua is your best bet for golf as it has two excellent courses: The Plantation Course, which hosts the PGA Tour’s Mercedes-Benz Championships each January, and The Bay Course, designed by Palmer. In town, Kimo’s restaurant has fresh fish at good prices, while I’Os offers a contemporary interpretation of classic island fare. Dominating the eastern side of Maui, Haleakala volcano rises 10,000 feet. It’s possible to book a tour to the summit, then coast down on a bicycle.

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The Big Island Hawaii’s Big Island is still growing. The Kilauea volcano is constantly erupting, pushing molten lava across its slopes and into the sea. The best way to see it is by helicopter, but a drive through Volcanoes National Park offers a decent view. At the center of the island, the dormant Mauna Kea volcano is technically the world’s tallest mountain, measuring more than 33,000 feet from the sea floor (it’s just under 14,000 feet above sea level). Its peak provides some of the best stargazing on the planet. Also it’s possible to snow ski here in winter, though it’s not the most popular sport in Hawaii. The north coast has the luxury resorts, and the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows is a fine option. The resort’s two courses are a delight and offer incredible oceanside play. Additionally, the property’s Canoe House restaurant serves excellent cuisine, including sushi. >

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Kauai “The Garden Isle,” formed some six million years ago, is the oldest and northernmost island in Hawaii. Kauai is a nature lover’s dream. Its Napali coast offers thick rainforest, massive cliffs, plunging waterfalls and numerous canyons, bays and beaches. If you enjoy boating, it’s possible to kayak on the Wailua River (all of Hawaii’s navigable rivers are in Kauai). If you’re a hiker, Waimea Canyon is 3,000 feet deep with miles of trails to explore. This “Grand Canyon of the Pacific” is a must-see for Kauai visitors. For accommodations, the Grand Hyatt at Poipu beach is a 1920s-style retreat with an 18-hole golf course. On-site dining is superb, but you should also try Hamura’s Saiman Stand in Lihue which serves long lines of locals with steaming bowls of Kauai’s staple, Saiman—a noodle soup with vegetables, wontons, hard-boiled eggs, sweetened pork and whatever else the chef includes.

Kauai, “the garden isle”, is a nature lover’s dream

Molokai The island is small, the people are friendly and the pace is so slow it can barely be measured. You don’t come to Molokai to party, you come to relax and enjoy Hawaii the way it used to be. With the longest white sand beach in the islands and not a single traffic light, relaxing isn’t difficult. Deciding where to stay is easy: there’s only one hotel on the island. Hotel Molokai has beach houses and condos available for vacation rentals.

Choosing an eatery is slightly more difficult—several local options include Big Daddy’s Filipino plate lunches and the Kualapu’u Cookhouse country café. Papohaku Beach offers three miles of continuous white sand, but the rip currents make swimming impossible. For that, Dixie Maru Beach is better, as are most of the island’s other beaches. Halawa, home to Molokai’s first residents, is a valley of breathtaking natural beauty and features a two-tier waterfall—Hipuapua cascades 500 feet into a pool before feeding Moa’ula which drops 250 feet into another pool. Kalaupapa had a leper colony from 1866 until the 1940s where a Belgian priest named Father Damien devoted his life to caring for the residents until succumbing to the disease himself. He will be made a saint this October.

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The Palmers’ Hawaiian Wedding “It was a beautiful day in paradise,” remembers Rev. Ron Valenciana, who married Arnold Palmer and Kathleen “Kit” Gawthrop at Turtle Bay Resort in Hawaii, January 26, 2005. “I think I met them at their cottage at 4 in the afternoon. They agreed to just step outside the sliding glass door. I don’t think they wanted to go out on the lawn or anything in case someone would see them.

“Arnold looked just like he would look, really nice, the way you kind of see him all the time. Kit was wearing a nice dress. I was wearing a white formal Hawaiian shirt, typical apparel for a wedding in Hawaii. We incorporated the leis into the ceremony. I shared the significance: it’s a symbol of deep affection, loyalty and trust, and it goes back generations to the king and queen. He would place a lei over his queen when they made a public appearance, and the queen would put one on the king, showing the kingdom how important love, trust, loyalty and affection are.

“I did pray with them, led them through some vows and spoke a little about romance, love and affection. I talked about the value of friendship. While I was doing all that, I could really tell those two were in love. When I asked them to repeat the vows after me, they weren’t just repeating; they were saying it from the heart.

“After the three of us were done with the ceremony, Kit was anxious to call her kids. While she was on the phone, Arnold says, ‘Pastor, have a seat.’ Then he asks, ‘Can I fix you a drink?’ I don’t drink much, but I don’t abstain, and what are you going to say when Arnold Palmer offers to fix you a drink? I said ‘yeah, ok!’

“So he fixes me a drink and we sit down in the nice chairs, just talking. I’m sitting there talking with Arnold Palmer with a drink in my hand.

“Then he says to Kit, ‘Hey Kit, call the gang’ [Palmer’s assistant, Cori Britt and his wife, and the chief pilot Pete Luster and his wife]. They were staying in the hotel, we were in the luxury cottages. So they come over, these two couples, and they see me sitting down talking with Arnold Palmer and they’re like, ‘Who’s this guy?’

Arnold walks them over to the table where the marriage license was and all four of them went ballistic. And then he says, ‘This is Pastor Ron, he just married us!’

“After they all got through hugging, I think one of them asked whether we could go outside and take some pictures, so we all went outside and started popping pictures, just our party. I had my camera and asked them to take a picture, too. They wanted me to stand with them. From my understanding, nobody knew it was going to happen.”

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Whatever they had to do to get it done, the sailors in this year’s Transpacific Yacht Race set a high mark for the crews that will follow. We may not know what it means to sail from Los Angeles to Hawaii, but we’re impressed…

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there are many names for the wind, as many for the currents that stir the oceans and for the constellations overhead. Tramontana, Zephyros, Sharki… These names have been shared the world over and passed down for generations in fables and in songs. No matter their language or place of origin, most of these names were learned upon the sea and brought to us by the people who sail upon it, who leave and then return with stories only they can understand. So it is with those who race yachts across the ocean, and certainly with those who found themselves about as far from land as one can get in this year’s Transpacific Yacht Race.

Known as the “Transpac” by its fans and family of competitors, this biennial sailing test is the USA’s longest

arge and oldest ocean race. It begins at California’s Point Fermin, on the southern edge of Los Angeles, and finishes 2,225 nautical miles later at a point just off Hawaii’s Diamond Head.

At the midpoint, competitors are about as far from dry land as possible.

The start is staggered between June 29 and July 5, with the fastest boats leaving last. This ensures all boats arrive in Honolulu at roughly the same time. It was inevitable that the long days and nights following this year’s start would bring competition, adventure and personal revelations to the sailors who competed, but there was no way to know that the 2009 Transpac would see a new record set.

Understanding what drove the team that set it is a different story however. For that, you might need to be a sailor.

History

Results

The Transpac had its first start in 1906 Three boats finished the 1906 Transpac, when Clarence MacFarlane, a sailor in with the winner reaching Hawaii more Honolulu, took inspiration from Hawaiian than 12 days after leaving Los Angeles.

King David Kalakaua’s belief that such an This year there were nearly 50 boats in event would improve social and economic the race, and the finish came quickly. ties between the kingdom and the mainland. Seventeen were Division I and II boats, MacFarlane invited two of his sailing faster yachts that left on July 5. Of contemporaries to race from San Francisco those, Alfa Romeo was one of the to the Hawaiian Islands, and then set out biggest, measuring 100 feet. It was to make the start. However, when he sailed Neville Crichton’s boat, and he’d only his 48-foot schooner into San Francisco Bay, run the Transpac once before—in 1979, MacFarlane found the city in ruins. The finishing 8th in a 22-boat fleet. This “Great Quake” of San Francisco had hit just year he was hoping for more, and the 27 days earlier and the city was hardly in weather was cooperating. shape to host a celebratory event. A quick The wind on the July 5 start was change of plans saw the start moved to solid, blowing 12-15 knots and kicking Point Fermin and there it’s stayed, except up small whitecaps outside of Long for one nostalgic nod in 1939 when it briefly Beach’s Rainbow Harbor. From the returned to San Francisco. outset, race participants were predicting >

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Diary At Sea America’s Privateer, Lynx is a 122-foot square topsail schooner that travels the sea teaching maritime skills and history. She sailed in the 2009 Transpac, and her crew kept a daily online journal while in the race. Here are a few excerpts:

Left: the winner at the start right: from the film ‘morning light,’ courtesy of disney, photos: Robbie Haines

a record-setting Transpac. Alfa Romeo’s navigator, Stan Honey, was right there with them. Quoted in the online sailing blog SailRaceWin, Honey said before the race, “We stand a reasonable chance to break the Transpac record.”

Less than six days later, they had.

With a final time of 5:14:36:20 they shattered the 2005 mark of 6:16:04:11 set by Hasso Plattner’s Morning Glory. The feat earned Alfa Romeo a shelf full of awards, including the Merlin Trophy (named for a famed Bill Lee-designed 68-footer) and the Clock Trophy, which is awarded to record-setters. Asked later what it took to prepare the boat for its incredible run, a smiling Crichton said, “Money.”

Elaborating that the crew had enjoyed perfect weather conditions and had managed to avoid even a single mechanical problem, it could be some time before a new record is set.

Why The sailing is round-the-clock, the weather unpredictable. The food at sea is usually nothing special, conditions on board are cramped. It’s expensive, physically exhausting, mentally taxing, takes a specialized skill set, a week of your life and a strong political network of friends and associates to even get on one of the boats. So why do it?

According to the Transpac’s official web site, transpacrace.com, the reason has to do with “challenge, adventure, teamwork and excellence: inspiring a sense of achievement and camaraderie in

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Day 8 July 6, 2009 We saw another racer passing us early this morning. These are the guys that started 2 days after us, just flying by like a UPS or FedEx driver. But there is something to be said about the comfort and motion of Lynx, which is not found on board their vessels. As each day passes we become more of a community, looking out for one another. We are taking short showers every three days. What a feeling, to get clean.

Makes you really appreciate what you have back home. Hope all is well where you are, answering cell phones and driving in traffic, neither of which is out here—and I am lovin’ it.

Day 9 July 7, 2009 Just had our wake up for our watch.

We will be on from 2200–0200 hrs.

Just as we are getting in our gear the motion of the ship changes and we get to the deck fast. It appears that we are trying to take in sail as we have a blow of about 25–30 kts. When I say “appears,” that is because it takes a minute if you are down below to grasp what is going on, on deck. Craig is at the helm and several crewmembers are forward trying to take down the Stun sail. We have rounded up and it is blowing. I jump right in and lend a hand where I think I am needed. We are trying to get the Stun sail down but it is jammed somewhere. During this process we accidentally loosened the course halyard and now we have that sail loose and slapping. All hands to the Jack yard Topsail. “All hands aye!” we shout. Now we are making our way back aft port side to haul down the Jack yard topsail.

Three of us are hauling on the line to get her to the deck and additional

It could be some time before a new record is set

crew are easing the halyard. What is so great is that everyone is calm and we are all working together. All we have to see with is the glow of the moon. Suddenly from behind we hear Vasco with his camera offering to help, he is in his undees and trying to capture this moment. Laughter breaks out on deck. All is secure and we are back on course making the same speed 7.8 kts. We might have the luxury of the accommodations but when it comes to sail handling it is back 200 years (all by hand and no winches). Yes the hands are sore.

Day 12 July 10, 2009 Today Lynx is really in her groove we have winds clocking 25 kts as the squalls came upon us. Set sail, take in sail; set sail, take in sail. A-Watch is currently on deck 2200—0200 hrs. We have a reef in the main, fisherman is down and Stun sail is down. Our worst enemy is chaff and it is happening. Several lazy sheets are just falling apart as they rub back and forth on various stays. We made a repair today that sent myself and Graham and Rob flying backwards as a knot came untied. We were all so lucky that we were not hurt. We were hauling on a block and tackle, and out of nowhere “POP,” and we went flying backwards.

Day 16 July 14, 2009 All morning we could see a big squall following us along, and just before the noon watch change it finally caught up. It was a pretty impressive cloudbank that blocked out more and more of the sky as it got closer. There was a wall with a sunny, warm day on one side and a rainy, windy(er) day on the other. It ended up not being a very dramatic squall… light rain and maybe five extra knots of breeze.

Other big news for the day…

Two really big Mahis are ready for our dinner plates! A-Watch hauled them in. Vasco was kind enough to fillet them. Fresh fish tomorrow! >

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participants that lasts a lifetime.” There’s something to that, but we suspect that the real essence of “why” is tough to scratch unless you’re a sailor yourself.

When asked what inspires people to sail in gruelling races, sailors interviewed often gave rather stock responses, most of which included one or more of the above words. The Disney film Morning Light, which followed a group of young sailors running their first Transpac, tried to get at the essence of the race. Roy Disney is a 17-time Transpac vet, donated the Clock Trophy and supports the race wholeheartedly, but again it’s debatable whether his film helped the viewer to achieve any real understanding of the event. Aside from highlighting the technical difficulties, much of the film involves simply watching the sailors as they banter or stare off at the horizon.

What’s really going through their minds is known only to those who have sailed the Transpac. Barring that experience, the sea and its lessons may well remain a mystery. n Suggested watching: “Morning Light”; The story of a young crew’s first Transpac is available on Blu-ray, DVD and movie download from Disney.

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The movie ‘Morning Light’ approaches the essence of the race Windblown Challenges These three aren’t the only other sailing races in the world, but they’re three of the best.

America’s Cup In 1851 Commodore John Cox Stevens of the New York Yacht Club hired George Steers to build a 101-ft schooner. He christened his yacht “America,” and on August 22nd of that year beat 15 yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron in the Club’s annual regatta around the Isle of Wight, winning a cup in the process. Six years later, the cup was donated to the NYYC with the condition that it be held in trust as a perpetual challenge trophy to promote friendly competition among nations. The America’s Cup predates the modern Olympics by 45 years, and it represents the longest winning streak in sport, remaining in the hands of the NYYC from 1857 until 1983 when Australia won it.

Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) The Whitbread started in 1973 as a collaboration between the London-based Whitbread brewery and the Royal Naval Sailing Association, and aimed to sail around the world in four legs. The first race launched from Portsmouth, England and traveled 27,500 nautical miles around the world. In that first group of racers, the boats in the race were no different from the spectator boats that saw the racers off. Recently renamed the Volvo Ocean Race, the course has grown to 32,700 nautical miles, the boats have gotten more hi-tech and the crews more astute. One of the most coveted wins in sailing.

The C2B The 777-nautical mile, biennial race from Charleston, SC to Bermuda was conceived in the mid ’90s by two Charleston-based sailors, Davis Browder and Rick Hennigar.

Browder wrote then: “The thought of an island paradise just 700 miles due east over the horizon, so easily attainable by simply sailing three to six days, is incentive enough for staging an event.” Building on the grass-roots success of an inaugural 1997 race, the two teamed up with the Leukemia Society of America in 1999 and ended up raising $77,000 for the cause. Worthwhile, fun and with a bonus: Gosling’s rum at the finish.

The meeting between Arnold Palmer and Annika Sorenstam at Bay Hill earlier this year, exclusively reported in kingdom 13, generated enough opinions and reminiscences to fill a book. So rather than deny our readers access to much of this fascinating information, we have split the text into two. Here is the second article

when arnold palmer passed the torch on to the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino and Tom Watson on the PGA Tour, the succession seemed in good hands. However, many players and officials were concerned at the time that public and commercial interest in tournament golf might wane.

Their fears proved unfounded, of course, but that has not stopped Annika Sorenstam’s contemporaries in the distaff game from juggling the same thoughts, especially at a time of worldwide financial crisis.

But during her recent get-together with Palmer at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Sorenstam was quick to express the view that, despite still coming to terms with ‘life after Annika’, the LPGA Tour has a number of standard bearers to sustain public

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interest in women’s professional golf over the next few years.

And as for assuming Sorenstam’s long-time mantle as undisputed world No.1, the Mexican Lorena Ochoa remains the favorite to fulfill that role.

“Lorena is already No.1 and has been for a little while,” says Sorenstam. “I think she can stay there for as long as she decides to play, and she is bringing a different demographic to the LPGA Tour. Golf is growing a lot in Mexico because of her influence but it is a country where there’s a lot of room for growth. Paula Creamer has been around for five years or so but I know she’s a great player. Suzann Pettersen is also a force to be reckoned with—very athletic and a long hitter.

“With these players at the top, I don’t see a lot changing over

the next three or four years, though we will see an Asian player get to No 1 eventually, especially with around 50 players now on Tour from Korea alone—more than any other country apart from the US. But this should be welcomed as it’s important golf becomes more of a global game, with more TV rights and opening new markets.”

Palmer is particularly impressed with Pettersen. “We see Suzann a lot here at Bay Hill. She’s a member and likes to practice here. But I like to follow the LPGA Tour because Charlie Meecham, the former commissioner, is a friend of mine and we talk about what’s going to happen from time to time.

“I haven’t thought about having an LPGA tournament here at Bay Hill—I have my hands full with the Invitational, so I can’t see that happening while I’m around.” >

Queen Queen Continued

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With prizemoney exploding, one huge development over the past decade or so—post-Tiger in other words—has been the top players’ improved fitness. Palmer acknowledges that fitness levels were lower in his day, but feels the players didn’t have the time on their hands to work out as they do today.

“When I first came out on Tour many of the pros were based at golf clubs and most of the tournaments they played were in the winter because they would be busy at their clubs in the summer.

Now the guys do nothing but play tournaments full time and physical education is a big part of their program.”

Sorenstam believes that more rigorous fitness regimes have been essential as LPGA courses have lengthened. “The distances players hit the ball today bears no resemblance to 15 years ago. In fact the increase has been big just in the last five years. On the men’s tours, only a few could hit it further than 300 yards then whereas now everyone has to do that just to compete.

“On the LPGA Tour, our courses used to measure no more than 6,200 yards when I started out but the norm is more like 6,700 yards—an increase of 500 yards. So distance is important, but the way to combat players’ greater length isn’t to make courses any longer but to toughen them up—making the greens faster and firmer is something I very much favor.”

However, Palmer feels that enhanced fitness isn’t the only reason for the widespread long hitting in the game today.

“Reining the ball in is going to come in eventually—Jack [Nicklaus] and I both feel the ball needs to be slowed down,” he says. “You can’t keep making courses longer and longer —there isn’t enough land to keep churning them out at 8,000-plus yards.

I think the move back to V grooves is going to have an effect. At the moment the long drivers don’t mind driving into the rough because their square grooves enable them to get backspin when they hit it out of the rough—that is one of my major complaints.

“Going back to V grooves will restore the skill needed to play a controlled shot out of rough. That’s one of the things we concentrate on for our event here at Bay Hill—our rough isn’t thick as such, but the ball sinks down in it, even if it’s only three or four inches, and then you can’t get backspin out of it.”

Even though she will not be around to benefit from the rule change on Tour from 1 January 2010, Sorenstam can see its virtue.

“It takes more talent to hit shots out of rough with V grooves than square grooves, so you might again have people playing courses the way Tiger played Hoylake in the 2006 [British] Open when he hardly touched his driver but demonstrated wonderful control over his long irons and approach play.”

The desire to innovate for the good of the game is rarely far from the surface with either Palmer or Sorenstam. The 39-year-old Swede has done her own share of innovating in her time—not least when she teed it up alongside the men on the PGA Tour in the Bank of America Colonial Invitational at Fort Worth, Texas, in 2003, and missed the cut by one shot.

“I wanted to challenge myself at Colonial, and I followed it with one of my best years,” she says. “But we have a great Tour on the LPGA and I didn’t want to do it again after that.”

Palmer agrees the experience in isolation can only have been beneficial. “Annika did it right but if it happened consistently it wouldn’t help either Tour,” he said. Sorenstam certainly feels that playing too often with the men can be harmful to a player’s game.

