Arnold Palmer is one of the most famous players ever to have picked up a set of golf clubs.

Arnold Palmer is one of the most famous players ever to have picked up a set of golf clubs.

The King of Golf Clubs

Arnold Palmer is one of the most famous players in golf and while he reigned he was the king of his golf clubs, which explains why he was dubbed ‘The King’.

The final swing

In 2006, he retired his golf clubs aged 77, instantly entering the hall of fame with the other famous players of golf’s old school, such as Jack Nicklaus. He finally laid his golf clubs to rest after hitting consecutive golf balls into a water hazard during the Champions Tour in Texas.

“I've been doing this for a long time and, first of all, to stand out there and not be able to make something happen is very traumatic in my mind,” Palmer told a UK newspaper about the incident. “The people, they all want to see a good shot - and you know it and you can't give them that good shot. That's when it's time.”

World’s most famous player

It was a tough game, but he finished it despite having to rest several times and even take pills to keep the aching pain away. It was clearly a historic moment. Palmer’s playing partner Lee Trevino confirmed the King’s status as one of the world’s most famous players – as soon as he put down his golf clubs, Trevino made him sign his golf ball and glove. “We didn’t take his shoes,” Trevino joked.

Quartet of famous players

Many believe that Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus were the holy quartet of famous players who turned golf into a global game, leaving a blaze of glory with their golf clubs. Palmer and Nicklaus became famous players at the right time in history – as the world watched them swing their golf clubs on TV for the first time. TV meant their profiles, and earnings, were higher than any previous golfers in America.

Golfing everyman

Palmer’s fame was also consolidated by his Brando swagger and the fact that thousands looked up to him as an example of following their dreams. Palmer had more appeal than other famous players thanks to his humble background – his father was a greenkeeper at a golf club in Pennsylvania. He was the golfing everyman.

Affable and fallible

Today’s new breed of players with sponsorship deals to be the face of branded golf clubs and golf balls are perhaps more famous than any of the 1950s generation. Tiger Woods for example has redefined the meaning of fame and golf. But Woods has an indestructible persona; Palmer on the other hand was more affable and fallible to golf fans.
“I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone’s golf game,” Palmer wise-cracked: “It's called an eraser.”

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