| Arnold Palmer |
Palmer in 1953 |
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Arnold Daniel Palmer |
| Nickname |
The King |
| Born |
(1929-09-10) September 10, 1929 (age 82)
Latrobe, Pennsylvania |
| Height |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight |
185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Residence |
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Orlando, Florida |
| Spouse |
Winifred Walzer (m. 1954-1999)
Kathleen Gawthrop (m. 2005) |
| Career |
| College |
Wake Forest University |
| Turned professional |
1954 |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour
Champions Tour |
| Professional wins |
95 |
| Number of wins by tour |
| PGA Tour |
62 (5th all time) |
| European Tour |
2 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia |
2 |
| Champions Tour |
10 |
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 7) |
| Masters Tournament |
Won: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 |
| U.S. Open |
Won: 1960 |
| The Open Championship |
Won: 1961, 1962 |
| PGA Championship |
T2: 1964, 1968, 1970 |
| Achievements and awards |
| World Golf Hall of Fame |
1974 (member page) |
PGA Tour
leading money winner |
1958, 1960, 1962, 1963 |
| PGA Player of the Year |
1960, 1962 |
| Vardon Trophy |
1961, 1962, 1964, 1967 |
Sports Illustrated
Sportsman of the Year |
1960 |
| Bob Jones Award |
1971 |
| Old Tom Morris Award |
1983 |
PGA Tour Lifetime
Achievement Award |
1998 |
| Payne Stewart Award |
2000 |
Presidential Medal
of Freedom |
2004 |
| Congressional Gold Medal |
2009 |
Arnold Daniel Palmer (born September 10, 1929) is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. Nicknamed "The King," he is one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer, because he was the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. He is part of "The Big Three" in golf, along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, who are widely credited with popularizing and commercialising the sport around the world.
Palmer won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, and in 1974 was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Palmer was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He learned golf from his father, Deacon Palmer, who was head professional and greenskeeper at Latrobe Country Club, allowing young Arnold to accompany his father as he maintained the course.[1] He attended Wake Forest University, on a golf scholarship. He left upon the death of close friend Bud Worsham and enlisted in the United States Coast Guard, where he served for three years and had some time to continue to hone his golf skills. Palmer returned to college and competitive golf. His win in the 1954 U.S. Amateur made him decide to try the pro tour for a while, and he and new bride Winifred Walzer (whom he had met at a Pennsylvania tournament) traveled the circuit for 1955.
Palmer won the 1955 Canadian Open in his rookie season, and raised his game status for the next several seasons. Palmer's charisma was a major factor in establishing golf as a compelling television event in the 1950s and 1960s, setting the stage for the popularity it enjoys today. His first major championship win at the 1958 Masters Tournament cemented his position as one of the leading stars in golf, and by 1960 he had signed up as pioneering sports agent Mark McCormack's first client. In later interviews, McCormack listed five attributes that made Palmer especially marketable: his good looks; his relatively modest background (his father was a greenskeeper before rising to be club professional and Latrobe was a humble club); the way he played golf, taking risks and wearing his emotions on his sleeve; his involvement in a string of exciting finishes in early televised tournaments; and his affability.[2]
Palmer is also credited by many for securing the status of The Open Championship (British Open) among U.S. players. After Ben Hogan won that championship in 1953, few American professionals had travelled to play in The Open, due to its travel requirements, relatively small prize purses, and the style of its links courses (radically different from most American courses). Palmer was convinced by his business partner Mark McCormack that success in the Open -– to emulate the feats of Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Sam Snead and Hogan before him –- would truly make him a global sporting star, not simply a leading American golfer. In particular, Palmer travelled to Scotland in 1960, having already won both the Masters and U.S. Open, to try to emulate Hogan's feat of 1953, of winning all three in a single year. He failed, losing out to Kel Nagle by a single shot, but his subsequent Open wins in the early 1960s convinced many American pros that a trip to Britain would be worth the effort, and certainly secured Palmer's popularity among British and European fans, not just American ones.