“I don’t think the Tours are keen on it, but sometimes the sponsors want it to happen—to generate more revenue and perhaps create

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neither palmer nor sorenstam is frightened of innovation in golf

“The distances players hit the ball today bears no resemblance to 15 years ago” an extra buzz around a tournament,” she added. “Only time will tell what effect it’s had on Michelle Wie’s career, but now she’s earned her [LPGA] card she seems to have a different attitude and could make a great impact on the Tour. She made a good start to 2009 but needs to do things the right way.”

The presence of the leading men and women at certain events during the year—as happens at the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments—is worth experimenting with, according to both of them. “I’d love to see the 70 top women and the 70 top men play alongside each other once or twice a year on the same course, off different tees obviously and in effect in different tournaments. A lot of spectators would want to come to watch and television would be very interested as well,” says Sorenstam.

“A mixed tournament would be very good and I think it would work very well. The men and the women don’t see much of each other generally,” added Palmer, whose role in popularizing golf was mirrored on the LPGA Tour by Nancy Lopez. Their association was cemented when their equipment companies were closely connected from a marketing and distribution standpoint during the 1980s and ’90s.

“Mr. Palmer knows Nancy a lot better than I do,” says Sorenstam. “But when she was at her peak as a player in the 1970s and ’80s she would catch everyone’s eye. She had charisma and was so friendly; naturally she brought a lot of attention to >

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the game. She was very human and emotional, often laughing or crying. But I suppose she was on her way out when I arrived on Tour and a lot of people treated me as if I was the new Nancy Lopez. But I’m not Nancy and that was hard for me. I was not there to replace her, I was there to be myself.”

Palmer was quick to pick up on this point. “I played quite a bit with Nancy, and she was certainly different to what we’d been used to—on the men’s Tour as well as the ladies,” he said. “She was gregarious and outgoing. But I agree with Annika. You can’t have two people who are alike and it is ridiculous to expect someone to be an exact copy of someone else. Take me and Jack Nicklaus for instance. We are friends but we’re not alike—we are completely different people.”

Many of the LPGA Tour’s next generation of superstars will hail from unfamiliar territories. “Europe won’t grow as a golf market as fast as Asia over the next few years,” says Palmer.

“Japan and Korea are pretty well established, but China will be a major entity and there are a lot of courses in places like Thailand and Malaysia. But the growth won’t just be in Asia.

South America is potentially a big market for golf—especially Mexico and Brazil. We’ve talked about Lorena Ochoa, but the arrival of this young man from Colombia, Camilo Villegas, is going to have a big impact on this region as well.”

Sorenstam, for the time being, sees Asia as the powerhouse. “Both the LPGA and Ladies’ European Tour have tournaments in China and the Far East, so that gives you an indication of how the game is growing out there. I don’t think it will be long before China has its own Tour as the players get better all the time and more courses get built.”

That said, perhaps the Ryder Cup style concept behind the Solheim Cup series between the U.S. and Europe which began less than 20 years ago is already outdated. “It’s been a great concept which has generated a lot of interest in the women’s game and produced some very exciting moments,” says Sorenstam. “But it’s getting a little one-sided in favor of the U.S., perhaps in the way the Ryder Cup was back in the 1960s and ’70s when Mr Palmer was playing.

“For that reason we need a greater range of players to choose from, especially as the LPGA Tour is much stronger than the Ladies’ European Tour. But if we included players from places where the women’s game is now quite strong— Australia, Mexico, Korea, for instance—to create a Rest of the World team, then the balance would tilt too much the other way. The Lexus Cup between Asia and the Rest of the World which we stage at the end of the LPGA season seems to produce some very even contests. I was captain of the international team last year when the contest wasn’t decided until the last hole of the last match.”

This is no longer an issue on the PGA Tour. “We cater for the needs of all the top players in the men’s game with the Presidents and Ryder Cups, and there’s no need to merge them,” says Palmer. “The principle is not to ignore anyone when it comes to team golf—we want them all to have a chance to play in a team if they’re good enough regardless of where they come from.” This philosophy of fair play towards all who orbit Planet Golf sums up the generosity of these two greats of the game—and explains why both are viewed with uncompromising affection by their legions of fans.

Long live the King and Queen! n

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Rolex Moments Palmer and Sorenstam may have reservations about technology’s influence on the development of golf equipment, but they both admire the precision of design and mechanical beauty on offer from one of their mutual sponsors—Rolex.

In their answers to a few questions from kingdom, Palmer and Sorenstam demonstrate how much their relationship with Rolex means to both of them.

K: Rolex’s position in golf is much more than that of just a “sponsor”. How would you describe it? What has your relationship with Rolex meant to you?

AP: They set the highest standard in their industry and in golf. The Rolex timepiece is a classic most people would like to be associated with. I began my association in 1967 with Andre Heiniger [former Rolex president] and the relationship has meant a great deal to me ever since. I went to their factory in Geneva two years ago to see them make a watch. That was a great thrill.

AS: I’ve been with Rolex since my rookie year [1994] and I’m very proud to partner such a first-class company. The class and level of precision Rolex embody are attributes I have always strived for as an individual.

K: Rolex have been involved with junior golf for over 25 years. How important is this commitment?

AP: Their contribution to the game is unbelievable and makes all of us involved in golf from junior to senior level very proud. Long may it continue.

AS: We have expanded our partnership and keep exploring ways to help grow the game worldwide. They support my Academy, tournaments and Foundation, which all have junior components. I love the synergy and vision we share.

K: If Rolex applied their technical skills and craftsmanship to golf clubs, would they be successful?

AP: They certainly have the technical expertise to be very successful.

AS: Everything Rolex gets involved with is successful.

There is always a purpose and a well-thought-out plan behind every strategic step, and it shows.

K: Have you ever felt panic reaching in to your bag after a round and not been able to find your watch?

AP: Funnily enough, this happened once many years ago. My caddy misplaced my Rolex when I took it off and we couldn’t find it after the game. It must have been lost on the course, but we searched every blade of grass out there and never found it. I think it must have been chewed up by a fairway mower.

AS: I always put my Rolex watch in a special padded pouch in my golf bag. So far I’ve never panicked as I always know where my watch is located. I do have a funny story though. When I won the U.S. Women’s Open at Newport a few years back, my caddie had taken my bag to the clubhouse, so I had to borrow Mike’s watch for the trophy photo shots. The Rolex folks said they didn’t know I had that particular model.

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Glimpses from every decade of the most celebrated career in the history of the game

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A teenage Arnold Palmer, left, poses with two young friends who played with him on the Latrobe High School golf team

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Arnold Palmer takes time out to relax with a friend at a golf tournament during his amateur days in the early 1950s

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Arnold and Winnie Palmer celebrate The King’s first Claret Jug following his British Open win at Royal Birkdale in 1961

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Mr. Palmer sports a natty cardigan while playing in the 1975 British PGA Championship at Royal St. George’s which he won by two shots

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Another drive down the middle en route to victory in the 1984 Senior PGA Championship at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

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Mr. Palmer bids a fond farewell to the British Open in 1995 from the Swilcan Bridge on the 18th hole of the Old Course at St. Andrews

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Honorary starter Arnold Palmer tracks his shot off the 1st tee at Augusta National to set the 2009 Masters Tournament in motion

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Air

He putts, he drives, he flies; Arnold Palmer really can do it all.

Here’s a quick look at one of The King’s other great loves—taking to the sky when a young arnold Palmer walked into an airport hangar in 1956 and asked for flying lessons, another chapter of a legend had begun.

Arnie learned to fly in his hometown of Latrobe, PA, at an airport that today bears his name. He’s piloted a Boeing babe krinock & arnold palmer 747, set an around-the-world flight record and owned more aircraft than most people have cars. Today, his reputation as a pilot is exceeded only by his status as a golfer, but in 1956 “professional golfer” didn’t mean much to the man who taught Arnie how to fly.

“I didn’t know there was such a thing,” said Babe Krinock, the legendary pilot and instructor of Palmer and more than 1,000 others. “And I never dreamed that they’d one day name the airport after him. He was a great student, absolutely fearless.

He’d do aerobatics all the time if he could. He just loves to fly.”

No question there. Palmer averages 150-200 hours in the cockpit each year, and was managing 400-500 during the peak of his career. With that, he’s logged more than 18,000 hours total, adding up to approximately 4.8 million statute miles.

Record Quite a few of those miles were covered in 1976 with a recordsetting around-the-world flight, which provided The King with all kinds of challenges. “I did it for the thrill, and it became a motivation to get a new airplane, which was promised when I finished it,” Palmer tells us. “That part of the deal, as it turns out, didn’t come through.” Whether he got a new plane out of it or not, Palmer and two others did get a new world record, flying a Learjet 36 from Denver to Denver in 57 hours, 25 minutes and 42 seconds.

“Every five hours there was a new challenge,” Palmer says.

“Whether it was a typhoon or making it to the next destination with enough fuel. The challenges never stopped.” Then again, not all of the challenges were forces of nature—though they were of formidable size, as Palmer found during a stop in Sri Lanka when he paused to go for a ride. On an elephant. >

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“I did,” he remembers. “They met me at the plane with the elephant and I rode into town for the golf awards and then back… It was a busy 55 minutes in Sri Lanka.”

today Krinock died earlier this year, but his legacy lives on in Palmer’s abilities and extensive travels. Since 1996, Arnie has flown the exemplary Cessna Citation X jet. He’s in a 2002 model now, and with its serious speed and distance capabilities there’s no slowing him down. Just ask his current chief pilot, Pete Luster. Besides going back and forth between homes at Bay Hill in Orlando and in Latrobe, the two have seen “Costa Rica, Ireland, Scotland… The overseas trips are always unique,” says Luster. “But we’ve been to Hawaii about ten times now I guess, so that’s kind of old hat…”

Nice to call Hawaii “old hat”, but understandable considering the flight hours the two rack up. “I’m his sidekick on a lot of trips, which I thoroughly enjoy,” says Luster.

In the cockpit, the chief pilot says Palmer is a consummate pro, an excellent pilot who’s been flying longer than Luster himself. As Luster told Airport Journals in 2004, “The unique thing about being Arnold Palmer’s pilot is that he’s the other pilot. That’s significant. When the boss is sitting in the backseat, which is the case in most corporate jobs, you can sometimes get away with screwing up. When he’s sitting right there beside you, it’s pretty tough to do that!”

That said, Luster told kingdom that the two make a good pair. “I joke with him sometimes and say we’re probably like an old married couple: we know what to expect from each other, which really helps in the cockpit… It’s a very comfortable environment—and he’s fun to fly with. We make it fun, have a good time, and get the job done at the same time.”

Palmer with his jet commander

Palmer’s planes When Arnold Palmer flies, he flies high—and he flies himself.

Here’s a look at some of the planes Arnie has owned over the years: 1961 Aero Commander 500 1963 560F Commander This light twin-engine aircraft was designed in the 1940s by the Aero Design and Engineering Company, which eventually became the Aero Commander division of Rockwell. From the first production model in 1951, the aircraft saw many variations and was immensely popular with a number of countries’ militaries, including ours. The most common 500 series featured two Lycoming engines making near 290hp each and sat seven (including a pilot and passenger up front). A later version was still in service with the USCG and U.S. Customs Service as of 2004. One Aero Commander U-4B (in accordance with the “U” designation used for U.S. military aircraft) also holds the status of smallest Air Force One ever, shuttling Palmer friend and President Dwight Eisenhower around between 1956 and 1960. This particular AF1 was the first to sport the now standard blue-and-white color design.

1966 Jet Commander A May 1966 edition of Flight magazine advertises this jet-powered Aero Commander as “The only business jet in the world in which everybody rides first-class.”

No wonder you-know-who made this his first jet. In 1968, to help Aero Commander owner Rockwell and its Sabreliner executive jet avoid potential anti-trust legal issues, all Jet Commander rights were sold to Israeli Aircraft Industries.

The jet’s name was changed to the IAI Westwind and the aircraft became the company’s main product, remaining in production for 20 years. >

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The King with his citation x

1968 Lear 24 In fact, the current model Citation X became the fastest civilian Capable of clipping along at a brisk 565 mph at 45,000 ft fully aircraft in the world when the Concorde was retired. More than loaded, this luxury class business jet was one of the most popular just another plane to Palmer, The King actually had a hand in of its day—and beyond. At least 200 were still in use as of 2001. this aircraft’s design. Cessna President (and former Palmer A top flight all around, the 1976 version boasted an extended chief pilot) Charlie Johnson told Airport Journals that Palmer ceiling to 51,000 feet, the highest at the time for civilian aviation. “influenced the range of speed perimeters and the interior” in the X and that the golf legend was likely the first non-Cessna Hughes MD500E person to fly it. With 24 feet of stand-up cabin space, top In the mid 1980s, Palmer went vertical with a Hughes avionics and enough seating for plenty of friends, all you need MD500E helicopter. Lee Lauderback, Arnie’s chief pilot at is the umbrella logo on the side. Now you’re flying. n the time, said the whirlybird was ideal for quick course-tocourse transport because Palmer could land where he played.

A civilian version of a military observation helicopter, the MD500E is capable of approximately 175mph and has a range of roughly 267 miles.

Palmer’s Cessna Citations 1976 Citation I, 1978 Citation II, 1983 Citation III, 1992 Citation VII, 1996 First Citation X, 2002 Second Citation X Cessna’s turbofan-powered family of business jets contains some of the most popular aircraft in the world, and it’s not surprising.

Efficient, luxurious and fast, Citations often are customtailored and are always dependable, representing the best technologies and amenities available at the time they roll out.

Updated and improved over the years, Citations are now available in a wide variety of configurations. Palmer’s current ride, a 2002 Citation X, is as comfortable and fast as they come.

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even nastier irritants like boiling vats of oil. Once inside the fortified walls, the honored guests were treated to fine roasts, heady spirits, soft beds and often the tempting company of a comely wench—if not two. But times have changed. Giffin has spent a lifetime ensuring nothing of the sort has ever happened to a gentleman like Palmer. In fact, he can’t recall a single instance where the key to any city got Palmer anything.

“It’s all very ceremonial,” he says. “There are proclamations and presentations, speeches and handshakes, but nothing remotely tangible other than the key.”

Well, that’s no fun. Shouldn’t he be able to present the key at, say, a Skyline Chili outside of Cincinnati, a place that once gave Palmer the key to the Queen City? Or perhaps enjoy free bowls of the tasty mainstay on offer while en route to playing a round at the APDC design at TPC at River Bend?

You could bet if he was ever in town to check out the beguiling Cotton Creek and Cypress courses, both APDC designs, at Craft Farms near Gulf Shores, Alabama, the friendly folks at the famous Florbama Tavern would be more than happy to shower him with thirst-quenching beers on the house after a day of golf under the Dixie sunshine. The courses and landmark tavern are located in Baldwin County, a locality that has the distinction of once granting Palmer the key to the whole dang county.

If he held them to their word, Palmer might own Orlando, a city that gave him its key on 17 March, 1970. But that might be a tad redundant. He and Mickey Mouse already sort of co-own the whole joint anyway. City ownership may be a bit of a stretch, but one mayor who presented Palmer with a key to her city says most urban communities would wish to find a way to honor the thought behind the presentation, even though it’s not exactly a “get out of jail free” card. Former Erie mayor Joyce Savocchio assures us that her key will grant Palmer a lifetime of freebie hospitality in the friendly Pennsylvania city. “I don’t think you could take it from store to store and grab all you

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Honored guests were treated to fine roasts, heady spirits, soft beds and a comely wench want, but if Arnold Palmer would be so good as to come back to Erie, I’ll personally see that he could use his key to the city to treat himself to all the finest we have to offer,” she says. “He’d have a great time and we’d all be glad to see him again.”

A group of Erie businessman and women at least managed to persuade Palmer to attend the Greater Erie Charity Golf Tournament at The Kalikwa Club in 1994.

Savocchio, a popular three-term mayor from 1990 to 2002 when term limits ended her tenure, said the day was one of her favorites during her time in office. “It was absolutely fantastic,” she says. “We knew what a busy man he was, but he couldn’t have been more kind. I’ve always wondered if he knew how much it meant to the people of Erie for him to come to town and spend time raising money for us. It was truly special.”

She said mayors had discretion to commemorate famous locals or visitors with proclamations and keys to the city. She gave Palmer both. It was Arnold Palmer Day and, of course, he got the key to the city.

She invites Palmer to return anytime at his convenience for dinner at Bertrand’s, the popular French restaurant off Perry Square in downtown Erie, or for steaks at Under The Clock. He’d be welcome for free lodging, too, at the posh Sheraton near the heart of town, or so she claimed.

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term. Other recipients included Dan Quayle, Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and—a personal favorite of hers— the great Chubby Checker. “Oh, I loved him,” she says of the singer-songwriter who put The Twist on an upward spiral.

“He was thrilled to get his and said no one had ever given him a key to the city before. He said if we ever needed a favor, he’d be happy to help. And he did. A few years later I was putting together ‘We Love Erie Days!’ and needed a headliner. His promotion people refused us, saying we couldn’t afford him. I got in touch with him and he knocked $7,000 off his usual fee, came along and put on a great show for us. But [despite such generosity] the key to the city I presented to Arnold Palmer was the best one I’ve ever given. Everybody loves Arnie.”

Looking over Palmer’s spread of keys from all those localities across the country is like hearing Johnny Cash sing “I’ve Been Everywhere, Man” from the popular commercials featuring a national hotel chain. It would be fun to hear Palmer recite the names of all his keys to the same tune made famous by Cash. Maybe it would go something like this: “I got keys from Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, West Palm Beach, Sacramento, Independence, Miami, Jackson, Tennessee, Manchester, Indianapolis, Memphis, Clearwater, Dayton, Fort Worth, Augusta, Georgia, Latrobe . . . I got keys from everywhere, man, I got keys from everywhere!”

Keys have recently been given to pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger by both New York City and his hometown of Danville, California, for safely crash-landing his U.S. Airways flight into the Hudson River and saving the lives of 155 crew and passengers. The Big Apple also gave keys to Capt. Richard

Apart from Palmer, Erie has given keys to Dan Quayle, Bill Clinton and Desmond Tutu Phillips and crewman William Rios for their heroism aboard the Maersk Alabama after its recent hijack by Somali pirates.

Detroit, never a city to emulate its rivals when it can strike out on its own, has an eclectic group of key recipients.

Award-winning composer and pianist Geri Allen has one, as do Detroit Red Wing great Steve Yzerman and Detroit native and Pittsburgh Steeler star Jerome Bettis. No problem there, you would think. But this trio was forced to keep unlikely company with former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein who was given a key in 1980 by Mayor Coleman Young for having donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a local church.

Detroit has still not given one to Palmer, but it would hardly be an unpopular decision if the current mayor revoked Hussein’s and redirected it to the soon-to-be-octogenarian golfer. Who knows? It might even help change Motown’s struggling fortunes.

But as welcome as the ceremonial trinkets are, Palmer doesn’t really need a key to unlock the doors to any city.

He long ago received the keys to the hearts of golf fans around the world, and that has been worth far more to this perennial man of the people than the most lavish offering from the most sparkling metropolis. n

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Eastern Promise

Golf has been transformed in so many ways over the past halfcentury due to the exploits and influence of Arnold Palmer. One of this great trailblazer’s missions has been to introduce and help develop the game in far-flung corners of the globe. paul trow takes a look at his achievements in Asia, the world’s fastest growing market

arnold palmer and ed seay working the land in japan in the early 1970s

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a few eyebrows were raised in march when 17-year-old Ryo Ishikawa was offered a spot in the field for the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard at Bay Hill Club & Lodge—one of the linchpins of the Florida Swing on the PGA Tour.

True, the Japanese prodigy had won his first tournament title in his native land at the ludicrously tender age of 15 years and eight months in May 2007, but his progress since then had been steady rather than spectacular.

