Arnold Palmer

North Carolina · connected1929–2016

American golfer (1929–2016)

Studied at Wake Forest University

golfer, architect, aircraft pilot, athlete, professional golfer

In the libraries

Open Library 495 golf lessons · 1973 View library record ↗ Open Library A golfer's life · 1999 View library record ↗ Open Library Arnold Palmer's complete book of putting · 1986 View library record ↗ Open Library My game and yours · 1965 View library record ↗ Open Library Play great golf · 1987 View library record ↗ Open Library Playing by the Rules · 2002 View library record ↗

Read Arnold Palmer

Playing by the Rules 2002 Find a copy Play great golf 1987 Find a copy My game and yours 1965 Find a copy 495 golf lessons 1973 Find a copy Arnold Palmer's complete book of putting 1986 Find a copy A golfer's life 1999 Find a copy

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Maybe you'll fail most of the time, but until you've dared to try and have brought off an impossible shot from the rough or from the water, or have salvaged a hole by laying a monster of a 2-iron shot stiff against the pin, you will have missed golf's greatest playing thrill.

I've always believed the British Open is one of the greatest championships in the world. As a kid I read about Bob Jones and Walter Hagen 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 Ben Hogan received after returning home with the Claret Jug 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).