Palmer won seven major championships:
Palmer's most prolific years were 1960–1963, when he won 29 PGA Tour events, including five major tournament victories, in four seasons. In 1960, he won the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year and Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award. He built up a wide fan base, often referred to as "Arnie's Army", and in 1967 he became the first man to reach one million dollars in career earnings on the PGA Tour. By the late 1960s Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player had both acquired clear ascendancy in their rivalry, but Palmer won a PGA Tour event every year from 1955 to 1971 inclusive, and in 1971 he enjoyed a revival, winning four events.
Palmer won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average four times: 1961, 1962, 1964, and 1967. He played on six Ryder Cup teams: 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, and 1973. He was the last playing captain in 1963, and captained the team again in 1975.
Palmer was eligible for the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour) from its first season in 1980, and he was one of the marquee names who helped it to become successful. He won ten events on the tour, including five senior majors.
Palmer won the first World Match Play Championship in England, an event which was originally organized by McCormack to showcase his stable of players. Their partnership was one of the most significant in the history of sports marketing. Long after he ceased to win tournaments, Palmer remained one of the highest earners in golf due to his appeal to sponsors and the public.
In 2004, he competed in The Masters for the last time, marking his 50th consecutive appearance in that event. After missing the cut at the 2005 U.S. Senior Open by 21 shots, he announced that he would not enter any more senior majors. Since 2007, Palmer has served as the honorary starter for the Masters.[3] He retired from tournament golf on October 13, 2006, when he withdrew from the Champions Tours' Administaff Small Business Classic after four holes due to dissatisfaction with his own play. He played the remaining holes but did not keep score.[4] Palmer's legacy was reaffirmed by an electrifying moment during the 2004 Bay Hill Invitational. Standing over 200 yards from the water-guarded 18th green, Palmer, who is known for his aggressive play, lashed his second shot onto the green with a driver. The shot thrilled his loyal gallery and energized the excitable Palmer. He turned to his grandson and caddie, Sam Saunders, and gave him a prolonged shimmy and playful jeering in celebration of the moment.
Palmer has had a diverse golf-related business career, including owning the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, which is the venue for the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational (renamed from the Bay Hill Invitational in 2007), helping to found The Golf Channel,[5] and negotiating the deal to build the first golf course in the People's Republic of China. This led to the formation of Palmer Course Design in 1972, which was renamed Arnold Palmer Design Company when the company moved to Orlando Florida in 2006. Palmer's design partner was Ed Seay. The Palmer-Seay team has designed over 200 courses around the world. Since 1971 he has owned Latrobe Country Club, where his father used to be the club professional. The licensing, endorsements, spokesman associations and commercial partnerships built by Palmer and McCormack are managed by Arnold Palmer Enterprises.
One of Arnold Palmer's most recent products is a branded use of the beverage which combines sweet iced tea with lemonade. [6]
In 2000, Palmer was ranked the sixth greatest player of all time in Golf Digest magazine's rankings.[7]
According to Golf Digest, Palmer made $1,861,857 in 734 PGA Tour career starts over 53 years; he earned an estimated $30 million off the course in 2008.[8]
Palmer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.[9] He was the first golfer to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the second golfer, after Byron Nelson, to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
In addition to Palmer's impressive list of awards, he has been bestowed the honor of kicking off the Masters Tournament since 2007. From 2007 to 2009, Palmer was the sole honorary starter. In 2010, longtime friend and competitor Jack Nicklaus was appointed by Augusta National to join Palmer.[10] In 2012, golf's The Big Three reunited as South African golfer Gary Player joined for the ceremonial tee shots as honorary starters for the 76th playing of the Masters Tournament.[11]
Palmer now resides near his golf course, Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Country Club and Lodge, in Orlando, Florida which was originally designed by Dick Wilson.
Palmer's grandson, Sam Saunders, is a professional golfer. Saunders grew up playing at Bay Hill, and won the Club Championship there at age 15. He attended Clemson University on a golf scholarship and turned pro in 2008. Saunders stated that Palmer's family nickname is "Dumpy".[12]
An avid pilot for over 50 years, Palmer thought he would pilot a plane for the last time on January 31, 2011. He flew from Palm Springs, California to Orlando, Florida in his Cessna Citation X.[13] His pilot's medical certificate expired that day and he chose not to renew it. However, public FAA records show he was issued a new third class medical in May 2011.