Observers were surprised because Mr. Palmer, whilst a great supporter of junior and college golf, is not well known for promoting relatively unproven teenage starlets above their station. But they reckoned without his fierce commitment to spreading the gospel of golf around the world, especially to countries that do not have a long, deep-rooted tradition relating to the game.

And they only had to think back to 1993 when he extended an invitation to play at Bay Hill to the then littleknown Fijian Vijay Singh. Fifteen appearances later, in 2007, Singh repaid the King’s vote of confidence by claiming the 32nd of his 34 PGA Tour victories there.

Buoyed by Mr. Palmer’s belief that he might be destined for similar success to that of Singh, young Ishikawa went on to play in both The Masters in April and the British Open at Turnberry in July, for which he qualified via his third career win—in the prestigious Mizuno Open at Yomiuri Country Club in Hyogo Prefecture. He also received an invitation to play in the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, in August.

Japan has produced so many talented golfers over the past few decades that it comes as a surprise to discover that the country only really started to embrace the sport during the 1960s. Needless to say, Mr. Palmer was at the forefront of this movement. “I have done a lot of business in Japan for many, many years, going back to about 1960-61 when I started going there,” he said. “I’ve built 18 golf courses there, so I have a strong relationship with Japan.”

Apart from Japan, the main golfing outposts in the Far East at the time of Mr. Palmer’s first visits to the orient were a small handful of old British colonial clubs in places like Hong Kong, Malaysia and India, though the game was also taking root in South Korea and Taiwan, thanks largely to the presence of U.S. troops.

Today, of course, the picture is completely different.

Tourism initially fueled the game’s growth across south-east Asia, but the real turning-point came when mainland China emerged from nearly 50 years of state-controlled production to become the world’s leading tiger economy.

Mr. Palmer’s influence on Asia’s emergence as a golf powerhouse cannot be underestimated—indeed, it has been the main beneficiary of his course-design skills outside the

“I have done a lot of business in Japan, going back to 1960-61.

I’ve built 18 golf courses there”

United States. Apart from his Japanese courses, Arnold Palmer Design Company layouts can be found in China (three courses), Guam (one), India (one), Indonesia (one), Kazakhstan (one), Malaysia (one), South Korea (two), the Philippines (eight), Taiwan (two) and Thailand (one). To date, he is responsible for 39 established courses in the region—far more than any other designer—and that total will certainly climb over the next few years.

Cambodia, still rebuilding following the devastation of the Khmer Rouge regime, will be Mr. Palmer’s next Asian stronghold. APDC has been retained to build 36 holes at the new $1bn development by the Sokha group at the former French-owned Bokor Hill Station Resort at Hong Chu, just over 120 miles from the capital Phnom Penh, and construction is already under way.

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen is perhaps the only world leader to list his scores on his personal website each time he plays, and as a consequence the country’s social elite is already golf crazy.

An 18-hole APDC course is also planned for a casino resort in Da Nang, Vietnam, while a 36-hole development in Ho Chi Minh City is in the pipeline.

Another project with which APDC is involved is on the exotic island of Mauritius, off the west coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. APDC architect Eric Wiltse said: “The whole place is being built from scratch. There’s nothing out here but scrub—just coral and volcanic rock.” With a 1,000ft mountain and plenty of volcanic terrain on site, this should be a unique, and beautiful, place to lose a few balls among the rocks.

But Palmer’s contribution to golf in Asia is not confined to course design. His famous four-color umbrella logo is arguably even more recognizable over there than it is here in the U.S. Not long after their handshake in effect launched International Management Group, Mr. Palmer and Mark McCormack decided to take the Palmer name to the burgeoning markets of Asia. As a result, to generations of Japanese, South Korean and Chinese golfers, Arnold Palmer is synonymous with “America”—and accordingly they snap up umbrella-logoed jackets, swimwear, pyjamas, aprons, socks, lingerie, scarves, suspenders, neckties, hair bands and sandals as soon as they hit the stores. Even branded dog apparel is in demand, though this writer has never seen anything other than well-groomed natural fur on Mulligan!

His name became an in-demand, stylish fashion label and to this very day, Arnold Palmer apparel stores are amongst the most popular of their type in Japan!

China, however, is where the golf explosion of the present, and future, is happening, and where Mr. Palmer’s apparel is now seen abundantly.

The historian Wei Tai wrote in 943AD that a sport called Chuiwan (from the words ‘Chui’, meaning hitting, and ‘Wan’, meaning small ball), and formerly known as Buda, had been played in China from as early as the 7th century—an origin for golf much earlier than has been claimed on behalf of either the Dutch or the Scots. It seems the emperors Huizong and Xuanzong became hooked after seeing their palace maids and other ordinary people playing the game.

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during their invasions of the 12th and 13th centuries, along with a set of rules that bore an uncanny resemblance to those first formulated by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews some 500 years later.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty (1644), though, all mention of Chuiwan or Buda had disappeared from contemporary chronicles and golf did not reappear on the radar until the founding in 1889 of the Hong Kong Golf Club, which is home to 63 holes at Fanling in the New Territories, the northern corner of the former British province.

Courses were built in and around both Beijing and Shanghai to accommodate colonial residents and visitors during the early 1900s, but records of such constructions were not kept and eventually all evidence of the game disappeared under the dead weight of the communist pall.

The catalysts that ended this golfing and cultural blackout were Henry Fok, one of the richest men in the world at the time, and Mr. Palmer. Mr. Fok, a Hong Kong tycoon and one of the political architects of modern China, initially approached Mr. Palmer to design the first golf course in postRevolutionary China back in the early 1980s. The product of their union was Chung Shan Hot Springs Golf Club, near Chungshan City in Guangdong province in southern China, which officially opened a quarter of a century ago In the intervening years there has been a remarkable boom in golf-course construction in China, and current estimates put the number of courses in operation at more than 400 with up to double that number under construction.

One of them, Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, is already the biggest golf resort in the world with 12 different 18-hole courses now open for play, all of them designed by superstars of the modern game.

As recently as the mid-1990s, it was estimated barely 1,000 Chinese nationals played golf. Now that figure is comfortably in excess of one million. Mr. Palmer, famed for his entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen as well as his

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Golf came to mainland China thanks to Arnold Palmer and Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok ability both as a player and a course designer, is therefore acutely aware of his unique position in China’s golfing history.

He acknowledges, too, the huge part played by Mr. Fok, who died in 2006, aged 83, and the hundreds of Chinese labourers who used rakes, shovels and their bare hands to fashion a championship golf course out of a featureless tract of land.

“We were contacted by the Henry Fok organization in Japan,” recalled Mr. Palmer. “Mr. Fok had seen our work in Japan and asked me if I would consider designing him a championship course in mainland China. I said: ‘Yes, we would be delighted to.’

“The land was one-half flat and one-half severe mountain slope. All of the features of the course were designed. It was not what you would call a great or natural golf course site, and it was a pretty tough build because it involved so much manual labour. We are very proud of how it all came together to create what now looks like a very natural site.”

Mr. Palmer met Mr. Fok to discuss the history-making project and visited the site twice during the construction period.

“The fact that it was part of history was one of the reasons I agreed to design the course. As it has turned out, we really did lay the cornerstone for golf in mainland China and we are all very proud of that,” said Mr. Palmer. “I met Mr. Fok on two occasions. We had a lunch and a dinner together. He was a great host and a true visionary for the game in Asia. Mr. Fok’s construction of Chung Shan golf course was a very high financial risk endeavour, but its success has always made it the tycoons’ club in South China.” Mr. Palmer remains in awe of >

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the workers who built the course without the benefit of heavy equipment or much knowledge of the game.

“The course turned out much better than I expected. It was built by hand. They had no equipment—bulldozers, trucks, tractors or loaders,” he said. “Imagine for a moment that this project was built by men and women using shovels and rakes, working on a task they had never undertaken before?

“I played the course and was more than satisfied with the putting surfaces and the strategy being asked of a player on each of the holes. The golf course has a very nice rhythm.”

Moving north, Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province on the shores of Lake Dian, is potentially a golf destination that could one day match the might of Mission Hills. One of the reasons for this is that APDC has contributed perhaps the most memorable 18 holes in the region.

Kunming, which has a population approaching six million people, was already home to Spring City Golf and Lake Resort, which has two championship courses—the Mountain designed

by Jack Nicklaus and the Lake by Robert Trent Jones Jr. But with the addition of the mountain-styled, Palmerdesigned Kunming Golf & Country Club layout, it is even more certain to attract visitors, and plaudits, due to the quality of its golf.

Mr. Palmer’s masterpiece embraces a stretch of land where the imagination can run wild. The tee shot from the 300ft clifftop above Lake Dian across a panoramic canyon is typical of the drama and spectacular scenery on offer. Only 20 minutes from downtown Kunming, this course certainly possesses the “wow factor” so beloved of the late Ed Seay, Mr. Palmer’s former design partner.

This drama unfolds in the many peaks, cliffs, canyons, lakes and streams of this challenging 7,614-yard test of golf.

In Mr. Seay’s words, “the holes were there, we just had to go find them, refine them and beautify what nature gave us to work with. The easiest way to do a project like this is to platform the site, but it meant big earthworks and forcing the land into submission. We don’t work like that. We did a lot of route plans but we finally found 18 great holes of golf that minimized earth moving while taking the golfer through all the natural beauty the site had to offer.”

Lakes have been added and the terrain considerably shaped, but these additions and refinements complement the natural beauty of the site and look as natural as the vast areas of the course which remain untouched. Kunming’s temperate climate and modest altitude allow for jade-green, cool-weather grasses on the fairways and ultra-fast, bent-grass greens.

Mr. Palmer’s third Chinese course design is the Cascades layout just outside Beijing which opened late in 2006 and can stretch to 7,272 yards.

An amusing anecdote Mr. Palmer tells about his Asian design experiences involved Seay early in their partnership in the 1970s. As Palmer says, “our first job was in Tokyo. ‘You mean Tokyo, Georgia,’ Ed drawled. ‘No Ed, Tokyo, Japan. Do you have a passport?’ ‘No, sir.’ ‘Then I recommend you get one, Ed. Fast!’” At the time, Seay was a middle-aged man who had served in the U.S. Marines, but his job with APDC took him to places he could have only dreamt of while he was in uniform.

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arnold palmer on one of his courses in japan with mark mccormack

Palmer’s man in the East APDC’s top man in Asia is John J. Hamilton who received his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture and environmental studies from the University of Florida in 1977.

John, a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, has 30 years’ experience in landscape architecture, the last 16 of which have been in golf course design and development in the Asia/ Pacific region.

Since joining APDC in 1998 as regional vicepresident for the Asia/Pacific region, he has been involved in all aspects of project development, coordination and implementation.

He also contributes regularly to golf course publications and coordinates all APDC marketing efforts for the Asia/Pacific region.

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If they were served every day, birthdays wouldn’t be so special—or at least that’s what we tell ourselves. Here’s a quick look at the sweet confections that hold the candles and have us waking up the day after our birthday with a sugar hangover…

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if ever there was a meal replete with significance and individual attention, it is the birthday dinner. For a kid, it means ice cream, sweets and a whole day of not having to eat your vegetables. For an adult, it could mean a thick steak and a fine wine—or ice cream, sweets and a whole day of not having to eat your vegetables. Wherever it’s celebrated and however it’s celebrated, food is an important part of any birthday. Just as Arnold Palmer will enjoy a meal with friends and family on his 80th, so will people all over the world sit down to feast when their personal anniversary comes around. And at the end of those meals, shining sweetly under one or more small flames, there will undoubtedly be a cake.

The origins of the birthday cake are disputed. Most opinions date the tradition to Roman times, when flour cakes with honey, grated cheese, and olive oil were served to celebrants who reached the age of 50. The Ancient Greeks liked their cakes as well, serving a crescent-shaped confection of honey and nuts on personal anniversaries. Modern cakes appeared with modern baking methods, but birthday cakes proper were usually the treat of the very wealthy. They found their ways into royal courts of the Middle Ages, 17th century French aristocracy and the wealthiest of Victorian households.

By the time the 20th century came around, some kind of annual sweet was tradition almost everywhere, even if the scale of the confection was variable.

Candles on a cake most likely come from the 18th century German tradition of Kinderfest. A children’s birthday celebration, Kinderfest featured a cake decorated with candles symbolizing the years lived, with a few extra to indicate years to come.

Whatever the origins, the tradition is enduring—and we’re quite pleased. Diets be damned, we say blow out the candles, slice it up and serve it thick. Happy birthday, whoand wherever you are.

Other Culinary Birthday Traditions: China Wheat noodles, a symbol of longevity in Northern China, are stretched as long as they’ll go and served in soup to the birthday boy or girl as both a means of celebration and good fortune for a long life. Peaches, another symbol of longevity, also make an appearance: Sticky buns are made in the shape and color of a peach, then filled with a sweet paste.

France A tower of cream puffs, called a croquembouche, is built and set out for the birthday celebrant. A cone-shaped mass held together with caramel, this birthday confection trumps the standard cake.

Arnold Palmer’s Dessert of Choice: Vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and fresh strawberries.

Simple, and perfect.

Norway Sometimes, but not always, the Norwegians construct and devour a kransekaka—a pyramid consisting of pastry rings that decrease in size as the tower gets taller.

Koreas Seaweed soup is a popular birthday dish. Additionally, a variety of steamed rice cakes made with bean paste are made and served to the celebrants.

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Palmer Restaurant Birthday Feast

In honor of Arnold Palmer’s 80th birthday, Chef Brett Maddock has designed this incredible dinner menu. Offering succulent dishes at every course—and a nod to Latrobe, home of the banana split, in the dessert—this is a great dining option any day of the year. Keep this menu in your pocket, and if you make it to the Arnold Palmer Restaurant in La Quinta, California, tell Chef Maddock you’d like a meal fit for a King. He’ll oblige, with this or with any of his other amazing culinary creations.

if you’ve never tried it,

the Arnold Palmer Restaurant in La Quinta, California is a culinary experience of the highest order.

Just down the street from the Tradition Golf Club, the appropriately named “Arnold Palmer’s” holds a lifetime of the King’s memorabilia—and an excellent selection of great food.

Chef Brett Maddock worked with Tradition President David Chapman and Arnold Palmer to design a menu that encompasses both family-style comfort food and cutting-edge cuisine. An excellent wine list (with wine lockers available for frequent guests), live music in the bar, themed dining rooms and a 9-hole putting green make this more than just another place to grab dinner. In fact, with all of the authentic Palmer memorabilia covering the walls, it’s as much a museum as it is a fine dining experience.

“Grown men turn into kids looking at all the pictures, remembering ‘Oh I was there’ or ‘I saw that happen!’ says Chef Maddock. “People love this place.”

Maddock comes with solid credentials, having started out as an assistant in a Minnesota family butcher shop (“Within a year, I knew how to cut, not cook”) before going on to hold a variety of jobs at top-tier dining locations in various states. After working for The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Naples, Florida, and in Atlanta’s Buckhead area, he eventually moved to Rancho Mirage as The Lodge’s Fine Dining Chef, and took that restaurant to Four Star and Four Diamond for the first time. At Palmer’s, he brings creative flair to the lineup, and ensures the menu effortlessly swings from sophisticated elegance to down-home comfort Dining rooms are themed after such events as the U.S. Open, The Masters and the British Open, all with relevant bits and pieces from Arnie’s personal collections. Palmer’s Green Jacket hangs in The Masters room while the walls of “The Arnold Palmer Room” are covered in personal photographs.

When the meal’s over­—or before it begins—grab a drink in the bar and have fun putting around the 9–hole putting green, a popular if unique attribute of the restaurant. Chef Maddock and Manager Dodi Henry keep things running deliciously smoothly, while the formidable crowd and memorabilia keep the atmosphere lively.

Learn more at www.arnoldpalmers.net, call (760) 771–GOLF or stop by 78164 Avenue 52, La Quinta, CA, 92253.

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First Course Porcini Raviolis with Prosciutto, Brussel Sprouts, Black Truffles and Parmesan Cream Sauce Wine: 2007 Luna Pinot Grigio, Napa Valley

Second Course Honey-Soy Glazed Cod with Cauliflower Puree and Baby Bok Choy Wine: 2007 Arnold Palmer Chardonnay, Santa Barbara

Third Course Seared Prime New York Strip Steak “Palmer Style” with Mashed Potato, Sautéed Peppers, Onion and Bleu Cheese Gratin Wine: 2005 Arnold Palmer Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley Dessert Celebration Warm Chocolate Cake with Latrobe “Banana Split” Sorbet and Caramel Sauce Wine: Muscat, Yalumba, South Eastern Australia

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Summer Swizzle

When the long days of summer’s end stretch your patience with the sun, find a glass, some ice and shaker, and then mix a little fun. These cocktails—both fueled and virgin—will send a cooling breeze through the most languid of afternoons. Best enjoyed with friends.

Long Drive Iced Tea 1/2 oz triple sec 1/2 oz Gosling’s Gold Rum 1/2 oz gin 1/2 oz vodka 1/2 oz tequila 1 oz Arnold Palmer Iced Tea Cola

Combine spiritxs and the Arnold Palmer Iced Tea in an iced-filled glass. Pour into a shaker, give one brisk shake, then return the contents to the glass, top with cola and add a lemon wedge for garnish.

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Non-Alcoholic Opton Arnold Palmer Iced Tee Arnold Palmer Half & Half Soda water Lemon

dark & stormy 2oz Gosling’s Black Seal Rum Gosling’s Stormy Ginger Beer

In a tall glass filled with ice, add 2oz Gosling’s Black Seal Rum. Top with Gosling’s Stormy Ginger Beer, garnish with a wedge of lemon or lime and you’re ready to enjoy Gosling’s signature drink.

The company that distributes Arnold Palmer Half & Half (half lemonade, half iced tea) suggests mixing in a little soda water and serving with a slice of lemon as garnish. It’s a simple but effective way to add a little zing to an already refreshing beverage. Now offered in Original, Green Tea and Pomegranate.

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cecil spadafora hands palmer the keys to a new car

Arnold Palmer has his pick of wheels, and a Cadillac is what he drives.

If it’s good enough for the King and good enough for the President, who are we to question? the first time a cadillac rolled into Detroit was in for the past 30 years have had the good fortune to have done so.”

1701, and if you think the visit put that city on the map you Far from being a hands-off owner, the King is seriously don’t know the half of it. Exploring what would eventually involved in his hometown Latrobe, Pennsylvania, dealership, be the state of Michigan, a French adventurer named “Arnold Palmer Motors,” regularly stopping by whenever he’s Antoine Laumet de La Mothe–Cadillac not only established in town. a settlement on the site where America’s automotive empire “I’ve been blessed to work for Arnold Palmer and to would eventually be built, he gave it a name: Ville d’Etroit. have him as my boss,” says Gary Lynn, the executive manager.

And just as the city eventually lost the fancy bits to become “He is involved in the day-to-day operations and it’s a daily simply “Detroit,” so did the adventurer’s name get trimmed in statement of what’s going on, what we sold, what we serviced.”

1902 when investors searching for the perfect moniker to helm There are also two thriving Arnold Palmer Cadillac their new company decided upon “Cadillac.” dealerships in North Carolina, one in Pineville and one Today, the company—which still uses the Cadillac in Charlotte. All three Palmer dealerships have excellent family crest of a quartered shield as its trademark—is the reputations for providing not only value but delivering it with epitome of American automotive achievement, carrying luxury the sort of personalized service and integrity synonymous and performance car enthusiasts, businessmen, presidents and with the King. at least one King.

More than his involvement with Cadillac through “There’s not a single one I favor over the others,” says dealership, Palmer has even appeared in an ad for Cadillac. In Arnold Palmer of the Cadillacs he’s owned.

