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Arnold Palmer
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 70 on All-Time
Money List
FULL NAME: Arnold Daniel Palmer
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTHDATE: September 10, 1929
BIRTHPLACE: Latrobe, PA
RESIDENCE: Latrobe, PA; Bay Hill, FL
FAMILY: Peggy (2/26/56), Amy (8/4/58); seven grandchildren
EDUCATION: Wake Forest University
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Flying, business, clubmaking
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1954
JOINED TOUR: 1980
CLUB AFFILIATION: Latrobe CC, PA; Laurel Valley GC, PA; Bay
Hill Club, FL
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (60) 1955 Canadian Open. 1956 Insurance City Open, Eastern Open.
1957 Houston Open, Azalea Open Invitational, Rubber City Open Invitational,
San Diego Open Invitational. 1958 St. Petersburg Open Invitational,
Masters Tournament, Pepsi Championship. 1959 Thunderbird Invitational,
Oklahoma City Open Invitation, West Palm Beach Open Invitational.
1960 Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic, Texas Open Invitational, Baton
Rouge Open Invitational, Pensacola Open Invitational, Masters Tournament,
U.S. Open Championship, Insurance City Open Invitational, Mobile Sertoma
Open Invitation. 1961 San Diego Open Invitational, Phoenix Open Invitational,
Baton Rouge Open Invitational, Texas Open Invitational, Western Open.
1962 Palm Springs Golf Classic, Phoenix Open Invitational, Masters
Tournament, Texas Open Invitational, Tournament of Champions, Colonial
National Invitation Tournament, American Golf Classic. 1963 Los Angeles
Open, Phoenix Open Invitational, Pensacola Open Invitational, Thunderbird
Classic Invitation, Cleveland Open Invitational, Western Open, Whitemarsh
Open Invitational. 1964 Masters Tournament, Oklahoma City Open Invitation.
1965 Tournament of Champions. 1966 Los Angeles Open, Tournament of
Champions, Houston Champions International. 1967 Los Angeles Open,
Tucson Open Invitational, American Golf Classic, Thunderbird Classic.
1968 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Kemper Open. 1969 Heritage Golf Classic,
Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic. 1970 National Four-Ball Championship.
1971 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Florida Citrus Invitational, Westchester
Classic, National Team Championship. 1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (10) 1980 PGA Seniors' Championship. 1981 U.S. Senior Open. 1982
Marlboro Classic, Denver Post Champions of Golf. 1983 Boca Grove Classic.
1984 General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship, Senior Tournament Players
Championship, Quadel Senior Classic. 1985 Senior Tournament Players
Championship. 1988 Crestar Classic. |
| International Victories |
| 1990, 1992, 1993 Senior Skins Games, 1984 Doug Sanders Celebrity
Pro-Am, 1986 Union Mutual Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1954 U.S. Amateur. 1955 Panama Open, Colombia Open. 1961 and 1962
British Open. 1963 Australian Wills Masters Tournament. 1964 Piccadilly
World Match Play Championship. 1966 Australian Open, PGA Team Championship
(with Jack Nicklaus). 1967 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship,
World Cup (individual). 1971 Lancome Trophy. 1975 Spanish Open, British
PGA Championship. 1980 Canadian PGA Championship. TEAM VICTORIES:
1960, 1962 Canada Cup (with Sam Snead), 1963, 1964, 1966 Canada Cup
(with Jack Nicklaus), 1966 PGA Team Championship (with Jack Nicklaus),
1967 World Cup (with Jack Nicklaus) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money and Positions |
| $810 (T140) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| 77--Verizon Classic |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 77 at Round 2, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 80 at Round 2, Verizon Classic |
| 2001 Season PGA TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--4; in money--0; Top-10 finishes--0 |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T73--FleetBoston Classic |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--7; in money--5; Top-10 finishes--0 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Played in four PGA TOUR events, missing the cut three times and
withdrawing from the Marconi Pennsylvania Classic, on his Laurel Valley
CC course...Shot his age (71) in fourth round of Bob Hope Chrysler
Classic. First player in his 70s to shoot his age or better on PGA
TOUR since 77-year-old Jerry Barber had 71 in second round of 1994
Buick Invitational...Also shot age to defeat Jack Nicklaus in "Shell's
Wonderful World of Golf" played at The King & The Bear March 26...Added
one more 71 during the first round of the Senior PGA Championship,
but missed cut after second-round 83...Made record 46th consecutive
start in Masters...Made seven SENIOR PGA TOUR starts. |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Made seven official appearances on the SENIOR TOUR and four on the
PGA TOUR, including his 47th appearance at the Masters. Has the second
longest streak in the history of that event behind Doug Ford (49)...Became
just the third player in PGA TOUR history to shoot his age when he
fired a 1-under-par 71 in the fourth round of the Bob Hope Chrysler
Classic...Shot his age again on the SENIOR TOUR when he opened with
another 1-under-par 71 in May at the Senior PGA Championship at Ridgewood
CC in New Jersey...Made his 21st appearance in the U.S. Senior Open,
more than any other player. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Reached a milestone in July when he played his 1,000th TOUR
event at The Instinet Classic...Also bettered his age for the first
time when he fired a 3-under-par 69 in the second round of the FleetBoston
Classic. One week earlier had matched his age with a final-round 70
at the Novell Utah Showdown. That marked the first time he had shot
his age since posting a final-round 66 at the 1995 GTE Northwest Classic.