- 1946 WPIAL Championship, PIAA Championship
- 1947 WPIAL Championship, PIAA Championship, Western Pennsylvania Junior, Western Pennsylvania Amateur
- 1948 Southern Conference Championship, Sunnehanna Invitational, Western Pennsylvania Junior
- 1950 Southern Intercollegiate, Western Pennsylvania Amateur, Greensburg Invitational
- 1951 Western Pennsylvania Amateur, Worsharn Memorial
- 1952 Western Pennsylvania Amateur, Greensburg Invitational
- 1953 Ohio Amateur, Cleveland Amateur, Greensburg Invitational, Mayfield Heights Open, Evergreen Pitch and Putt Invitational
- 1954 U.S. Amateur, Ohio Amateur, All-American Amateur, Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, Bill Waite Memorial
| Year |
Championship |
Winning Score |
Runner-up |
| 1954 |
U.S. Amateur |
1 up |
Robert Sweeny Jr. |
| Tournament |
1948 |
1949 |
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
1954 |
| U.S. Amateur |
R256 |
R64 |
R256 |
DNP |
DNP |
R16 |
1 |
DNP = Did not play
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
Source:[14]
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Winning Score |
Margin of
Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
| 1 |
Aug 20, 1955 |
Canadian Open |
-23 (64–67–64–70=265) |
4 strokes |
Jack Burke, Jr. |
| 2 |
Jul 1, 1956 |
Insurance City Open |
-10 (66–69–68–71=274) |
Playoff |
Ted Kroll |
| 3 |
Jul 29, 1956 |
Eastern Open |
-11 (70–66–69–72=277) |
2 strokes |
Dow Finsterwald |
| 4 |
Feb 25, 1957 |
Houston Open |
-9 (67–72–71–69=279) |
1 stroke |
Doug Ford |
| 5 |
Mar 31, 1957 |
Azalea Open Invitational |
-6 (70–67–70–75=282) |
1 stroke |
Dow Finsterwald |
| 6 |
Jun 9, 1957 |
Rubber City Open Invitational |
-12 (71–66–67–68=272) |
Playoff |
Doug Ford |
| 7 |
Oct 30, 1957 |
San Diego Open Invitational |
-17 (65–68–68–70=271) |
1 stroke |
 Al Balding |
| 8 |
Oct 20, 1958 |
St. Petersburg Open Invitational |
-12 (70–69–72–65=276) |
1 stroke |
Al Balding, Dow Finsterwald |
| 9 |
Apr 6, 1958 |
Masters Tournament |
-4 (70–73–68–73=284) |
1 stroke |
Doug Ford, Fred Hawkins |
| 10 |
Jun 29, 1958 |
Pepsi Championship |
-11 (66–69–67–71=273) |
5 strokes |
Jay Hebert |
| 11 |
Jan 25, 1959 |
Thunderbird Invitational |
-18 (67–70–67–62=266) |
Playoff |
Jimmy Demaret, Ken Venturi |
| 12 |
May 11, 1959 |
Oklahoma City Open Invitational |
-15 (73–64–67–69=273) |
2 strokes |
Bob Goalby |
| 13 |
Nov 29, 1959 |
West Palm Beach Open Invitational |
-7 (72–67–66–76=281) |
Playoff |
Gay Brewer, Pete Cooper |
| 14 |
Feb 7, 1960 |
Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic |
-22 (67–73–67–66–65=338) |
3 strokes |
Fred Hawkins |
| 15 |
Feb 28, 1960 |
Texas Open Invitational |
-12 (69–65–67–75=276) |
2 strokes |
Doug Ford, Frank Stranahan |
| 16 |
Mar 6, 1960 |
Baton Rouge Open Invitational |
-9 (71–71–69–68=279) |
7 strokes |
Jay Hebert, Ron Reif,
Doug Sanders |
| 17 |
Mar 13, 1960 |
Pensacola Open Invitational |
-15 (68–65–73–67=273) |
1 stroke |
Doug Sanders |