1974, he appeared—playing tennis!—in a commercial for the Palmer currently parks an Escalade in his driveway, but as new Eldorado. After driving around a bit, he quips, “I don’t a Cadillac dealer he truly has his pick of the lot. Far from being know how they do it year after year, but for me Cadillac is just another business to which he lends his name, he is genuinely America’s No.1 luxury car.” The best endorsement in the world. proud of his association with the Cadillac brand, proud of his There was a time in the late 1960s when Palmer drove dealerships and proud of the people who work in them.

Lincolns as a member of the Lincoln-Mercury Sports Panel, “I’d always dreamed of being a Cadillac dealer,” he says, “and a group of top athletes assembled by the Ford Motor Co. to >

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in his caddy at the 1973 masters

be “a major activity in the marketing of the Mercury line of cars,” as Ford put it. The Panel also included Byron Nelson, hockey great Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings), baseball’s Al Kaline (Detroit Tigers) and football star Doak Walker (Detroit Lions), among others.

was run nearly as tightly under the motto: “Craftsmanship a Creed, Accuracy a Law.” Cadillac was the diamond of Detroit.

It’s not surprising that by 1908 Cadillac had attracted the attention of William Durant, the founder of General Motors. Long a force in the burgeoning automotive industry, Durant had already founded GM and purchased Buick and Olds by the time he wanted Cadillac. Though Leland initially balked, he later accepted an offer of $4.5 million—an absolute mint for the times—and Cadillac became the jewel in GM’s crown. However, by 1917 the man who’d created Cadillac was losing influence. Ever competitive, Leland left the company he’d started to found another: the Lincoln Motor Company.

despite what might seem like a departure, the brief stint in Lincolns was actually quite in line with Cadillac’s own story, which begins in Vermont with the birth of Henry Martyn Leland. Born to a Quaker family, Leland went on to become a brilliant machinist, businessman and innovator.

He moved to Detroit in 1890 and co-founded a firm that eventually made engines for the Olds Gasoline Engine Works (later Oldsmobile). His main competition was the with its storied history of top-quality manufacturing, it’s Dodge brothers, whose engine produced approximately 3.0 not surprising Cadillac would eventually be the favorite of horsepower. Leland’s made 3.7, and with a little tweaking he Palmer’s—and other demanding customers. Notable among pushed it to just over 10. Leland presented Olds with the new its clients, Cadillac has made the presidential limousines since motor but the Olds company was doing well enough with Woodrow Wilson held the office. In his 1953 inaugural parade, its existing product and wasn’t interested. Shortly thereafter, President Eisenhower rode in one of the first Eldorado models in August of 1902, a firm named the Detroit Automobile ever produced, while President Obama enjoyed an all-new Company approached Leland about helping to liquidate their design for his inauguration as well. In addition to top-drawer failed automotive business. But rather than help scrap the amenities, communications and all measures required by company, Leland showed the investors his engine. They were a head of state, the current presidential limo incorporates impressed, voted him in as head of their newly restructured design elements of Cadillac’s STS and DTS luxury sedans, venture and chose a fresh company name: Cadillac. and manufacturing elements of the CTS sports sedan. From In short order, Cadillac was winning awards and praise both engineering and luxury standpoints, it’s a marvel—just for such things as the notion of interchangeable parts and like every Cadillac that rolls out the factory doors. the Delco electrical system (starting, lighting and ignition, That’s why there’s only one car that’s truly fit for the developed by Leland and Charles F. Kettering). To remain fully King. “The Cadillac brand has always stood for quality and interchangeable, part tolerances were checked to two-millionths prestige,” says Palmer. “I’m proud to be associated with them of an inch by the newly created Johannson Gauges. The factory and happy to keep one in the driveway outside.” n

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Puerto Rico is our first stop for golf in the sun, but it’s not our last. Here are four Caribbean destinations worth noting. patrick jones shows us around Chi Chi Rodriguez’ home island, while kingdom goes exploring

talk about making an entrance. When Arnold Palmer visited Puerto Rico in 1977, he was flying a military plane—no great surprise, considering Arnie’s achievements as a pilot. But rather than setting down at an airport, he landed on the aircraft carrier Eisenhower, and that is quite a special feat for a civilian.

“The Atlantic Fleet admiral asked if I’d like to do it,” remembers Palmer. “I said ‘sure!’ It was a thrill, especially to have it be aboard the carrier named after my good friend.”

Most visitors to the Caribbean are happy to fly commercially or arrive on one of the many cruises that embark daily from Florida, and arrive they do. More than 20 million people visit each year, and many bring their golf clubs—for very good reason. Pack yours and, however you like to travel, get down to Puerto Rico or one of our three other favorite Caribbean destinations. You’ll thank us for it.

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The swashbuckling Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, for decades an Arnold Palmer friend and competitive foil, dramatically punctuated holing key putts by waving his putter in the air like a make-believe sword. He then rammed it back into a pretend scabbard with the same flair. The flamboyant Chi Chi is the face of Puerto Rican golf.

Photo: Puerto Rico Tourism Company

caribbean dorado beach resort & club (top) and trump international (above)

Rodriguez’s native Caribbean island is as colorful and lively as its best-known golfer. Sun-drenched, pristine ocean beaches quickly give rise to fog-shrouded mountainous rainforests along parts of Puerto Rico’s coast. Exotic iguanas freely roam across its golf courses like prehistoric forecaddies.

The imposing colonial forts of Old San Juan meld into the nearby Ben & Jerry’s commercial hipness of the vibrant new sections of the city.

Puerto Rico, a U.S. Territory that requires no passport for travel, serves as the perfect destination for a hassle-free Caribbean golf getaway.

Chi Chi’s international golf exploits have drawn significant attention to this island of nearly four million residents though baseball, frankly, remains the prime passion here. The list of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico, led by former Pittsburgh Pirate Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, is a long one. But golf has a strong foothold as well.

Rodriguez, not surprisingly, has personally designed several courses in his homeland. It is a land where he once worked as a laborer in the sugar cane fields during his youth.

El Legado Golf Resort (ellegadogolfresort.com) in Guayama and Dorado Del Mar (www.embassysuitesdorado.com) in Dorado are among Chi Chi’s local creations. >

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In total, there are approximately two dozen golf courses spread across this tropical destination. One of the oldest, El Conquistador Golf Club (www.hiltonelconquistador.com) in Fajardo, hosted Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf match featuring Arnold Palmer versus Chi Chi and Gay Brewer in 1969.

A significant boost to the island’s legitimacy in professional golf circles came with hosting a PGA Tour event, beginning in 2008. The Puerto Rico Open is staged at Trump International Golf Club (www.trumpgolfclubpuertorico.com) in Rio Grande, a course that was designed by 1992 U.S. Open champion Tom Kite. The Trump property includes nearby luxury accommodations for golf travelers at the Gran Meliá (www.gran-melia-puerto-rico.com). Among its offerings are 48 ocean suites with whirlpools on the terrace or balcony along with the resort’s Premier Service. Inviting hammocks at Gran Meliá are strung between palm trees along the beach for postround siestas. A swim-up cocktail bar in an oversized pool adds to the relaxation possibilities. Fine dining from several international cuisines is also available on the property.

One of the island’s newest golf offerings is Bahia Beach Resort & Golf Club (www.bahiabeachgolfclub.com).

The Robert Trent Jones Jr. design in Rio Grande is the home course for off-season resident Carlos Beltran of the New York Mets. The impeccably groomed course is the centerpiece for the first development in Puerto Rico to be designated a Certified Gold Audubon International Signature Sanctuary.

The final three holes on the course run parallel to the beach and provide a picturesque finish to a memorable round.

Another popular option in the northeastern reaches of Puerto Rico is the Rio Mar Beach Resort and Spa (www. nevis is home to a rainforest as well as sandy beaches wyndhamriomar.com), a Wyndham Grand Resort. Tom and George Fazio collaborated on the resort’s Ocean Course, which nevis features panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean. Rio Mar also Although it’s the tiny sister of St. Kitts, Nevis doesn’t have features an additional 18 holes by Greg Norman. The 6,945-yard to make up for anything. This nature-lover’s paradise offers River Course follows along the Mameyes River as it runs from a whole world of adventure in its 36 square miles, and not the nearby mountains to the sea. Views of Puerto Rico’s El all of it is on the beaches. Primarily rainforest, Nevis holds a Yunque Rainforest rise above many of the holes. A distinctive peculiar species of green vervet monkey, brought to the island

by British settlers. In addition to these chattering inhabitants, 35,000 sq. ft. clubhouse is the centerpiece of both layouts.

Palmas del Mar (www.palmasdelmar.com) in Humacao donkeys are a common sight in the forest, often trailing young is another Puerto Rico resort featuring 36 holes of golf. The behind them. Booking a nature tour is well recommended.

On Nevis’ northwestern shore sits the Four Seasons Resort Palms course was designed by Gary Player. Rees Jones was the architect for the Flamboyan Course. The luxury resort (www.fourseasons.com/nevis). Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. features the island’s largest array of available accommodations. along Pinney’s Beach, it offers the island’s only 18-hole golf course, The Embassy Suites Dorado del Mar Beach and Golf Club along with 196 plush rooms and suites set into 12 two-storey guest (www.embassysuitesdorado.com) designed by Chi Chi is yet another buildings on the shore (in fact, the government doesn’t allow any of Puerto Rico’s top choices for a Caribbean golf destination. structure on Nevis to be taller than two stories because it would Located 25 miles from downtown San Juan, the palm-tree lined then tower over the palm trees that blanket the island).

The course provides dramatic views of the Caribbean course features unforgettable Atlantic Ocean views.

For fans of layouts by architect Robert Jones Sr., the as well as St. Kitts. Carved out of a coconut plantation in the Dorado Beach Resort & Club (www.doradobeachclub.com) in 1980s, it begins at sea level before working its way 450 feet up Cerromar offers several of his original creations. The 72 holes and eventually settling back near the shore. And the views available for play comprise the East Course, West Course, Sugar are fantastic, as you’d expect from an Oceanside island course.

After your round, the Botanical Garden is worth a Cane Course and the Pineapple Course. Dorado Beach has served as a past host of the World Cup of Golf and the Senior visit, as are the Nisbet Plantation with its white coral sand beach, the Montpelier Plantation Inn, a sugar mill dating Tournament of Champions.

Puerto Rico’s marketing slogan is “Explore Beyond The from 1794, and the imposing colonial stone architecture of Shore.” That is sound advice for all that the island has to offer. Just the Courthouse and Public Library, which was built in 1825. make sure that plenty of golf along some of its stunning Atlantic When you’re thirsty, head back to the Four Seasons and stop and Caribbean coastal courses is also an integral part of the itinerary. in at Mango for a signature Mangojito or the Tipsy Palmer. >

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bermuda’s capital hamilton is a busy financial center. a commercial harbor and a cradle of old-world charm

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Known for knee socks, the iconic shorts and a triangle that There’s no golf here, but with the place all to yourself, who seems to swallow aircraft and boats, Bermuda is so much cares? Indigo Island is 220 miles southeast of Miami in the more. One of Britain’s oldest colonies, the island has its 400th Exumas, but you won’t find it on most maps. anniversary this year, and there’s a lot to celebrate.

Privately owned, this secluded island’s proprietors The quaint town of St. George’s is festive year-round, and staff provide their guests with privacy and anonymity. with colorful buildings and vibrant nightlife. Even if you’re At the center, the hilltop pavilion houses a master suite and not into history, many of St. George’s original buildings the main dining room, furnished with an eclectic blend of are worth a look, including State House (built 1620) and St. tapestries, carvings and antiques. Surrounding pavilions Peter’s, which is the oldest surviving Anglican and oldest house a spa, gym and just five other villas—because the continuously occupied Protestant church in our hemisphere. island accommodates no more than 18 guests.

Toward the center of Bermuda, just five minutes from Local seafood and produce is routinely turned by chef the charming capital of Hamilton, Elbow Beach’s 50 lushly Lyne Desaulniers into a culinary masterpiece. Apart from landscaped acres and a pristine private pink-sand beach offer the 32ft Intrepid powerboat, activities include deep-sea guests the ultimate in luxury. With 235 guest rooms, seven fishing, hiking, waterskiing, bonefishing and windsurfing— top-class restaurants, an extensive spa and fitness center, it’s a all within protected waters, of course. From $30,000 a night perfect place to relax. for up to eight guests, to $320,000 a week for a party of 18. n Belmont Hills (www.newsteadbelmonthills.com), one of the eight golf courses on the island, is nearby, while the stunning Allamanda at Anse Galet, Mid Ocean Golf Club (www.themidoceanclubbermuda.com) St. Lucia—A Lifestyle Investment isn’t much further. The latter is a Charles Blair MacDonald This exclusive gated development consists of 18 two- and design from 1922 that was revised by Robert Trent Jones three-bedroom apartments and townhouses with two Sr. in 1953 and has hosted at least five U.S. presidents residents’ pools, and three private villas with infinity (including Eisenhower), several British prime ministers and pools overlooking a secluded cove with views towards countless celebrities.

Martinique. Phase 1 will be completed mid 2010, with Besides golf, Bermuda has more than 400 shipwrecks for furnished apartments and townhouses from $755,000 and scuba divers to explore (the 1609 wreck Sea Venture is said to furnished villas from near $1.8 million, have inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest) and plenty of beaches.

For more, visit www.ansegalet.com or contact Before you leave, stop in at the Waterlot Inn. A top dining David Farrin at Doubloon Real Estate, (758) 458-0790. destination for 320 years, it’s hosted Mark Twain, James Thurber, Eleanor Roosevelt and Eugene O’Neill, among others.

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As the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, thousands of families celebrate with it for 20 years now, the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been providing top-quality health services to kids and families in Orlando, Florida—and to visiting families from all over. From the hospital’s opening in 1989 through to the development of its current set of facilities, which includes the recently opened Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, the care has always been about more than simply fixing children’s health problems.

“Our job is to take care of the entire family, both the parents and the patients who come here,” says John Bozard, president of Arnold Palmer Medical Center. “Everyone who works here—everybody—understands that while their job may not be to actually have hands on a patient, their mission is to serve someone else.”

Bozard points out that for many families, especially those who travel to get there, the hospital visit is not an easy time. Rooms with kitchenettes are provided for visiting families who can’t afford a hotel, pagers are handed out so parents can be in constant contact, and on-site comfort and care are available around-the-clock.

“We always intervene: making sure they have a place to stay if they’re from out of town. If we notice there’s a family that doesn’t have money to eat lunch, we have a fund...

Especially with young families, usually the mom and dad are both there, dad’s not working, they’re watching their pennies.

We take care of them.”

Dr. Gregor Alexander, a founding physician of AP Hospital, is a pioneering neonatologist and chief of pediatrics at the Winnie Palmer Hospital. With his work in the Neonatal ICU, he agrees that the hospital group’s concerns extend beyond just medical issues.

“The whole Arnold Palmer Medical Center is unique from the point of view that we’re not only about delivering the highest-tech medical care, but at the same time healing the soul and the spirit of our patients, from the very tiny babies to the mothers and children.”

To achieve that, he explains that the Winnie Palmer Hospital is built in a way in which babies and children are not all in one huge room, but instead have their own cubicle-type of arrangements. Lights can be dimmed, efforts were made to keep noise to a minimum, a harpist occasionally plays music and overall parent/child interaction and contact is encouraged and provided for.

When the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children launched in 1989, care for both children and babies was combined, with the on-site Women’s Center delivering 5,500 babies per year. Room was needed for other services, and women and babies needed a place of their own, so in 2006 they opened the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies. Good thing, because by that time they were delivering 12,000 babies per year.

Today, between the two facilities, the range of services offered is second-to-none in Central Florida and among the top anywhere. Whether its basic children’s health needs or a specialty like cardiac care, an oncology team or a neonatal emergency care center, they’ve got you covered.

“We’re recognized nationally in our heart program,” Bozard says. “We had 14 open heart cases this month alone.

Another area: pediatric orthopedics. We have six of the top pediatric orthopedic specialists in the world. And we’re beginning to gain notoriety in pediatric neuroscience. We have four pediatric neurosurgeons—in a community of this size it’s almost unheard of.”

The difference the Arnold and Winnie Palmer Hospitals have made in people’s lives is immeasurable, but is evident in the Winnie Palmer Hospital’s “Hall of Miracles.”

Parents of premature babies that survived thanks to teams made up of people like Dr. Alexander, often send in pictures of the people their kids become.

“The premature babies, the majority is between the 1and 2-pound range. The survival rate of our babies is closer to 90 percent, and they experience a normal quality of life.

“As we walk through that Hall of Miracles—and we have thousands of pictures—we can give to the parents with babies being cared for in the Neonatal ICU some hope and peace of mind, the fact that these babies are going to turn out to be as good and as happy as healthy babies. For all of us to walk through that hall during the days and nights, it’s inspirational in a very difficult time.”

More evidence their work is inspirational: Six former “preemie” babies who were patients of the hospital grew up and are now on staff.

Both hospitals are expanding, with a pediatric kidney center due to start construction soon, increased capabilities being added to the Winnie Palmer Hospital and a dedicated pediatric neuroscience center planned for the future. All of it is perfectly in line with a certain champion’s legacy of top quality work alongside big heart. As Dr. Alexander puts it: “This is something about the Palmers, we are so grateful to them. It’s amazing, the fact that they really have given their hearts to these projects and the care they have shown, and all the doors they have opened for us around the world… It has all been tremendous. I cannot overemphasize how much their support and care have meant to all of us.” n To find out more about the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies—or to help them with their mission—visit them online at www.ArnoldPalmerHospital.com

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If Florida had a Royal Family—apart from the one residing in Bay Hill, that is—then it would surely be found in high-end Palm Beach County, home to such American aristocrats as Donald Trump, Greg Norman, Chris Evert, Jack Nicklaus and Kenny G. But as paul trow recently discovered, the jewel in this particular kingdom’s crown is one of golf ’s most dynamic and innovative destinations— PGA National Resort & Spa question: Where is the hardest stretch of three holes currently in play on the PGA Tour? answer: The Bear Trap. question: And where can you play these holes and see how you stack up against the pros? answer: PGA National Resort & Spa.

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from the championship tees a great score may be out of sport-specific evaluation and training. And after a particularly reach here for most, but a world of excellent golf and top harrowing workout (or just because you want to), there’s a accommodations is perfectly available for anyone who wants 40,000 sq. ft. spa that blends stunning surroundings, lavish to make the journey to South Florida. After you check in amenities and the ancient restorative powers of “The Waters and get the family settled, grab your clubs and head out of The World”—a collection of healing mineral pools with hunting-just don’t be too hard on yourself if the Trap gets salts imported from around the globe. you. Eighteen-time major winner Jack Nicklaus defined his Back to golf: In addition to Nicklaus, the other designers 1990 redesign of the 15th, 16th and 17th holes on the resort’s to showcase their skills over PGA National’s 2,340 acres are Champion Course—home of the Honda Classic—with the Palmer, Karl Litten, Tom Fazio and Tom’s uncle George. statement: “It should be won or lost here.” Not surprisingly, Palmer’s creation, sometimes known as the General a plaque stands proudly on the exact spot where the Golden Course (perhaps indicating his military status within the “Army” Bear uttered these words, which some regard as bold beyond so often associated with him), is a classic resort layout with a belief and others as understatement to the point of euphemism. subtle nod to the game’s Scottish links roots—reasonably open Yet it was clearly a defining moment for the southeast Florida with a friendly start before becoming harder and tighter over resort, which first saw the light of day back in 1981, not just the closing holes, culminating with a superb, risk-and-reward this treacherous, water-infested pair of par-3s sandwiched par-five 18th where flirtation with water is inevitable. either side of a ticklish, left-to-right dogleg par-4. The whole Litten, designer of the Emirates layout which has hosted playing field measures an unobtrusive 804 yards from 15th the annual Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour for tee to 17th green, and if you cover it in the prescribed par of the best part of 20 years, has contributed the Estate Course, 10 you can consider yourself as having tamed the Bear, if not which winds through open meadows lined with Florida exactly muzzling him. So what’s the problem? Just ask any Pines and subtropical foliage. PGA National’s portfolio is self-respecting PGA Tour player... Then duck! completed by two Fazio collaborations (in addition to the initial Champion design)—the Haig, a tribute to Walter the resort Hagen’s suggestion to “stop and smell the roses”, with rose The Champion Course is but one of five 18-hole layouts bushes doubling as 150-yard markers, and the Squire, a test of at PGA National Resort & Spa, which is augmented by a accuracy and precision named after Gene Sarazen.

