So we are drinking an Golf legend Arnold Palmer was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on this day in - he would go on to become one of the most successful sportsmen of all time, winning over 90 championships, including seven majors and four Masters. Most famously for cocktail geeks, he donated his name to one of the world's best mocktails - an addictive combo of homemade lemonade and iced tea.
No slouch at marketing, Arnold marketed his own version under the brand name Arnold Palmer Tee. For a true, refreshing flavour, mix your own Arnold Palmer at home with freshly brewed breakfast tea and remember this great sportsman who died 26th September , aged On this day in , a rather bewildered BBC announced a new-fangled arrival on these shores: an American Express credit card, available to members for an annual fee of three pounds and twelve shillings.
The Beeb observed that "this move by American Express is bound to give a powerful boost to the idea of credit cards in Britain, which have not, so far, spread very far": Diners Club, which beat American Express to the jump, never really penetrated the UK market.
And, yes, just as banks sold financial products based on sub-prime mortgages, they continue to sell products based on credit card repayments. Call us cynical, but we're marking this particular anniversary with a Rocky Left Bank. One of his victories was the prestigious honored Masters, a tournament held every year in Augusta, Georgia.
In , just as golf was beginning to receive regular television coverage, Palmer's spectacular come-from-behind wins in the Masters and the U. Open made him a national hero. He won the British Open in and and the Masters in and Palmer became one of the nation's most famous people. He became involved with many businesses, tried acting in television and movies, and wrote a new golf book every few years. Palmer became the richest athlete in the world, with a yearly income of more than one million dollars.
Although Palmer continued to win tournaments through the s, some believed that his businesses were distracting him from golf. His last victory on the Senior tour was in In he made his final U. Open appearance in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, where the cheers of his "Army" brought him to tears. A similar scene occurred at his last appearance at the British Open in Palmer has received virtually every national award in golf.
He also established a yearly fund-raising golf event for the Latrobe Area Hospital in Palmer underwent surgery for cancer in January After he recovered, his wife was found to be suffering from a different type of cancer.
She died in Palmer continued his involvement with golf. He testified on behalf of the PGA in a lawsuit brought by golfer Casey Martin, who was suing for the right to use a golf cart to move between holes while playing because of a problem with one of his legs. Palmer and others argued that the cart would give Martin an unfair advantage over other players. In , Arnold and a group of investors purchased the famed Pebble Beach golf complex on the California coast. He was also a tournament professional and member of the board of directors of Laurel Valley Golf Club, Ligonier, PA, with which he has been affiliated since its founding in the late s.
Palmer was consultant to Golf Channel in Orlando, which went on the air on cable networks in January, Another important facet of his activities involved the Arnold Palmer Design Company, which continues to thrive headquartered at the Bay Hill Club.
Since the mids, Palmer put his stamp on about new courses throughout the nation and world. His modest business empire and golfing activities kept Palmer on the move much of the year, most of the travel in his Cessna Citation X jet aircraft. He was recognized in for his contributions to aviation and his Western Pennsylvania community when the Westmoreland County Airport at Latrobe was renamed the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport.
He was a member of the Westmoreland County Airport Authority. Palmer was born on September 10, , in Latrobe, a small industrial town in Western Pennsylvania at the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains some 50 miles east of Pittsburgh.
He lived there during the warm months of the year, but spent the fall and winter months at his homes at Bay Hill and at the Tradition Golf Club in La Quinta, California. He had numerous active and honorary memberships in clubs throughout the world, including famed Augusta National in Georgia, St. The golfing great was the recipient of countless honors, the symbolic plaques, trophies and citations scattered throughout his personal, club and business worlds, the epitome coming when he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W.
He has received virtually every national award in golf and after his great season both the Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year and Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year trophies. He played a major role in the fund-raising drive in the s that led to the creation of the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women and subsequently the Arnold Palmer Medical Center in Orlando. A long-time member of the board of directors of Latrobe Area Hospital, he staged a major annual fund-raising golf event for that institution for six years that led to the formation of the Latrobe Area Hospital Charitable Foundation.
The saga of Arnold Palmer began when he was four years old, swinging his first set of golf clubs, cut down by his father, Milfred J. Deacon Palmer, who worked at Latrobe Country Club from until his death in , much of that time as both golf professional and course superintendent. Before long, Arnie was playing well enough to beat the older caddies at the club. He began caddying himself when he was 11 and worked at almost every job at the club in later years.
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