Posts Tagged “Arnold Palmer”
Posted by The Armchair Golfer in Golf, tags: Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Bobby Jones, British Open, Geoff Shackelford, Grand Slam, Hickok Belt, Lee Trevino, Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, United States Golf Association, USGA
AS YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD, there was a break-in and burglary at the United States Golf Association (USGA) in Far Hills, New Jersey, early on Wednesday morning. According to the Associated Press, several trophy cases in the USGA Museum were shatt…
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WHY DID THIS TAKE SO LONG? The King, Arnold Palmer, has had his own drink for years. Now, at last, Jack Nicklaus will have his own drink. It will be called the “Golden Bear.”
Actually, Arizona Beverages is creating an entire line of lemonade dri…
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Gary Player (Allison)
THE GREATS ARE COMPETITIVE FOREVER, looking for any possible edge, more distance, more anything. Just ask Gary Player.
The Black Knight fiddled with his driver in anticipation of last Thursday’s ceremonial tee shot alongside …
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Posted by The Armchair Golfer in Golf, tags: Arnold Palmer, Augusta National Golf Club, Bubba Watson, Fred Couples, Gary Player, Jack Nickaus, Jason Dufner, Lee Westwood, Lexi Thompson, Masters, Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy
MAYBE YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THIS. Um, the skee-ball event. It’s not the famous Masters Par 3 Tournament. No Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player at this one. Rather, Rickie Fowler, Lexi Thompson and amateur Kelly Kraft.
Fred Couples and …
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GOLF BOOKS HAVE BEEN COLLECTING in my email inbox and elsewhere. Here’s a rundown.
Gary Player: Golf’s Ambassador from South Africa to Augusta
By John Boyette
A new book on Gary Player that draws on extensive interviews with Player, his family and o…
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Fred Couples bunkered.IF ARNOLD PALMER IS GOLF’S king, then Fred Couples is golf’s king of cool. I mean, seriously, does Freddie look like anything would ever bother him? (Including Greg Norman’s jabs about Freddie’s Tiger Woods pick for the U….
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SIX-TIME PGA TOUR WINNER Paul Harney died this week. You would have to be a student of golf history to know Harney, who played alongside greats such as Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Billy Casper. Along with the legendary Francis Ouimet, Harney is cons…
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Posted by The Armchair Golfer in Golf, tags: Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, PGA Championship, PGA of America, Steve Stricker, Walter Hagen, Wanamaker Trophy
(Plucked and updated from the ARMCHAIR GOLF archives.)HERE’S WHAT THEY’RE PLAYING FOR in the 93rd PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club. (Plus $1.35 million, plus exemptions and endorsements galore, plus getting the major monkey off their b…
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AS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK, the Bob Hope Classic is now the Humana Challenge, which will be a four-round 72-hole event instead of the five-round 90-hole marathon that made the Hope unique. Celebrities certainly have their exalted place in American society,…
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