339-room hotel and 42 holiday cottages. The accommodations On the teaching side, if you want to take a week out are superb, with luxury bedding, flat screen TVs and top to improve your game, there is probably no better venue in amenities the order of the day. Seven on-site restaurants take America. PGA National has both a Dave Pelz short-game care of dining needs while 19 tennis courts and a host of other school and a David Leadbetter academy, which are frequented recreational facilities provide for off-course activities. For by Els, Norman and 2008 Masters champion Trevor Immelman, general fitness, a 33,000 sq. ft. health and racquet club offers among others, whenever their games are in need of a tune-up. >

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PGA national’s iconic champion course at daybreak

tournament caliber

a week the army won’t forget

After the flagship layout at the PGA of America’s headquarters had announced itself to the world by hosting the 1983 Ryder Cup—won, incidentally, by the narrowest possible margin by the U.S. team captained by Nicklaus—it took a further 24 years for the powers-that-be to give the Champion Course, originally designed by Tom Fazio, a mainstream PGA Tour slot.

True, it had hosted the 1987 PGA Championship and the Senior PGA Championship from 1982-2000 (Arnold Palmer won in 1984), but the arrival of the Honda Classic in pole position at the start of the four-tournament Florida Swing, a mere month before “major” hostilities are joined at Augusta National, was the ultimate confirmation of its pedigree—and class. The Classic boasts a stellar array of former winners, starting with Tom Weiskopf and Lee Trevino in 1972 and 1973, and taking in the likes of Larry Nelson, Tom Kite, Hale Irwin, Johnny Miller, Corey Pavin, Fred Couples, Nick Price, Mark O’Meara, Vijay Singh and Padraig Harrington along the way.

In 2007, shortly after PGA National came under new ownership and was given a fantastic $65m facelift, this hallowed corner of Palm Beach County saw the little-known Mark Wilson emerge as its inaugural winner after a four-man playoff.

The following season the title went to the somewhat higherprofile Ernie Els, while earlier this year the trophy was calmly annexed by the Korean Yong-Eun Yang. Admittedly, Y-E only scraped home by a single shot, from John Rollins, but there is little doubt he prevailed because he handled the Bear Trap better over the four days than anyone else in the field.

He hasn’t done much on Tour since, but he certainly showed a high-class field (Els, Sergio Garcia, Davis Love, Rory McIlroy and Angel Cabrera all trailed in his slipstream) how to play, and hold their nerve, over those closing holes.

I was lucky enough to be invited inside the ropes for the weekend of this tough, pre-Masters examination, which is how I bumped into that perma-permed, snake-hipped scratch golfer otherwise known as Kenny G. The “G” in Kenny G, it should be pointed out, is the closest thing to God in these parts, so I waited my turn behind a queue of attendant angels before being

The 45th Senior PGA Championship (from 19-22 January 1984) was all about Arnold Palmer. The King claimed the title for a second time thanks largely to a tournament-record, nine-under-par 63 in ideal conditions in the second round. He never relinquished the lead, despite a 79 on day three played in high winds and 40-degree temperatures. Palmer finished the week on 282, six under par and two strokes ahead of defending champion Don January.

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installed in my allotted window with the great saxophonist.

Now, at the Classic Kenny’s time is precious because his mission, as head honcho of the fund-raising drive, is to outstrip the winner’s check of $1m-plus for local charities. Time, in other words, is charity money and you’d better not waste it.

So I buy an autographed copy of his latest CD—after all it seemed like the best way to engage him in a spot of chit-chat, and my wife’s birthday was imminent. However, the problem, if you’re a journalist who’s been round the block a bit, is that you expect every celebrity to be (a) either on his/her guard to such an extent that all prospect of a revelation is null and void or (b) moving at pace in the opposite direction with their eyes firmly locked in forward gaze and mouth resolutely shut.

Kenny G, on the other hand, answered every question I asked with a beguiling grin and as if he had all the time in the world, despite the queues lining up behind me. In short, a total gentleman—pitch perfect.

Which takes me back to why I was there in the first place! Not to meet Kenny G, though I could have chatted with him for as long as he can hold a note (more than 45 minutes), nor indeed to watch Y-E play precision golf. No, the reason I was there was to work—and deliver to you, the discerning kingdom reader, an appraisal of the experience that awaits should you be tempted to spend time there as a guest.

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chandler egan helped the U.S. team to golfing gold in the 1904 olympics

Olympic Ambition

The PGA Tour’s Ty Votaw and the International Golf Federation want to see golfers winning medals—again. The editor takes note…

“If Lorena Ochoa or K.J. Choi won a gold it would mean more in their countries than if they won a major championship on their tours,” he says. It’s a believable statement. As Ochoa told Kingdom in 2007, shortly after she won the Ricoh Women’s British Open at St. Andrew’s and earned her No.1 charles sands and margaret abbot may not be household ranking, she was more likely to be recognized at home for her names, but they’re the first—and the only—Americans to have extensive charity work than for golf. And when you consider won individual Olympic gold in golf. PGA Tour executive that her home country had essentially no public courses the Ty Votaw wants more. Votaw, the Tour’s executive vice year she became No.1, Votaw’s mission falls into perspective. president of international affairs, heads the International Golf “In the U.S., we have to have someone win eight gold Federation’s Olympic Committee, which aims to put the sport medals to get impressed; we’re a little jaded,” he says. “The back in the Olympics by 2016. Golf ’s first appearance at the entire country of Mexico won three in Beijing. If Lorena won a games was in 1900, when Sands and Abbot took the men’s and gold, that could galvanize and exponentially increase the sport.” women’s individual competitions in Paris. Its next appearance Of course, Mexico isn’t the only country in which was its last, in 1904, though that year the women’s individual golf stands to benefit from Olympic inclusion—and Ochoa competition was dropped in favor of a men’s team event, which isn’t the only star to lend her name to the effort. A host of makes Abbot the only female gold medalist golfer ever. top players have each approached their respective countries’ If Votaw and the committee have their way, golf will IOC representatives in support of golf being added to the beat out six other sports to win one of two slots available for schedule. This list includes such heavyweights as Choi new Olympic events. The IOC will announce its final decision (Korea); Ernie Els (South Africa); Sergio Garcia (Spain); in October at an event in Copenhagen, Denmark. Until then, Britain’s Colin Montgomerie; Ireland’s Padraig Harrington; Votaw and his group are finalizing reports and answering Annika Sorenstam (Sweden, who with Jack Nicklaus is one questions for the IOC’s Programme Commission. What’s at of two Global Ambassadors for the bid) and even the mighty stake, Votaw says, isn’t just another event on the calendar; it’s Tiger Woods. This combination of star power isn’t just helping the growth of the global game itself. with the IGF’s bid, it’s crucial to it.

“We think that if we’re fortunate enough to be successful, it Earlier this year, Votaw told the USGA that the IOC will provide an enormous impetus for growth of the game around needs a guarantee that a sport’s top players will participate the world, especially in countries where golf is just emerging or is before it adds that sport to the Olympics. In golf ’s case, in the early stages of development,” Votaw says. To some degree, among others, that means Tiger Woods. he explains, it’s about legitimizing golf in places where support “He feels that golf would be good for the Olympics, for athletes is dependent upon a sport’s inclusion in the Olympics. and that the Olympics would be good for golf,” Votaw said. >

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“The tricky part is no one knows for sure who the top players will be in 2016. After all, we are talking about seven years down the road. Will Tiger be there? Will Phil Mickelson, who will be 46 years old at that point? Vijay says he would love to represent Fiji, but he will be 53 in 2016.”

To help encourage top players’ participation (whomever they are), Votaw says the IGF is committed to working around the schedule for regular season majors. “Certainly there will be some disruption,” he says, “but we hope to keep that to a minimum.”

The IGF proposal is for a 72-hole, individual stroke play competition for both men and women, which would take place in late July or early August. Based on the current configurations of world rankings, Votaw envisions 30 countries from the men’s side and 34 on the women’s being represented. The top 15 ranked players from each side would be automatically entered, with no more than two players from any given country after that. The men would play over four days one week, the women over four days another. Rules on equipment and play would follow current standards.

Whatever the role of present or future stars, the voice of The King himself has come out strongly in favor. As Arnold Palmer said during his recent sit-down with Annika Sorenstam for Kingdom, “I’m very much in favor. It will help bring the game to countries that previously have not been interested in golf. Including, it will strike a chord with governments that spend money on a sport if they think it delivers a chance of Olympic glory for their country. That way golf ’s attraction is bound to increase around the world—in Asia, Russia, South America, lots of places where it isn’t really established at present.”

Perhaps surprisingly, there are dissenting voices—though not necessarily among players. Votaw says he doesn’t understand it, but some in the press are against golf in the Olympics.

“Some cynical golf writers have taken the position, and I haven’t figured this out, that golf doesn’t need to be in the Olympics, that we don’t need another international competition.” According to Votaw, these people are missing the point: “It’s really naïve on their part to think we’re doing this to add another event to the schedule. It’s about growing the game in countries where the Olympics are the ultimate achievement, to get them excited about golf.”

Aside from the small group of detractors, Votaw says the support for Olympic golf has been unbelievable. With 119 countries and numerous professional tours and governing bodies in the IGF, “I’ve never seen the level of unanimity and support like there is for the Olympic bid.”

Expanding the game, providing a level fairway for global competition and allowing the best players in the world to represent their countries, Olympic golf could be so much more than just another event. It could even provide a platform to launch the next great player.

“Perhaps,” says Votaw. “You look at how some people win major championships out of the blue. You could certainly have the same thing happen in the Olympics.” n

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Ty Votaw is spearheading the effort to make golf an olympic sport

Olympic Golf?

It could happen. Here’s what the International Golf Federation is proposing for 2016: Format: Four days of 72-hole, individual stroke play for both men and women in late July or early August.

Who: The top 15 ranked men and the top 15 ranked women, plus no more than two players from any given country after that, for a total of 60 men and 60 women.

Competition: The International Olympic Committee will choose two sports to be added to the Olympic schedule. There are seven competing. They are: Golf; karate; squash; rugby sevens; roller sports/roller speed skating; baseball; and softball. (The last two were dropped for 2012 and are applying for re-admission.)

Final Decision: The IGF gave its last presentation to the IOC’s Programme Commission this June.

Recommendations will be announced in August.

The IOC’s final decision will be made in October at an event in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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The modern golf shirt has its roots on horseback, its future in space and a lifetime of questionable colors and collars in-between. At least the only iron you’ll need with the modern gear is in your bag…

sticks, balls and a common history of fashion as well— golf and polo may not have much in common, but there was a time when you’d have trouble telling the players apart at the bar. In fact, the modern golf shirt owes quite a bit to the pony-and-mallet set, which, it could be argued, was largely responsible for driving sport shirt fashion through the end of the 19th century and into the next. Today’s hi-tech fabrics In 1933, he started Chemise Lacoste with apparel and golf-specific cuts have their roots in the attire originally distributor André Gillier and the modern sports shirt was off tailored to polo players (as do tennis shirts). Thankfully, our and running, albeit as general sports and tennis wear. (Fred fields of play smell a bit better.

Perry’s line wasn’t far behind). Lacoste eventually started Polo shirt history enthusiasts often cite an advertisement marketing his shirt as a golf shirt as well, but it and shirts like that appeared in an August, 1887 edition of Fredrick, it were already well in play on the course by the time he did.

Maryland’s The News, as pitching the first-ever incarnation When Palmer came along, he redefined what a golfer of the modern polo shirt. Made of lighter cotton and with should look like, moving the image away from that of the shorter sleeves than the contemporary thick cotton polo portly old statesman and more toward fit and fierce Rat uniform top, the revised garment was “Just the thing for hot Pack winner. As GQ magazine wrote recently when it named weather, new line polos.”

Palmer one of the 50 most stylish men of the last 50 years, The date of the new shirts’ first sporting appearance is “He could dress, too, favoring flat-front gabardine pants with a debated, but it’s largely accepted that the first sportsmen to heavy crease and wool cardigans. And those fitted golf shirts: adopt the “new line polos” were at the Hurlingham Polo Club ‘There was some talk that maybe my muscles were too big for near Buenos Aires. Not coincidentally, the first shop selling the shirts,’ Palmer admits today.” the new shirts with a logo (of a polo player) on the left breast Too big or not, the fitted shirts of Palmer’s heyday was opened in Buenos Aires in 1920 by Lewis Lacey. Sketches solidified the identity of the golf shirt on its own, apart from in advertisements from the 1930s regularly show polo shirts tennis or any other sport. Designs would change slightly to that look nearly identical to today’s offerings, though materials better accommodate the swing, but silhouettes would remain were certainly less sophisticated. largely unchanged into the modern era. The one thing that Despite the street fashion appeal, it could be argued did change dramatically, though, was fabric. Often employing that the modern sports shirt was refined into shape by tennis materials more suggestive of NASA than of a tailor, today’s great René Lacoste. Lacoste’s loosely knit pique cotton shirt, golfwear forswears such garden descriptions as “cotton” or designed with a longer tail that wouldn’t come un-tucked, “polyester” in favor of hi-tech appellations like “ClimaCool” a buttoned placket, short sleeves and a collar that could be and “Dri-FIT.” Whatever the materials are called, most of flipped up to protect the neck from the sun, was in response them are blends of traditional materials and newfangled to the cumbersome “tennis whites,” which had been the polymers—and golfers are better for it. TaylorMade/adidas restricting norm. Lacoste first wore his shirt in the 1926 U.S. ClimaCool garments, Nike’s Dri-FIT range of clothing and Open, with his iconic alligator logo appearing the next year.

Callaway’s FT Performance gear all wick moisture away from the skin, dry quickly and can even offer UV protection. Other fabrics retain heat in cold weather without overheating the golfer, while others still even manage to offer muscle support and enhanced performance. All of it is a long way from a sweat-soaked cotton shirt, even if it’s not that far from riding a pony with a mallet in hand. n >

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Ribbed sleeves, tight and trim double-knit non-starched collars made from the same material as the shirt and a two- or three-button placket characterized the modern golf shirt of the post-war Rat Pack era. The sharp style afforded by the trim cut and solid colors established the golf shirt as its own fashion entity—and the way Arnie wore it was responsible for him being named one of GQ magazine’s 50 Most Stylish men of the past 50 years in 2007.

Best examples: Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Gary Player

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Collars broadened, the placket dropped further down the chest (oddly losing a button at times) and prints and colors‌ Well, let’s just say they moved away from conventional.

Everyone likely has a late 1970s or mid-1980s golf shirt that would today qualify as a test for epilepsy or a trivia challenge on color (chartreuse, anyone?) but there’s no arguing that materials were getting lighter and fit more conducive to the swing, with more room in the shoulders and back.

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Modern golf shirts seem to have made a return to classic silhouettes, with trimmed collars and higher plackets. Colors and prints aren’t scaring modern designers, though most of the design controversy is found in today’s pants (see John Daly and Ian Poulter, 2009 British Open).

The real story is in materials, with hi-tech fabrics offering temperature regulation, moisture control and muscle support in heretofore unheard of amounts. Clothing as athletic enhancement? It’s happening.

Best examples: Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Camilo Villegas

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There are a million reasons to get out of the house, but who wants to go out back when there’s nothing but a brown patch of lawn and an old shed? Make the view from your back door as pleasant as the one from your front with a bit of cleanup and a sincere backyard facelift. These products and services can help you create a private patio retreat of your own, where you’re more likely to fall asleep in a chair under the stars than on a sofa in front of the TV. Ah, the great outdoors…

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Innsbrook’s head pro, Martha Faulconer, can’t give you Palmer’s distinctive rocket off the tee, but she can offer a few tips on developing a drive of your own. patrick jones looks at the long game…

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Grip Successful driving starts with sound fundamentals, says Faulconer, and that begins with the grip.

“The grip is of massive importance,” she says. “It lines up the clubhead. If you have correct fundamentals (in your swing) you can get back to the ball squarely without making adjustments. If you learn the grip properly from the get-go, it is much easier to repeat that motion. An incorrect grip is a hard, hard thing to change.”

Faulconer says the left hand is of particular importance (for right-handers) in the grip. The left three fingers should hold the grip and the heel of the hand should be on top of the grip. The V that forms between the thumb and the forefinger should point to the right shoulder. The right hand should rest on top of the left hand with the V also pointing to the right shoulder.

Hitting balls with preformed grips, which forces fingers into the correct positions, is a great benefit to beginners and even advanced players, says Faulconer.

“The grip is something that has to be practiced and practiced and practiced to get used to it,” she says. “When you are at home at night, sitting on the couch, get a golf club and just nurse it. You have to get a feel for the correct grip.”

Grip pressure should not be too tight or too loose when holding the driver. Golfers should just make sure they have secure control of the club. Faulconer recommends that all golfers, and particularly women, should spend time strengthening their fingers, wrists and forearms. She personally squeezes on Silly Putty in idle time for that purpose.

“You have a lot of little muscles in your hands and your fingers,” says Faulconer. “And they really have to be firing in the golf swing. If you can’t control the driver, or any club, the clubface is moving and you don’t have a prayer of hitting a good shot. The grip is the beginning of everything.”

arnold palmer’s distinctive swing, to the detriment of golf fans everywhere, is not seen as often these days. The King, 80 years young this September, no longer plays competitively on a professional tour. Among the best available opportunities to glimpse Palmer launching into one of his patented all-out assaults on a tee shot nowadays is on the first tee at The Masters—he serves as the ceremonial starter—or in facsimile form in the person of PGA Tour veteran and spot-on swing mimicker Peter Jacobsen.

Palmer never steered a tee shot in his life. He always took full advantage of his personalized, perfectly timed kinesthetic whip to bomb the ball as far down the fairway as ability and physics allowed. Its effectiveness helped tally seven major championships and 94 titles worldwide.

None of us can duplicate Palmer’s effective driving style.

But we can learn sound fundamentals to improve our own ability. That leads to consistently finding fairways and gaining additional length with the driver.

Former LPGA Tour regular Martha Faulconer, head golf professional at Innsbrook Golf & Boat in Merry Hill, N.C., offers sound tips on putting yourself in the absolute best positions—both physically and mentally—to maximize golf ’s Setup positions Other critical elements in successful driving are ball position, longest and most exhilarating shot.

Innsbrook Golf & Boat hugs the shoreline at the stance and posture. Faulconer advises playing the ball just convergence of the Chowan River and Albemarle Sound in inside the left heel (for right-handers). Your stance should be the northeastern quadrant of North Carolina. Several holes shoulder width apart. “Don’t get your feet too close together,” of this Palmer-designed layout overlook the picturesque she says. “You need to be as stable as you can be and have a waterfront setting. Innsbrook opened for play in 2008. In its solid foundation for hitting the ball.”

The proper posture for hitting the driver requires first year it was rated among the top two courses in the eastern part of the state by the North Carolina Golf Panel, the state’s bending slightly from the hips with a slight bend in the knees. de facto course rating committee. The 900-acre Innsbrook Faulconer equates it to the athletic position of a shortstop in Golf & Boat community will also feature a 150-slip boat basin baseball poised for the ball to be hit. Arms should be hanging relaxed from the body. Faulconer instructs her juniors to among its other amenities.

Faulconer knows the golf swing. She spent eight years “swing like an ape” to get across the natural arm position.

Your right shoulder should be slightly below your left, on the LPGA Tour. Her best finishes were a pair of thirds at the Mazda Classic and the Safeco Classic, with a career but that comes naturally from the right hand being lower on low round of 66. Faulconer competed in the U.S. Women’s the club than the left. The tilted position should not be forced.