Also matched his age with a 71 at the Vantage Championship...Made
three starts on the PGA TOUR at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Bay
Hill Invitational and made his 46th appearance at the Masters. Joined
Jack Nicklaus and Byron Nelson as the first recipients of the Payne
Stewart Award presented at the THE TOUR Championship. 1999: Made only
10 appearances on the SENIOR TOUR, his lowest total since the 1983
campaign...Wife, Winnie, died of cancer on November 20, 1999. 1998:
Off the circuit for 11 weeks during the fall due to seven weeks of
radiation treatments for prostate cancer. 1997: Underwent surgery
for prostate cancer in mid-January and made his first start after
the surgery at the PGA TOUR's Bay Hill Invitational in late March.
1996: Captained the United States team to victory in the Presidents
Cup near Washington...Named "Golfer of the Century" at the centennial
banquet of the Golf Associations of Philadelphia and received the
Distinguished American Award from the prestigious Jonathan Club in
Los Angeles...Also was honored by the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame during
Masters week with a sculpture in downtown Augusta, GA. 1995: Shot
his age for the first time in the final round of the GTE Northwest
Classic, carding a 66 on his birthday...Made triumphal return to St.
Andrews on the 35th anniversary of his first British Open in 1960.
1994: Played in his last U.S. Open at Oakmont CC near Pittsburgh,
40 years after competing in his first one. 1993: Pocketed $190,000
at the Senior Skins Game and was the event's leading money-winner
for a second straight year...Was the designated honoree at The Memorial
and played in the event for the first time since 1984. 1992: Racked
up $205,000 in winning the Senior Skins Game at Mauna Lani to start
the year...Carded the 16th hole-in-one of his career, and last in
competition, in the opening round of the GTE Northwest Classic. 1988:
Had his finest earnings year as a SENIOR TOUR player, placing 17th
on the final money list with $185,373...Recorded his last official
win on the SENIOR TOUR, claiming the Crestar Classic title near Richmond
in wire-to-wire fashion by four strokes over Lee Elder, Larry Mowry
and Jim Ferree. 1986: Made holes-in-one on consecutive days at the
par-3 third hole at the Tournament Players Club at Avenel during the
Chrysler Cup pro-am competition, a first for a professional player.
1985: Ran away from the field with an 11-shot win at the Senior Tournament
Players Championship at Canterbury GC near Cleveland, and established
an all-time record for largest margin of victory, not broken until
Hale Irwin's 12-shot win at the 1997 PGA Seniors' Championship. 1984:
His three victories during the campaign were the most in any single
season of his SENIOR TOUR career and marked the first time since 1971
that he claimed a trio of titles in a year...Won a pair of SENIOR
TOUR major championships: the PGA Seniors' Championship by two strokes
over Don January, and the Senior Tournament Players Championship where
he bested Peter Thomson by three shots...Also edged Orville Moody
and Lee Elder by one at the Quadel Seniors Classic near the end of
the campaign. 1983: Ended a 15-month victory drought by capturing
the season-ending Boca Grove Senior Classic after leading or sharing
the lead throughout. 1982: Collected a pair of titles, the first coming
at the Marlboro Classic by four strokes over Billy Casper and Bob
Rosburg...Added the Denver Post Champions of Golf title when he held
off Bob Goalby by a stroke. 1981: Became the first player to claim
both a U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open title with his playoff victory
over Bob Stone and Billy Casper at Oakland Hills CC near Detroit.
1980: Playoff victory over Paul Harney at the PGA Seniors' Championship
made him the first of only 10 men to claim the first official SENIOR
TOUR event he entered...Actually debuted on the circuit at the unofficial
World Seniors Invitational, finishing as runner-up to Gene Littler
in Charlotte. |
| Personal |
| Maintains an active business schedule with golf course design, construction
and development...A pilot of considerable renown, he once held one
world aviation record and was the first person to receive a Citation
X aircraft off the production line...Chairman of the Board of The
Golf Channel...Collaborated with Jack Nicklaus on the new The King
and The Bear Course at the World Golf Village that opened in November,
2000, the site of the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 14-10 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 2-1 |
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