Arnold Palmer

Also known as Arnold Daniel Palmer

American golfer (1929–2016)

Person · Open Library

Born: September 10, 1929
Works: 34

Top works

A survey of British paintings
More than shadows
Playing by the Rules
Tous les secrets du golf selon Arnold Palmer
A golfer's life

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Film & TV

Acting · Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA

Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Since embarking on a professional career in 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed "The King", Palmer was one of golf's most…

Known for

Spirit of Golf — Self (archive footage)2023
Perfection at Pebble — Self (archive footage)2019
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk — Self (archive footage)2019
Tiger and Rocco — Self (archive footage)2018
Arnie — Self2014
The Arnold Palmer — Self2012
Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 U.S. Open — Self2008
Chicken Soup: Conversations for the Golfer's Soul — Self2007
Tiger — Self2004
Shanks for the Memory1994

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1929
Active to: 2016

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 7,993
Total plays: 27,974

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,176x
Model Evaluation Guidelines for Systematic Quantification of Accuracy in Watershed Simulations
· 2007 · cited 9,961x
The job demands-resources model of burnout.
· 2001 · cited 9,405x
The Job Demands‐Resources model: state of the art
· 2007 · cited 9,171x
The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 8,884x

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Quotes

“Maybe you'll fail most of the time, but until you've dared to try and have brought off an impossible shot from the or from the , or have salvaged a hole by laying a monster of a shot stiff against the pin, you will have missed golf's greatest playing thrill.”
“I've always believed the is one of the greatest championships in the world. As a kid I read about and and other Americans who had won the British Open (or Open Championship, as they call it in Britain), and I remember the hero's welcome received after returning home with the in 1953.”
“I've made 20 aces in my lifetime, which doesn't sound like very many when you consider I've played golf since I was four years old, but the odds of making a hole-in-one are around 2,500-to-1 for a professional (and 25,000-to-1 for an amateur).”

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Key facts

Full name: Arnold Daniel Palmer
Nickname: The King
Born: ( 1929-09-10 ) September 10, 1929, Latrobe, Pennsylvania , U.S.
Died: September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25) (aged 87) , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight: 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Sporting nationality: United States
Spouse: Winifred Walzer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 ; died 1999 ) Kathleen Gawthrop ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2005 )
College: Wake Forest College
Former tours: PGA Tour Senior PGA Tour
Pga tour: 62 ( 5th all-time )
Masters tournament: Won : 1958 , 1960 , 1962 , 1964
Pga championship: T2: 1964 , 1968 , 1970
U s open: Won : 1960
The open championship: Won : 1961 , 1962
World golf hall of fame: World Golf Hall of Fame 1974 ( member page )
Pga tour money list winner: 1958 , 1960 , 1962 , 1963
Pga player of the year: 1960 , 1962