“A proper and consistent setup is key to driving success,” Open Championship five times. An Indiana native, she was a two-time collegiate All-American at Southern Methodist says Faulconer. “You always want the first shot of the hole University. She is a PGA professional with more than 15 years to give you some positive feedback and to put you in a good position for the next shot.” of teaching experience. >

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Swing and swing plane

Impact position and follow through

One of Faulconer’s biggest challenges when teaching amateurs The impact position—clubface contacting ball—is the acid is getting their swing on the correct path. Most just don’t test of the movements that have preceded. “The momentum understand the concept. “Many people mistakenly think the of everything carried into the back swing carries into the golf swing is on a plane that is up and down,” she says. “It is impact position and down the target line,” says Faulconer. actually on a slanted position.”

“You contact the ball and you make sure you follow through.

One of her favorite drills is to plant a pair of flexible Hopefully, everything has aligned properly. It’s like shooting a poles into the ground at approximately 45-degree angles—one free throw. By the time you hit the ball, you better trust what pole on each side of the player—and have them swing under you are doing because you have to pull the trigger.” the poles. Most students are initially at a loss.

The correct finish position is on balance and with weight “They say, ‘Martha, there is no way I can swing on this primarily on the front foot. Faulconer tells her students to plane (under the poles). The path is too low.’ But they can “pose for the camera” to get across the visual of the proper because you are bending over,” she says. “When students learn finish of the swing. “I guarantee my juniors that, before too that that is the correct swing path, from inside to square to long, if they pose for the camera after every swing, they will back inside, they can learn to hit a ball with a little right to be able to hit a good little golf shot.” left (draw) spin. They learn that staying on the swing plane is The mental game a really good thing.

“The poles are good training tools because they force Along with mechanics, mindset is critical. Faulconer recommends your muscles to do what they are supposed to do,” adds golfers “stay within themselves” when teeing off. That means Faulconer. “The object of the game is to make it as simple knowing their own abilities and not competing with others. as possible. You want to repeat the correct motions as many “Don’t get out of your rhythm,” she says. “Focus on hitting it pure every time and don’t be concerned with how far others hit it.” times as you can.”

Positive thinking before pulling the trigger with the big Another drill favored by Faulconer is to practice hitting the driver on your knees. (A towel is suggested.) This stick is also helpful. “When you get ready to hit a driver, what forces a flatter swing plane. She says most players tend to do you see out there? Are you thinking about the hazards, the trouble you can get in, or are you thinking about all that swing too upright.

The club position at the top of swing should not be green grass out there in the fairway? A lot of players have forced to horizontal to the ground or beyond. Body types, past the talent. The ones with the best mental games—the brain injuries and flexibility determine how far the club needs to go power—make the best players because they believe in what they are doing.” n back, says Faulconer.

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Innsbrook - Palmer

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INNSBROOK, an ‘Arnold Palmer Signature Course,’ lives up to his legend and more.

The 18 hole, 7,463 yard course offers a challenge to players of all skill levels.

Living up to The Legend

■ Picturesque Setting – Golf holes and homes skirt along the peaceful Albemarle Sound, the Chowan River and the Salmon Creek, while winding through the natural North Carolina landscape.

■ Perfect Location – Minutes from historic Edenton, easily accessible from Raleigh or Norfolk and just an hour’s drive from the beaches of the Outerbanks.

■ Convenient Practice Facility – One of the Northeast’s finest practice facilities: every shot needed to challenge the course can be practiced on two large practice tees, a designated teaching tee, three practice greens or a short game area with bunkers.

■ Waterfront Living – Southern Styled homes overlooking the picturesque Albemarle Sound with casual elegance and a laid-back “Carolina lifestyle.”

All of us at Innsbrook wish Arnie a Happy Birthday!

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Birthday Presence There is nothing quite like giving or receiving a fantastic gift.

So on the following pages we feature a number of products and experiences that we at kingdom would be delighted to unwrap on a birthday morning kenwood wines For 30 years, Kenwood Vineyards has had the exclusive rights to produce wines from Jack London’s historic vineyard in Glen Ellen. To commemorate this, they have released a 30th anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon.Viscous and full-bodied with firm tannins and an excellent lingering finish, the 2006 vintage had a long growing season resulting in grapes with intense flavor and rich character. The resulting wine has a rich mouth feel as well as powerful fruity flavors. www.kenwoodvineyards.com

marbas golf Always elegant and of unmistakable style, Marbas shirts are distinguished by the highest quality of fabrics and the love of detail providing comfort and pleasure both on and off the course.

Only top-quality natural fibers have been knitted into exclusive fabrics on the finest gauge machines using the most advanced technology.

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GRIP2 GOLF UMBRELLA Caught in the rain? Frustrated that you’re getting wet? To stay in the game, it’s okay to vent a little… but then you need to get a grip.

The GRIP2 Golf Umbrella from STINGR Solutions is the world’s only adjustable dual-grip umbrella. Just slide the second grip where you want it, and lock it in place for more comfort, more convenience and more performance in both wind and rain. In calm conditions, position the grip for maximum comfort, and in windy conditions, slide the grip higher up the shaft for more control.

Other GRIP2 features include a 62-inch wind-vent double canopy; auto-open; pinchless runner; fiberglass shaft and ribs; ergonomic rubberized grips; and various canopy colors.

GRIP2 will be available through distributors in late 2009. For more information, call 407.453.4144 or visit www.stingrsolutions.com

TurfHound The golf club in your hand only feels as good as the surface you’re hitting from.

That’s why great golf courses like Mr. Palmer’s Bay Hill, Congressional, Merion and Oakmont prefer TurfHound.

Golf professionals attest TurfHound Tee Surfaces provide realistic launch angles and ball flight consistent with natural grass.

From the first swing on a TurfHound you feel true fairway conditions and can trust using the same swing mechanics as on natural grass.

Now you can have this same great tee surface in your own backyard. TurfHound assembles in minutes to create the perfect practice station. www.turfhound.com

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engraved and numbered from 1–276 to represent every one of the 276 shots he Legendary golfer Seve Ballesteros has took to win The Championship with a paired up with MD Golf to launch record score of –12. the limited edition Seve Anniversary Designed to replicate his own clubs, Set. Designed and commissioned to the forged carbon steel clubs have the commemorate the 25th anniversary of his same lofts and lies as Seve used in the historic win at The Open at St Andrews competition and are presented in a in 1984, this is a unique opportunity to solid oak case also containing s limited edition commemorative set madehandcrafted from forged carbon steel, own a memory of the most exciting win of a signed photograph of the moment he mless KbsSeve’s tour shafts and skin career.

Each set has australian been individuallykangaroo won with a leather birdie at the 18th,grips, along with a certificate of authenticity.

For duces the same lofts and lies that seve used during that week intrue 1984. golfing enthusiasts, this is an opportunity not to be missed. www.seveballesteros.co.uk

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handcrafted solid oak and sterling silver case, with anfurniture iconic signed winning photograph industry,seve bringing you comfortable, ered certificate of authenticity, each set of clubs has been individually engraved with a number stylish, design-conscious upholstery in m 1 to 276, one for each of the breathtaking 276 shots he took to win the championship. fabrics and leathers that appeal to every

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interior design. Always aware of the environment, they are a leader in ecowww.seveballesteros.co.uk friendly manufacturing. LEE is committed to manufacture earth-friendly products, using sustainable processes by people who care about the environment. www.leeindustries.com

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sheaffer writing instruments Sheaffer presents the second edition of its Sheaffer Legacy® Heritage Victorian Series, a beautifully etched Sterling Silver fountain pen to honor one of the most prolific artisans of the period—William Morris.

Morris founded the English Arts and Crafts Movement during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837-1901, and in 1861, set up his own company producing an impressive range of decorative items for home.

The exquisite and intricately engraved pattern of this edition of the Sheaffer Legacy® Heritage Victorian Series has been chosen to celebrate Morris’s mastery of decorative arts and his contributions to the Victorian aesthetic. www.sheaffer.com

L.V.Harkness Daphne’s Headcovers Daphne’s Headcovers’ unrivaled reputation is based on over twenty-five years of providing quality through custom designs and attention to the smallest detail. Their creative array of headcovers looks great and is loved by pros and amateurs alike. They also serve a purpose—your driver is expensive so put a lid on it! www.daphnesheadcovers.com

L.V. Harkness & Co., the official trophy provider for Arnold Palmer’s 2009 Kingdom Cup, provides personal shopping services to take care of your shopping needs. Whether you need corporate gifts, a custom award, a fine gift for that special occasion, or that last-minute surprise, L.V. will guide your shopping experience based upon your individual needs.

The store also provides a full service bridal registry. www.lvharkness.com

Sumi-G The Sumi-G philosophy is uncomplicated: create simple, useful and elegant products for the avid golfer. Sumi-G headcovers embody this ideal, redefining an essential golf tool with extraordinary design. A unique and patent-pending mechanical closure makes it easy to take the Sumi-G headcovers on and off. And they can also be picked up off the ground using a club to avoid back strain from bending. Sumi-G headcovers are for avid golfers who care about protecting their equipment, enjoying the game and looking good on the course. Coordinated Sumi-G collections for the trunk, tee, and green also include belts, hats, brushes, bags, divot tools, money clips and scorecard wallets. www.sumi-g.com

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Bionic Pro Glove The new Bionic Pro Glove is made from a special, micro-thin, superpremium cabretta leather (available in only limited supplies) to provide low handicappers the fit, feel and flexibility they seek with amazing durability.

Bionic’s patented pre-rotated finger design helps golfers have a relaxed grip for increased clubhead speed and precise club control. Dynamic Lycra® mesh flexion zones on both sides create dual air flow to make Bionic Pro one of the most breathable gloves in golf.

A hybrid oil is used to aid tackiness in both dry and wet conditions.

Bionic is the only glove designed by a leading a orthopedic hand surgeon for the player that demands high-performance equipment and endorsed by 2008 US Ryder Cup Captain Paul Azinger. This technology is based on anatomy and ergonomics, and is designed to be the most ergonomically correct glove on the market today.

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sports images international Sports Images International is the leading provider of Arnold Palmer autographed memorabilia, with a collection including: Palmer And Nicklaus at Laurel Valley Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus competing together in the 1971 Team Championship held at Laurel Valley Golf Club. Each photograph is personally signed by Palmer and Nicklaus.

Arnold Palmer Putter Shadowbox An Arnold Palmer autographed putter—the same model he made famous during the 1960s. Each shadowbox features a letter on Mr. Palmer’s own stationery, personalized to the buyer. www.sportsimagesintl.com

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is Not a French Word

Not all good pizza is Italian, and not all great bubbly wine is Champagne. Here’s the rest of the world’s take on enlivened libations…

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the french may have done well in their attempt to appropriate fashion, photography and fried potatoes as their own, but no one said they had a lock on bubbles—not that they haven’t tried. Look at most menus and you’ll note that “Champagne” is the only sparkling wine on offer. What a shame. Spain, Italy, the good ol’ U.S. of A. and a few others all offer festive pours fit for celebrating any top occasion, whether it’s a wedding, Presidential inauguration or even an 80th birthday.

To earn the C-word, the bubbly must come from the Champagne region of France. To be an authentic sparkling party in a bottle, the drink need only consist of a few blended wines fermented a second time. Thick bottles trap the CO2 released during the second fermentation and, as the French would say, voilà! Bubbly fun, whatever you want to call it.

While France has a few non-Champagne sparklers of its own (Cremant and Blanquette come to mind, the latter of which predates Champagne proper), we think it’s high time to take a look at effervescent potions not acquainted with rude waiters and blurry art. Here are a few of our favorites:

Cava “Olé!” Or at least that’s what we like to shout when we uncork this Spanish version of a bottled fiesta. Primarily produced in Catalonia using Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel-lo grapes, the word “Cava” literally means “cave” and originally stems from a Greek word referring to fine, or cellared, wine. In Spain, Cavas are popular at baptisms (the newborn even gets a taste, when the pacifier is dipped in the wine), but they’re also appropriate for pretty much any festive occasion.

We certainly enjoyed the Segura Viudas Reserva Heredad from Penedès. Retailing for near $25 per bottle, this may be the best value in sparkling wine ever. Excellent, mellow and perfumed, the wine has available depth. Its presentation is exquisite, in a hand-blown bottle with a crest and metal base. We can’t understand the low price but we’re not complaining. Quite simply, superb, all things considered.

Freixenet makes some of the most available Cavas distributed in the U.S., with their Elyssia Gran Cuvée Brut a modern expression of the genre. Adding Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to the traditional mix, you’ll find nuts, citrus, honey and melon all lifting the spicy finish to a pleasant result for less than $20.

Their black-bottled and self-titled product is available almost everywhere for less than $10—don’t let your guests sneer; this is the Champagne equivalent of a decent table wine.

While Cava is really best known for its value for money—solid bubbles at solid prices—there is also a top end in the category. Not well known and not readily available it is still worth seeking out Cavas from producers Gramona and Sumarroca whose ranges compare favorably with top end Champagnes, but again at more realistic ($30-60) price levels.

Another prestigious Cava label is Raventos i Blanc. We happily sampled a bottle of their Blanc Elisabet. The winery was founded in 1986 by Josep-Maria Raventos, a member of the Codorníu family (the name on one of the world’s biggest selling Cavas) without irony on the principal of only by being small can you guarantee the highest quality. Today the wines orginate from approximately 300 acres of vineyards with a high percentage of chalk in the soil (like Champagne) and are the only Cavas that are both estate grown and estate bottled.

The stature of the wines can be measured by the fact that they are available in 3 star Michelin restaurants, such as Arzak, and indeed in the world’s greatest restaurant, El Bulli. We found the Elisabet surprisingly dark in color and showing a soft opulent nose of cream and honey, although quite dry. Once in the mouth it really shows itself as a big wine with plenty of fruit and minerals and with a classic clean Cava lemon finish.

At $40 a bottle we are not alone when we rate it higher than certain $100 Champagne brands. >

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Prosecco

American Sparkling

To say that the Italians know how to party may be the greatest understatement of all time. Accordingly, there’s no way the bel paese was going to let France dictate the bottled terms of their festivities. Ciao Prosecco. Traditionally made of the white grape grown in Veneto known by the same name as the wine it creates, this beauty not only complements the Sunday Bellini, it makes a fine pour any day of the week.

We like Ruggeri’s Quartese Prosecco, which adds a slight green tint to its golden apple and floral taste.

Great with fish and shellfish, it also works as an aperitif for less than $25. Che bella. There’s also the San Fermo Prosecco Brut from Bellenda. Made from Prosecco grapes grown on the hills of Conegliano, this massive bouquet of an aperitif also works with seafood. Best served chilled, smooth and easy for less than $20.

Korbel. Need we say more? Perhaps, because there are a few domestic producers of excellent sparkly. But Korbel has something on all of them: It’s what new presidents drink after they’re sworn in.

No kidding! Despite a rather bold suggestion of its French origins in the moniker, a version of Korbel’s Natural Cuvée has been the inaugural drink of choice since Ronald Reagan took the oath in 1985. Barack Obama himself supped this American sparkler after assuming office, and it’s no wonder. The wine is a perfect expression of dry bubbly beauty—and at near $15 a bottle, you could fill all the glasses in the room and still have enough to bail out an auto company.

If you’re a true non-political patriot, Schramsberg is the way to go. “America’s First House of Sparkling Wine,” Robert Louis Stevenson himself sampled and praised offerings from this 19th century vineyard.

We like the J.Schram Brut Rosé at near $90, the best expression of the best selections from the family’s 80 cool-climate vineyard sites aged for seven years in their historic caves (following secondary fermentation). Next to the family’s J.Schram label, this may be the best bubbly America has to offer. >

Italy’s veneto region is the production home of both grappa and prosecco

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Other Bubbles pop around the world, as evidenced by sparkling variations from Australia, Austria and Russia. The land down under rises to the occasion with Jansz Tasmania’s Premium NV Cuvée at approximately $20 per bottle. A mix of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, this handcrafted pour offers a bit more bite than its contemporary equivalents. Also, as unique as they come, Australia’s Shingleback Vineyard offers McLaren Vale Black Bubbles Sparkling Shiraz, fantastically interesting at $25 per bottle.

Further afield than the above offerings, look for Sekt from Austria and Germany, an incredibly refreshing bubbly often made from dry Riesling, popularized in recent years. It can also involve Chardonnay and Pinot in almost every way it comes—Blanc, Gris and Noir.

England offers a few effervescent options from Nyetimber, Chapel Down and Ridgeview, though the Brits won’t readily admit it for some reason and it’s not easy to find. In contrast, the Russians are proud to

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tout Shampanskoe, which actually has a great tradition.

Roederer’s sweet and famous “Cristal” Champagne was created as a gift to Czar Alexander II (other Champagnes bound for Russia also tended to leave more sugar in the bottle). When Communism fell and Russia’s economy went with it, Cristal was out of reach for most Sovietskoe. Enter Shamponskoe, a Russian domestic product that offered a fantastically approachable and imminently celebratory option for Eastern Bloc revelers. Surviving today, brands such as Stolychny and Odessa Sparkling Wines offer a unique and vibrant product born of a rather drab and flat history. If nothing else, Shampanskoe shows that while Russian troops couldn’t hold Reims and Epernay after chasing Napoleon west in the early 1800s, they at least came home with a translatable treasure.

Champagne or no, the vast array of available bubbly libations provethat on any tongue and in any language, a bit of fizz can bring a smile. n

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hand-crafted at allen edmonds

In the Colonies The history of American shoemaking begins as the history of the country did: with the Pilgrims. Colonists wore moccasins or whatever they’d brought with them until Thomas Beard, an English shoemaker, arrived in 1629 on the second Mayflower (not the Mayflower II, which was built in the 1950s, and not the original, which was scrapped in 1623). Beard nailed together the first recorded pair of English-style shoes in America, and the continent was off and running as a source of footwear.

Notably, the first shoes to be exported from the Colonies were moccasins, which had gained some sort of popularity in England and were being sold there as early as 1650.

The real innovation in proper American footwear started in 1760 when the first mechanized shoe production was set up in Lynn, Massachusetts. Lynn would grow to become “shoe city,” making boots worn by Revolutionary War soldiers and carrying on as the epicenter for American footwear manufacturing until the early 20th century.

Due to its plethora of shoe factories, Lynn attracted innovations like Jan Matzeliger’s lasting machine, which could attach a sole to an upper in just one minute (“lasting” received. An article in the December 2, 1917 Seattle Postis the process of attaching the sole to the shoe). Invented Intelligencer bemoaned the move to mechanization, offering: by a black immigrant from Dutch Guyana, the machine “A few years ago the cobbler pegged away with hammer and had a massive effect on manufacturing. A typical firm could awl, read philosophy, ancient and modern, and was the friend produce 50 pairs of shoes a day by hand. With Matzeliger’s of every child in the neighborhood… Nowadays it is different. machine, the number went to anywhere from 150 pairs to The cobbler is a plutocrat who owns buzzing machines…

700 pairs per day—and it halved the price of shoes across Naturally one reaches the depths of despair in his presence.” the country. With the number of companies in Lynn and The article goes on to herald the re-emergence of the constant development of new and better machines to quality, claiming, “It requires but small power of observation streamline the manufacturing process, the U.S. was producing to discover that the cobbler lately has ‘come back.’”

80 million pairs of shoes per year by 1899.

True for the times, it turns out, as evidenced by the Of course, the mechanization wasn’t always well emergence of firms like Allen Edmonds. Founded in Belgium, >

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Wisconsin in 1922, the company is one of America’s original Style When it comes to classic men’s footwear, American styles follow benchmark shoe manufacturers, and it’s built upon that classic—read that “English”—styles. All top American shoe “cobbler” mentality. A strict attention to quality combined manufacturers have their take on the classic Oxford, Derby, with a family atmosphere on the factory floor have long brogue, etc. Stylistic differences are often based on domestic been hallmarks of the company, which continues to create trends, while basic method and shape are largely similar. Allen top-shelf products today.

