Arnold Palmer
Sign in to saveAmerican golfer (1929–2016)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- September 10, 1929
- Died
- 2016-09-25
- 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
via Open Library + Wikidata
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
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,993
- Total plays
- 27,974
Tags
electronic houseProgressive Houseelektro-house-progressive
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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
Sports profile
- Sport
- Golf
- Team
- _Deceased Golf
- Position
- Golfer
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Key dates
- Born
- 10 September 1929
- Died
- 25 September 2016
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arnold
- Family name
- Palmer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Latrobe
- Place of death
- Pittsburgh
- Occupation
- professional golfer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- golf
Article
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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 popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.