“It’s completely a hands-on affair,” says Paul Grangaard, Edmonds, for example, has maintained consistency of style with only slight modifications to accommodate modern trends.

Allen Edmonds President. “If there’s a way to automate One American style exception may be the boat shoe, or production of shoes of this quality, we’re not aware of it.”

Indeed. In 1991 President George Bush, Snr., wrote to “top-sider.” While these would hardly be appropriate for most boardrooms, they are distinctly American in that their design the company’s then-CEO John Stollenwerk, thanking him is in part based on the classic Native American moccasin. The for the gift of a new pair of Allen Edmonds shoes, adding original top-sider was designed in 1935 by Paul Sperry. As the that “the problem is all my other pairs of A.E.s still are in story has it, he was inspired after watching his Cocker Spaniel great shape. But these will be a great addition.” run across an icy backyard. Sperry supposedly grabbed a sheet of The trend back toward quality was also accompanied by rubber and a knife and set out to make a shoe for wet conditions. a spreading-out of manufacturing. Allen Edmonds had taken Whatever the accuracy of this original anecdote, the shoe is an advantage of the skilled leatherworkers and craftsmen living in Wisconsin, and they weren’t alone. That said, a few firms stayed east. American icon. No wonder Sperry’s Authentic Original top-sider Alden Shoe Company, another classic American firm, is the official casual footwear of the U.S. Naval Academy and the official footwear of the U.S. Sailing Team. began in Middleborough, Mass., in 1884, the midst of Barring casual shoes, it’s safe to say that modern choices for the mechanized shoe manufacturing revolution. Unlike the hundreds of others that began in the northeast, Alden is still American fine footwear are limited to Allen Edmonds and a few others. For a greater selection, one must return to the home of the around and still making high-quality shoes. Many more went Oxford. As an English shoemaker who never saw the Revolution, out of business in the early 20th century, and technology it’s tough to know what Thomas Beard would think. n replaced shoes as the main source of employment for Lynn and neighboring communities.

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s w e e t Arnold Palmer and his design company were asked to pick a favorite course from their many designs—but they couldn’t choose just one. They did find 16, but that’s not to say this list won’t change next week…

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which painting would rembrandt say was his favorite?

Could Mozart choose a “best” bit of music from his catalog? And if you’re a parent with more than one child, which kid do you love the most? Impossible questions, all. So it is with the Arnold Palmer Design Company and its catalog of creations. Among the more than 300 (and counting) APDC-designed golf courses in the world, it’s tough to pick just one.

So we didn’t; we chose 16.

Many of these have received top awards, some have hosted major professional championships, others are just beloved places where great days are possible. All of them are exceptionally designed golf courses that should make your personal must-play list.

And if you insist on asking which one is the best, we’ll challenge you with our own trick question: Which day of the week is best to play golf ? You know the answer: All of them.

bay creek golf club Cape Charles, Virginia Bay Creek marks the first time both Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer designed courses for the same club. The 18-hole Palmer Signature Course combines the extraordinary views and natural features of the Eastern Shore, with historical landmarks from Cape Charles’ 19th and early 20th century railroad days, all into one incredible state-of-the-art golf facility. Bay Creek Resort & Club is a premiere golf destination to be tested and remembered by passionate players, and the 7,204 yard Palmer course pampers its golfers with smooth greens and perfectly manicured Bermuda fairways. Five strategically placed sets of tees are guaranteed to make golf fun and challenging for players of all skill levels. www.baycreekgolfclub.com

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County Kildare, Ireland Ireland’s K Club has hosted 13 European Opens, the 2006 Ryder Cup and more than a fair share of amazing golf moments. Any questions?

The Palmer Ryder Course is, quite simply, one of Europe’s most spectacular courses, and is widely acknowledged as the country’s most challenging inland layout. It charms, entices and invariably brings out the very best in your game—if ever a golf course reflected the personality of its architect, this is it. www.kclub.com

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Bay St. Louis, Mississippi The Bridges Golf Club is Mississippi’s only Arnold Palmer Signature Course and the first resort course in the world to be granted Audubon Silver Signature Status. The course, which has been voted “Best Golf on The Gulf Coast,” was named for the 21 wooden bridges that span almost one-mile over 17 lakes and 14 acres of marsh, wetlands and luscious fairways.

Large, fast greens are moderately undulating, with several protected by Scottish-style pot bunkers. A rather special experience that was renovated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (the edge of which passed over the course), it’s no wonder the Bridges has hosted such events as the Brett Favre Celebrity Golf Tournament and the PGA Tour’s Buy.com Pro-Am. www.hollywoodcasinobsl.com

champions retreat Augusta, Georgia Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player have each designed nine holes of championship golf on this resort set amongst the stately Georgia pines and century-old hardwoods.

That said, there’s no personality crisis to be had. The Palmer Island Nine is flanked on one side by the broad Savannah River, and the other side by the Little River. The spectacular hardwoods and pines along the riverbank have been saved and the fairways have been raised to take advantage of the beautiful vistas.

Photo: Patrick Drickey/stonehousegolf.com

Palmer’s nine is complemented well by the low country marshes of Uchee Creek on Player’s nine and the exciting elevation changes of the Bluffs on Nicklaus’ nine. www.championsretreat.net

deering bay yacht and country club Miami, Florida Located just south of Miami and secluded from the area’s urban setting, this par-71 course is a golfer’s oasis with protected mangroves, exquisite wildlife and scenic waterways. Each hole offers a visual and strategic playing experience that is situated in one of nature’s most special settings. The Club has recently completed a full renovation and re-grassing of the course, spending over $4 million to ensure Deering Bay’s place in the company of worldclass golf resorts.

The famous 9th hole was also showcased in CBS’ Kim Bokamper’s Best 18 Holes. www.dbycc.com

eagle ranch golf course Eagle, Colorado Engineered as an Arnold Palmer Signature course, the Eagle Ranch Golf Course is a golfing experience you will never forget, with breathtaking panoramic views of the Colorado Rockies on every hole and stunning perspectives from the lush fairways and rolling greens.

Five sets of tees ranging from 5,400 yards to 7,500 yards provide an enjoyable and challenging design for golfers of all skill levels, while the 3,000-ft elevation will have most taking it easy on the first few days. www.eagleranchgolf.com

the king and the bear World Golf Village, Florida The King and Bear at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine is the only course collaboration between Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. The great rivals have united to create a challenging layout with sweeping par 5’s and signature par 3’s. This 18-hole championship golf course features loblolly pines and open meadows on the front nine while 200-year-old live oaks frame the back nine.

The signature feature is a series of placid lakes edged with large coquina rock— absolute Florida. www.kingandbear.com

king’s walk golf course Grand Forks, North Dakota King’s Walk offers classic golf course design in a natural prairie setting. Starting with a completely flat site, over 650,000 cubic yards of earth was excavated to allow the course to roll and flow around hundreds of individual mounds, deep ravines, steep ridges and two large lakes. Large, bent grass greens are well protected and framed by beautifully sculpted bunkers, mounds and collection areas. Tall fescue grasses blend the course into its surroundings and help to complete this masterpiece. www.kingswalk.org

musgrove mill golf club Clinton, South Carolina The design of the course layout for The Mill takes advantage of its location in the foothills of South Carolina, with its changing elevations found throughout the 6,940-yard, Par-72 terrain. The Enoree River comes into play on a number of holes, and contributes a soothing aspect to the general “feel” of the wetlands habitat. Notably, there are no homes on or even near the course, and no hint of construction noise or traffic sounds. Once the site of a Revolutionary War battle, we’re sure Musgrove Mill will provide an ample site for your competitions as well. www.musgrovemill.com >

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running y ranch resort Klamath Falls, Oregon The Running Y Golf Course showcases the spectacular natural landscape of Oregon’s beautiful unspoiled outback. Ambling along meadows and through restored wetlands on the front nine, you will play besides lakes, woodlands and into Payne Canyon on the back.

The vision of “leave the land as it lies” played out well in the course design, and Palmer himself considers this track one of his best. The Running Y is honored by Golf Digest as one of “America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses” and is consistently recognized as one of the best golf courses in Oregon. If you’re in the area, it’s well worth a stop. www.runningy.com

starr pass resort the 18th at running y

newport dunes

oceanico victoria vilamoura

Port Aransas, Texas This Scottish links-style course represents the first oceanside design by APDC in North America, and challenges all with a warm gulf breeze, deceptively arranged fairways, fast and firm greens, deep stacked sod bunkers, oversized water hazards and thick native rough. Measuring over 6,900 yards from the back tees, this par-71 course meanders through sweeping untamed native dunes and offers spectacular views of both the Gulf of Mexico and Corpus Christi Bay. A stunning addition to Texas golf. www.newportdunesgolf.com

The Algarve, Portugal The Victoria Clube de Golfe is the fifth at Vilamoura and the most exclusive one at the resort, making it ideal as the Algarve’s and Portugal’s major venue for top international tournaments. The previous owners invested over $20 million in Oceânico’s Victoria Golf Club, making it the most ambitious golf project in Portugal, and one of the finest golf complexes in the whole of Europe.

The Victoria Golf Course is an 18-hole, par 72 championship layout. Several man-made lakes provide hazards for the players and the big undulating greens are well-protected by expansive bunkers and clever run-off areas.

No matter how you play, games here go nicely with a good Priorat. www.oceanicogolf.com/courses/algarve/victoria

golf club at north hampton Fernandina Beach, Florida North Hampton’s championship course has been carved from one of North Florida’s most dramatic natural landscapes. Combining the unique characteristics of the natural terrain with man-made sand dunes, bridges and rolling elevations, the course is not only beautiful and challenging, but one that exemplifies life at North Hampton itself— the stewardship of man with nature.

The course is wrapped around and over 10 crisp spring-fed lakes lined with coquina boulders, and offers elevations over 40 feet—a veritable mountain for most Floridians. The wild grasses and rolling hills give you the feel of an Old Scottish Links Course, but there’s no mistaking the location once those warm Florida breezes kick in. www.hamptongolfclubs.com/NHampton.html

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the refuge at lake havasu Lake Havasu, Arizona Woven through the magnificent surroundings of a national wildlife refuge, expansive Lake Havasu and dramatic desert mountains, The Refuge is a beauty.

Numerous elevation changes, beautiful water features, a combination of natural dunes and formal and native bunkers all combine for excellent play—and the panoramic view of Lake Havasu isn’t bad either. The expert golfer will find it a challenge to play day after day, and the novice golfer will experience golf at its finest, enjoying each and every aspect of the game. www.therefugegolfclub.com

Tucson, Arizona Originally designed by Robert Cupp along with a group of PGA touring pros, APDC re-designed Starr Pass in 2003 and added nine new holes in 2005, with a view to challenging players of all abilities. No question they succeeded at this 27-hole luxury expedition. It’s wild with nature and it wears that ruggedness on its sleeve: The names of the three nines are indicative of the wildlife are The Roadrunner, The Coyote and The Rattler—no Creampuff or Pillow to be found here. What’s more, as of Feb 2008, the course has been granted Audubon Sanctuary Program membership. Dramatic elevation changes and swirling winds created by the Tucson Mountains might burn your game, but the views of the Arizona desert will sooth all. www.starrpass.com

zhailjau golf resort Almaty, Kazakhstan Located a short drive from the city center of Almaty, Kazakhstan, Zhailjau Golf Resort enjoys a scenic view at the base of the 20,000-foot-plus Tien Shan Mountains that tie into the Himalayas. The 18-hole championship course is set beside a new residential development and luxury hotel, and is one of the best—if not the best—in an area where there are fewer golf balls than yurts.

With this Silk Road city’s dramatic landscape, including snow-capped mountains and vast plains, the course is a thrilling experience featuring signature Palmer elements that include abrupt shifts of direction and gorgeous yet dangerous water hazards. www.zgr.kz (Russian site) n

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It’s About Time Prostate cancer will affect almost a quarter million men in America this year. Why aren’t more getting screened?

Here’s a look at prostate cancer and what you can do about it arnold palmer made a career out of facing down challenges, but none of his on-course battles could compare to the one he faced when he fought prostate cancer.

“I was operated on in January 1997. They didn’t take my life, they took my prostate,” he said of the ordeal in a conversation with Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation President Michael Landes.

The experience led Palmer to embark on a mission to end prostate cancer completely; His Arnie’s Army Battles Prostate Cancer raises funds for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and the Arnold Palmer Prostate Center in Palm Desert, California, is one of the leading treatment centers in the world. Part of Eisenhower Medical Center’s Luci Curci Cancer Center, the Arnold Palmer Prostate Center doesn’t just offer treatment, it offers support and education. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

As Arnie puts it on his charity’s Web site: “In the time it takes to play a round of golf, 14 men will lose their lives to prostate cancer.”

A sobering statistic to be sure. In fact, one in six American men will develop prostate cancer, with approximately 230,000 new cases diagnosed in the United States each year, 30,000 of which will result in death. Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in American men, and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths.

Thankfully, if caught in time, survival rates are tremendous. And the good news is that with today’s technology, 86 percent of all prostate cancer cases are diagnosed before tumors have spread beyond the prostate gland. In these cases, the five-year survivability rate is nearly 100 percent. The key is the PSA (prostate specific antigen) test, a simple, low-cost blood test that can raise a red flag before it’s too late. Early detection is important because, like most nasty health problems, prostate cancer is a tenacious fiend. >

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definition

causes and detection

Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the prostate gland. The prostate gland itself assists the male reproductive system with the creation and storage of seminal fluid. Prostate cancer occurs when cells normally used to make the fluid that contributes to semen instead mutate into cancer cells. As the cancer cells develop they can metastasize, or spread, to various parts of the body, primarily heading for bones and lymph nodes. In addition to complications with urination and sexual performance, the ultimate result if prostate cancer is left untreated can, of course, be death.

There’s not a lot known about why, exactly, someone might develop prostate cancer, but it’s believed that the cause is due to a combination of variables. Genetics, diet, lifestyle and age can all be factors, though the exact role of each is questionable. As Palmer himself said, “Let me tell you that when I had my surgery at Mayo Clinic, the guy in the room next door was a minister, 29 years old, and he was having radical surgery for prostate cancer. So, don’t let anybody ever tell you, ‘Oh, when you get to be 50 or 60, you need to start having a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test.’ A 29-year-old had prostate cancer, and he’s living and healthy now because they discovered it early, and they could do something about it.”

As with the minister Palmer encountered, early detection is key. This is accomplished with digital rectal exam (DRE) or the aforementioned PSA screening. Most men have had a DRE. A physician inserts his finger into the rectum to feel for aberrations in the prostate, either enlargement or a hard lump that could indicate a tumor. It’s not an exact science, but can find problems. The most common screening for prostate cancer is a PSA, or prostate-specific antigen, blood test. The test looks for indications of elevated levels of PSA, which is a protein produced by the prostate gland. (It has been found to be elevated in the presence of prostate cancer.)

symptoms Frustratingly, the earliest onset of prostate cancer usually causes no discernable symptoms. As it progresses, it may affect urination—frequency can change, with more trips to the bathroom in the night; it can be difficult to maintain a steady stream of urine; blood may appear in the urine; or urination can cause pain. All of this is possible because the prostate gland surrounds a part of the body responsible for urination (the prostatic urethra). Furthermore, due to the prostate gland’s relationship with sexual function, that too can be affected, with erectile dysfunction and pain both possible.

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treatment

prevention

There are a wide variety of treatment options for prostate cancer, with more being developed every day. Traditionally, treatments involve a combination of approaches, which often include surgery and radiation therapy. The latest radiation treatment is Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), in which radiation beams are aimed from many directions.

The intensity and strength of the beams are controlled by sophisticated computer systems. Soon available at Eisenhower Medical Center with their new Novalis Tx™ from Varian Medical Systems, Inc., the technology will allow surgeons at Eisenhower to deliver higher doses of radiation directly to the tumor and lower doses to nearby healthy tissue. The increased accuracy means potentially fewer side effects and a quicker recovery.

Another relatively new technology also available at Eisenhower and at the Florida Hospital in Orlando, among others, the da Vinci Prostatectomy is a robotic prostatectomy.

Surgeons receive specific and intense training to use the da Vinci robot, which is more of a remote controlled set of robotic hands and tools than what one traditionally thinks of as a “robot”—i.e., there’s no automation to the system; the surgeon is in complete control at all times. Advantages to the robotic prostatectomy (compared to a traditional prostatectomy) include a series of very small incisions versus one large incision; improved and early return of both continence and sexual function; and generally quicker recovery. The robot’s precision and dexterity are evident in a series of videos available online that showcase, among other things, a Japanese surgeon folding an origami bird from a piece of paper smaller than a penny, and another peeling a grape.

Whether or not prostate cancer can be prevented and how, exactly, one would prevent it are up for debate. That said, there is evidence from some studies that vitamin E, lycopene and certain soy foods might play a protective role. In contrast, certain fats, and more specifically trans fats, have been found to increase the progression of tumor growth. A qualified health care provider can speak to the validity of these claims, but there’s no arguing that a healthy diet can improve overall health and quality of life.

The most important step in preventing serious effects from prostate cancer is to catch it early, and that means regular screenings. This is a point Palmer doesn’t hesitate to stress and one in which he believes quite strongly.

As he put it: “When men are scared—‘I don’t want to go have a PSA because I’m scared what they’re going to find’—that is the most stupid, ridiculous statement I have ever heard in my life! And I tell men that, and I will tell them.” n

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For more information on prostate cancer and treatment, visit these excellent resources: —Arnold Palmer Prostate Center at Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center www.Palmerprostate.org —Orlando Regional Healthcare www.orlandohealth.com —Florida Hospital www.floridahospital.com —Arnie’s Army Battle Prostate Cancer www.arniesarmybattles.com

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Course Directory

Courses around the world designed by the Arnold Palmer Design Company KEY: + Remodel @ Certified Audubon Sanctuary @* Certified Audubon Signature Sanctuary

ALABAMA Craft Farms-Cotton Creek and Cypress

Gulf Shores, Alabama www.craftfarms.com

ARIZONA Arrowhead Country Club

Glendale, Arizona

www.arrowheadccaz.com

Mesa del Sol

Yuma, Arizona www.mesadelsolgolf.com

The Refuge at Lake Havasu

Lake Havasu City, Arizona www.therefugegolfclub.com

Starfire at Scottsdale Country Club

Scottsdale, Arizona www.starfiregolfclub.com

Starr Pass Resort

Tucson, Arizona

www.starrpasstucson.com

Wildfire at Desert Ridge

Phoenix, Arizona www.wildfiregolf.com

CALIFORNIA The Classic Club

Los Valles

Valencia, California Mission Hills Country Club

The Arnold Palmer Course Rancho Mirage, California www.missionhills.com

Mountain View Country Club

LaQuinta, California

www.mountainviewatlaquinta.com

PGA West

Palmer Course La Quinta, California www.pgawest.com

The Presidio Golf Course +@

San Francisco, California

www.presidiogolfclub.com

Rancho Murietta Country Club

Rancho Murietta, California www.ranchomurietacc.com

Rolling Hills Golf Club

Palos Verdes Estates, California www.rollinghillscc.com

SilverRock Resort

LaQuinta, California

CONNECTICUT Gillette Ridge Golf Club

Bloomfield, Connecticut www.gilletteridgegolf.com

FLORIDA Adios Golf Club

Coconut Creek, Florida www.adiosgolfclub.org

Bay Hill Club and Lodge +

Orlando, Florida www.bayhill.com

Bella Verde

Wesley Chapel, Florida www.bellaverde.com

Boca West #1 and Boca West #3

Boca Raton, Florida www.bocawestcc.org

Deering Bay Yacht and Country Club

Coral Gables, Florida www.dbycc.com

Frenchman's Reserve

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida www.frenchmansreserve.com

www.silverrock.org

The Golf Club at North Hampton

www.classicclubgolf.com

The Tradition Golf Club

www.hamptongolfclubs.com/NHampton.html

Empire Lake Golf Course

www.traditiongolfclub.net

Palm Desert, California

Rancho Cucamonga, California

LaQuinta, California

www.empirelakes.com

COLORADO

Four Seasons Resort Aviara

Denver, Colorado

Carlsbad, California

www.fourseasons.com/aviara/vacations/golf.html

Hiddenbrooke Country Club

Vallejo, California

www.hiddenbrookegolf.com

Bear Creek Golf Course

Hidden Hills Country Club +

Jacksonville, Florida www.hiddenhillscc.com

Isleworth Golf and Country Club

www.bearcreekgolfclub.net

Windermere, Florida

Cherry Hills Country Club +

The King and The Bear

www.chcc.com

www.kingandbear.com

Englewood, Colorado

Eagle Ranch Golf Course @

Indian Ridge Country Club

Eagle, Colorado

www.indianridgecc.com

Lone Tree Golf Club

Arroyo and Grove Courses Palm Desert, California

Fernandina Beach, Florida

www.eagleranchgolf.com

Littleton, Colorado

www.golfcolorado.com/lonetree

St. Augustine, Florida Lakewood Ranch

Cypress Links and King's Dunes Bradenton, Florida www.lakewoodranchgolf.com

Legacy Golf Club

Bradenton, Florida

Vero Beach, Florida

Orchid Island Golf Club

Sawgrass Country Club + Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

www.legacygolfclub.com

www.orchidislandproperties.com

www.sawgrasscountryclub.com

Legends at Orange Lake

Owl's Head

Kissimmee, Florida

Freeport, Florida

www.orangelake.com

Lost Key Golf Course @*

Perdido Key, Florida www.lostkey.com

Majors Golf Club at Palm Bay

Palm Bay, Florida

Palmer Legends Country Club

The Villages, Florida www.thevillages.com

Pasadena Yacht and Country Club +

St. Petersburg, Florida www.pyccgolf.com

www.majorsgolfclub.com

Marsh Landing Country Club

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

PGA National

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida www.pga-resorts.com

www.marshlandingcc.com/mlcc.asp

Matanzas Woods at Palm Coast Resort

Palm Coast, Florida

Pine Lakes at Palm Coast Resort

Palm Coast, Florida

www.palmcoastresort.com/golf.html

www.palmcoastresort.com/golf.html

Mill Cove Golf Club

Jacksonville, Florida

Mizner Golf and Country Club @

Delray Beach, Florida www.miznercountryclub.com

Monarch Country Club

Palm City, Florida www.monarchclub.com

Naples Lakes Country Club @

Naples, Florida

www.napleslakes.com

The Plantation at Ponte Vedra

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Spessard Holland Golf Park

Melbourne, Florida

www.brevardparks.com/brevard/spessardholland

St. Andrews Country Club +

Boca Raton, Florida www.standrewscc.com

Suntree Country Club

Melbourne, Florida www.suntree.com

Tesoro

Port St. Lucie, Florida www.tesoroclub.com

Wildcat Run Country Club @

Estero, Florida

www.wildcatruncc.com

GEORGIA

www.theplantationpv.com

Atlanta Athletic Club +

Ponte Vedra Golf & Country Club at Sawgrass +

www.atlantaathleticclub.org

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Reunion Resort & Club

The Legacy Course Orlando, Florida www.reunionresort.com

Saddlebrook Resort

Duluth, Georgia

Augusta First Tee

Augusta, Georgia www.thefirstteeaugusta.org

Champions Retreat

Augusta, Georgia

www.championsretreat.net

Wesley Chapel, Florida

Giuseppe Velotta

www.saddlebrookresort.com

Tradition, CA, Par 3 Course hole #9

Conyers, Georgia

Cherokee Run Golf Club

Hawthorn Township, Illinois

Hawthorn Woods Country Club

The Legend at Shanty Creek

www.cherokeerun.com

www.hwccgolf.com

www.shantycreek.com/golf

Eagle Watch

Spencer T. Olin Community Golf Course

Bellaire, Michigan

Northville Hills Country Club @

Woodstock, Georgia

Alton, Illinois

Northville, Michigan

www.eaglewatchgolf.com

www.spencertolingolf.com

www.northvillehills.com

Forest Hills Golf Club +

White Eagle Golf Club

Ravines Golf Club

www.whiteeaglegc.com

www.rav inesgolfclub.com

IOWA

MINNESOTA

Augusta, Georgia

Landings on Skidaway Island @

Magnolia Course Savannah, Georgia www.thelandings.com

Stouffers Pine Isle +

Naperville, Illinois

Tournament Club of Iowa

Nisswa, Minnesota

www.tcofiowa.com

www.deaconslodge.com

KENTUCKY

Whitewater Country Club

Louisville, Kentucky

www.whitewatercc.com

Hawaii The Hapuna Golf Course

Kamuela, Hawaii

www.hapunabeachhotel.com

Hawaii Prince Golf Club

Deacon's Lodge

Polk City, Iowa

Lake Lanier Islands, Georgia Fayetteville, Georgia

Saugatuck, Michigan

Minnesota Valley Golf Club +@

Lake Forest Country Club

Bloomington, Minnesota

www.lakeforestgolf.com

TPC of the Twin Cities @

LOUISIANA

www.tpc.com/private/twin_cities

The Bluffs on Thompson Creek

St. Francesville, Louisiana

www.thebluffs.com

MARYLAND Country Club at Woodmore

Blaine, Minnesota

MISSISSIPPI The Bridges Golf Club at Hollywood Casino

@* Bay St. Louis, Mississippi www.hollywoodcasinobsl.com/golf

Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Mitchellville, Maryland

www.hawaiiprincehotel.com

www.ccwoodmore.com

MISSOURI

Kapalua Golf Club @

Massachusetts

Arnold Palmer Practice Facility* Ridgedale, Missouri

The Village Course Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii

TPC of Boston at Great Woods

www.hawaiigolfacademy.com

www.tpcboston.com

Turtle Bay Resort

MICHIGAN

Norton, Massachusetts

The Palmer Course Kakuku, Hawaii

Fenton, Michigan

www.turtlebayresort.com

www.coyotepreserve.com

ILLINOIS

King's Challenge at Lakeview Country Club

The Den at Fox Creek Golf Club @

Coyote Preserve Golf Club

Bloomington, Illinois

Cedar, Michigan

www.thedengc.com

www.kingschallenge.com

Big Cedar

www.big-cedar.com

Osage National Golf Club

Lake Ozark, Missouri www.osagenational.com

NEBRASKA Arbor Links Golf Course

Nebraska City, Nebraska www.arborlinks.com

The Players Club at Deer Creek

Omaha, Nebraska

Photo by Evan Schiller / www.golfshots.com

www.playersclubomaha.com

NEVADA

Brier Creek Country Club @

Angel Park Golf Club

Raleigh, North Carolina

www.angelparkgolfclub.com

The Carolina Golf Club

ArrowCreek Country Club

www.thecarolina.com

Palm Course and Mountain Course Las Vegas, Nevada

The Legend Course Reno, Nevada www.arrowcreekcc.com

Dayton Valley Country Club

Dayton, Nevada

www.daytonvalley.com

Oasis Golf Club

Mesquite, Nevada www.theoasisgolfclub.com

Red Rock Country Club

Arroyo Course and Mountain Course Las Vegas, Nevada

www.briercreekcountryclub.com/golf.shtml

Pinehurst, North Carolina Cullasaja Club

Highlands, North Carolina www.golfinhighlands.com/cullasaja_club.htm

Innsbrook

Albermarle, North Carolina

Laurel Creek Country Club @

Mt. Laurel, New Jersey www.laurelcreekcc.org

Regency at Monroe

Freehold, New Jersey www.regencyatmonroe.com

North CAROLINA Balsam Mountain Preserve

Sylva, North Carolina

www.balsammountain.com

Birkdale Golf Club

Huntersville, North Carolina www.birkdale.com

NORTH DAKOTA King's Walk Golf Course

Grand Forks, North Dakota www.kingswalk.org

Loveland, Ohio

Southern Pines, North Carolina www.talamore.com

NCSU—Lonnie Poole Golf Course

Raleigh, North Carolina Oak Valley Golf Club

NEW JERSEY

www.whiteoaktryon.com

Mid South Club

NEW HAMPSHIRE www.golfclubne.com

White Oak Plantation

Tryon, North Carolina

OHIO

www.redrockcountryclub.com

Greenland, New Hampshire

www.woodlakecc.com

www.innsbrookgolfandboat.com

www.lonniepoolegolfcourse.com

Golf Club of New England

Woodlake Resort and Golf Club

Vass, North Carolina

Advance, North Carolina www.oakvalleygolfclub.com

TPC at Piper Glen @

Oasis Golf Club www.oasisclub.com

TPC at River’s Bend

Cincinnati, Ohio

www.tpcatriversbend.com

Tartan Fields Golf Club

Dublin, Ohio

www.tartanfields.com

OREGON Running Y Ranch Resort @

Charlotte, North Carolina

Klamath Falls, Oregon

www.tpc.com/private/piper_glen/index.html

www.runningy.com

Quail Hollow Country Club +

The Tribute at Thornburg

Charlotte, North Carolina Rivers Edge Golf Club

Shallotte, North Carolina

www.river18.com

River Oaks Raleigh, North Carolina Seven Falls Golf and River Club

Hendersonville, North Carolina www.sevenfalls-nc.com

Bend, Oregon

www.runningy.com

PENNSYLVANIA Blue Bell Country Club

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania www.bluebellcc.com

The Club at Blackthorne

Penn Township, Pennsylvania www.theclubatblackthorne.com

Commonwealth National Golf Club @

Horsham, Pennsylvania www.commonwealthgolfclub.com

Innsbrook Golf & Boat Club, NC, hole #17

Laurel Valley Country Club +

Ligonier, Pennsylvania

Oakmont Country Club +

Oakmont, Pennsylvania www.oakmont-countryclub.org

Treesdale Golf and Country Club @

Gibsonia, Pennsylvania www.treesdalegolf.com

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

The Palmer Course The Woodlands, Texas

www.dakotadunescountryclub.com

www.thewoodlands.com/golf

TENNESsEE

UTAH

Dakota Dunes, South Dakota

The Governors Golf Club

Brentwood, Tennessee

www.thejeremy.com

King's Creek Spring Hill, Tennessee

VIRGINIA

www.kingscreekgolf.com

www.crescentpointegolf.com

TEXAS

Musgrove Mill Golf Club

Barton Creek Resort @ Palmer Lakeside Course Spicewood, Texas

Clinton, South Carolina www.musgrovemill.com

Myrtle Beach National

King's North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina www.mbn.com

Old Tabby Links @

Okatie, South Carolina http://www.springisland-sc.com

The Reserve at Lake Keowee

Sunset, South Carolina

www.reserveatlakekeowee.com

www.bartoncreek.com

Twin Creeks Golf Course

Allen, Texas

Bay Creek Golf Club @*

Cape Charles, Virginia www.baycreekgolfclub.com

Belmont Country Club @

Ashburn, Virginia

www.belmontcountryclub.com

Dominion Valley Country Club and Executive Course

Haymarket, Virginia

www.twincreeksgolf.com

www.dominionvalley.com

The Golf Club at Fossil Creek

Fawn Lake @

www.thegolfclubatfossilcreek.com

www.fawnlakevirginia.com

Lakecliff on Lake Travis

The Federal Club

www.lakecliff.net

www.thefederalclub.com

Fort Worth, Texas

Spicewood, Texas Newport Dunes

RiverTowne Country Club

Port Aransas, Texas

www.rivertownecountryclub.com

The Palmer Course at La Cantera Resort @

Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

Jeremy Golf and Country Club

Park City, Utah

www.thegovernorsclub.com

Crescent Pointe Golf Club

Bluffton, South Carolina

The Woodlands

Dakota Dunes Country Club

San Antonio, Texas

www.lacanteragolfclub.com

Spotsylvania, Virginia

Glen Allen, Virginia Keswick Golf Club @

Keswick, Virginia www.keswickclub.com

Kingsmill on the James @ The Plantation Course Williamsburg, Virginia

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www.kingsmill.com

Signature at West Neck

Virginia Beach, Virginia www.signatureatwestneck.com

WASHINGTON Seattle Golf Club +

Seattle, Washington www.seattlegolfclub.com

Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club @

Blaine, Washington. www.semiahmoo.com

Prospector Golf Course At Suncadia

Roslyn, Washington www.suncadia.com

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Wheeling, West Virginia

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Stonewall Jackson Lake Resort

Walkersville, West Virginia www.stonewallresort.com

WISCONSIN The Bog

Saukville, Wisconsin

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Geneva National Golf Club

The Palmer Course Lake Geneva, Wisconsin www.genevanationalresort.com

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Sanctuary Cove, Queensland www.sanctuarycove.com

Bahamas West End Golf Club

Sporting Club Berlin

Bad Saarow

www.sporting-club-berlin.de

GUAM LeoPalace Resort—The Palmer Course

Yona

CANADA

India

Northview Golf and Country Club

Cloverdale, British Columbia www.northviewgolf.com

DLF Golf Club

New Delhi

www.dlfgolfresort.com

Whistler Golf Club

INDONESIA

www.whistlergolf.com

Desa Tapos, Cimanggis ( Jakarta)

China

Ireland

Whistler, British Columbia

Beijing Cascades Golf Course

Beijing

Chung Shan Hot Springs Golf Course

Guangdong Province Kunming Piexing

Kunming

Costa Rica Four Seasons Resort Peninsula Papagayo

Emeralda Golf and Country Club

Kildare Hotel and Country Club

Straffan, County Kildare www.kclub.ie

Milverton

Dublin

Tralee Golf Club

Ardfert, County Kerry www.traleegolfclub.com

Papagayo, Guanacaste

Italy

France

Martellago

Vignoly

Teton Pines Resort and Country Club @

www.domainedelabrie.com

www.tetonpines.com

Rethmar Golf Links

Hannover

West End, Grand Bahama Island

WYOMING

Jackson, Wyoming

Germany

Crecy–la–Chapelle, Paris

Ca'della Nave Golf Club Castello di Tolcinasco Golf and Country Club

Milano

www.golftolcinasco.it

Barton Creek Lakeside, TX, hole #17

Golf Club Le Pavoniere

Prato www.golfclublepavoniere.com Japan Ajigasawa Kogen Golf Course

Aomori Prefecture Asahi Miki

Osaka

Aso Prince Hotel Golf Course

Kumamoto Prefecture Forest Miki Golf Club

Hyogo Prefecture

Fuji Excellent Ono Club

Tsugaru Kogen Golf Course

Evercrest Golf Club and Resort

Aomori Prefecture

Nasugbu, Batangas

Wakasa Country Club — Suigetsuko Course

Antipolo, Luzon

Washington Club Sapporo Golf Course

Orchard Golf and Country Club — The Legacy

Fukui Prefecture

Hokkaido Prefecture

Forest Hills Golf & Country Club

Dasmarinas, Cavite http://theorchardgolf.com

Washington Club Meihan Golf Course

Mie Prefecture

Wakasa Country Club—Hyugako Course

Kukui Prefecture

REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN Zhailjau Golf Resort

The Quarry

Cebu

Sun Valley

Kingsville

Sun Valley Golf Course

Hyogo Prefecture

Almaty

Antipolo City, Luzon

Furano Golf Course

Korea

PORTUGAL

Hokkaido Prefecture Japan Classic Country Club

Iga Ueno

Kanegasaki Golf Course

Iwate Prefecture

Manago Country Club

Eunhwasam Country Club

Seoul

Muju Resort

Barroca D'Alva

Lisbon

The Victoria Course at Vilamoura

Muju-Gun

Vilamoura

www.mujuresort.com

www.oceanicogolf.com

MALAYSIA

Spain

Damai Golf Course

Tochigi Prefecture

Sarawak

Minakami-Kogen Golf Course

PHILIPPINES

Hyatt La Manga Club Resort

Cartagena, Murcia

www.lamanga.regency.hyatt.com

Gunma Prefecture

Misawa Adonis Golf Club

Gifu Prefecture

Niseko Golf Course

Hokkaido Prefecture Shimotsuke Country Club

Tochigi Prefecture

Turtle Bay, HI, hole #18

Caliraya Springs

TAIWAN

www.staluciarealty.com/version2/ project-CalirayaSprings.htm

Taoyuan County

Imperial Golf & Country Club (formerly Cebu Mactan)

Taoyuan County

Lumban, Cavinti, Laguna

Cebu

www.theorchardgolf.com

Formosa First Country Club Formosa Yangmei Country Club

THAILAND Bangpoo Country Club

Bangkok

On behalf of all of the players, volunteers, sponsors, and fans of the Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard, we would like to wish our host a

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Aomori Prefecture Asahi Miki

Osaka

Aso Prince Hotel Golf Course

Tsugaru Kogen Golf Course

Aomori Prefecture

Evercrest Golf Club and Resort

Nasugbu, Batangas

arnold Mickelson, star turnClub Hills was Golfthe & Country Wakasa Country Clubpalmer, along with Phil Forest at the fourth annual Jackson T. Stephens Charitable Golf Antipolo, Luzon — Suigetsuko Course Tournament in the stunning setting of The Alotian Club in Fukui Prefecture

Orchard Golf and Country Club Roland, Arkansas in April.

— The Legacy co–founder of Washington Club Sapporo Golf The event is Course named after Jack Stephens,

Dasmarinas, Cavite chairman Hokkaido Prefecture investment banking company Stephens Inc. and former http://theorchardgolf.com of Augusta National Golf Club, who died in 2005.

Washington Club Meihan GolfaCourse Palmer held question–and–answer session with participants The Quarry Mie Prefecture

and beneficiaries, while Mickelson conducted a chipping clinic for Cebu a crowd that included children from the First Tee of Central Wakasa Country Club—Hyugako Course Arkansas and students from Episcopal SunCollegiate Valley School in Little Forest Miki Golf Club Kukui Prefecture Rock—two of the five benefiting charities.

Kingsville Hyogo Prefecture event has raised $4.2m after four years of a five–year REPUBLIC OF The KAZAKHSTAN Sun Golf Course began in 2006 and is Valley set to conclude next year.

Fuji Excellent Ono Club Zhailjau Golfcommitment—it Resort City, Luzon Hyogo Prefecture Almaty “We’ve raised a million dollars plus Antipolo per year and that’s been great,” said Warren Stephens, the tournament host, founder of The PORTUGAL Furano Golf Course Korea Alotian Club and son of Jack Stephens.

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Vilamoura Muju-Gun The Alotian Club, an exclusive, golf–only www.oceanicogolf.comestablishment, Kanegasaki Golf Course www.mujuresort.com had set up a white rocking chair, complete with club cushion, on Iwate Prefecture Spain for Palmer to sit on MALAYSIAa stage near the back steps of the clubhouse Hyattright La Manga Resort while delivering his talk. But he walked past itClub to stand in Manago Country Club Damai Golf Course Murcia Tochigi Prefecture Sarawak front of his audience instead. FirstCartagena, he told stories about major www.lamanga.regency.hyatt.com championships he had played in, then he reminisced about Jack Minakami-Kogen Golf Course PHILIPPINES Stephens.

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Supporting the First Tee is something I’m proud Taoyuan County Niseko Golf Course Imperial Golf & Country Club be a part of.” (formerly CebutoMactan) Hokkaido Prefecture THAILAND Then he turned to Emma Lavy, the state high school girls’ Cebu Bangpoo Shimotsuke Country Club www.theorchardgolf.com golf champion from Fayetteville who was Country sitting inClub the front Bangkok Tochigi Palmer Prefecture with harriet and warren Stephens row. “Did you have a question?” he asked her. When she didn’t respond right away, he said: “Well, let me ask you one. What’s your handicap?”

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