| 18 |
Apr 10, 1960 |
Masters Tournament |
-6 (67–73–72–70=282) |
1 stroke |
Ken Venturi |
| 19 |
Jun 18, 1960 |
U.S. Open |
-4 (72–71–72–65=280) |
2 strokes |
Jack Nicklaus |
| 20 |
Aug 7, 1960 |
Insurance City Open Invitational |
-14 (70–68–66–66=270) |
Playoff |
Bill Collins, Jack Fleck |
| 21 |
Nov 27, 1960 |
Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational |
-14 (68–67–74–65=274) |
2 strokes |
Johnny Pott |
| 22 |
Jan 15, 1961 |
San Diego Open Invitational |
-17 (69–68–69–65=271) |
Playoff |
Al Balding |
| 23 |
Feb 12, 1961 |
Phoenix Open Invitational |
-14 (69–65–66–70=270) |
Playoff |
Doug Sanders |
| 24 |
Feb 26, 1961 |
Baton Rouge Open Invitational |
-22 (65–67–68–66=266) |
7 strokes |
Wes Ellis |
| 25 |
Apr 30, 1961 |
Texas Open Invitational |
-10 (67–63–72–68=270) |
1 stroke |
Al Balding |
| 26 |
Jun 25, 1961 |
Western Open |
-13 (65–70–67–69=271) |
2 strokes |
Sam Snead |
| 27 |
Jul 14, 1961 |
The Open Championship |
-4 (70–73–69–72=284) |
1 stroke |
 Dai Rees |
| 28 |
Feb 4, 1962 |
Palm Springs Golf Classic |
-18 (69–67–66–71–69=342) |
3 strokes |
Jay Hebert, Gene Littler |
| 29 |
Feb 11, 1962 |
Phoenix Open Invitational |
-15 (64–68–71–66=269) |
12 strokes |
Billy Casper, Don Fairfield,
Bob McCallister |
| 30 |
Apr 9, 1962 |
Masters Tournament |
-8 (70–66–69–75–68=280) |
Playoff |
Dow Finsterwald,  Gary Player |
| 31 |
Apr 29, 1962 |
Texas Open Invitational |
-1 (72–70–72–69=273) |
1 stroke |
Joe Campbell, Gene Littler,
Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders |
| 32 |
May 6, 1962 |
Tournament of Champions |
-12 (69–70–69–68=276) |
1 stroke |
Billy Casper |
| 33 |
May 13, 1962 |
Colonial National Invitation |
+1 (67–72–66–76=281) |
Playoff |
Johnny Pott |
| 34 |
Jul 13, 1962 |
The Open Championship |
-12 (71–69–67–69=276) |
6 strokes |
 Kel Nagle |
| 35 |
Aug 12, 1962 |
American Golf Classic |
-4 (67–69–70–70=276) |
5 strokes |
Mason Rudolph |
| 36 |
Jan 7, 1963 |
Los Angeles Open |
-10 (69–69–70–66=274) |
3 strokes |
Al Balding, Gary Player |
| 37 |
Feb 12, 1963 |
Phoenix Open Invitational |
-11 (68–67–68–70=273) |
1 stroke |
Gary Player |
| 38 |
Mar 10, 1963 |
Pensacola Open Invitational |
-15 (69–68–69–67=273) |
2 strokes |
 Harold Kneece, Gary Player |
| 39 |
Jun 16, 1963 |
Thunderbird Classic Invitational |
-11 (67–70–68–72=277) |
Playoff |
Paul Harney |
| 40 |
Jul 1, 1963 |
Cleveland Open Invitational |
-9 (68–73–65–73=279) |
Playoff |
Tommy Aaron, Tony Lema |
| 41 |
Jul 29, 1963 |
Western Open |
-11 (71–68–66–68=273) |
Playoff |
Julius Boros, Jack Nicklaus |
| 42 |
Oct 6, 1963 |
Whitemarsh Open Invitational |
-7 (70–71–66–74=281) |
1 stroke |
Lionel Hebert |
| 43 |
Apr 12, 1964 |
Masters Tournament |
-12 (69–68–69–70=276) |
6 strokes |
Dave Marr, Jack Nicklaus |
| 44 |
May 18, 1964 |
Oklahoma City Open Invitational |
-11 (72–69–69–67=277) |
2 strokes |
Lionel Hebert |
| 45 |
Apr 25, 1965 |
Tournament of Champions |
-11 (66–69–71–71=277) |
3 strokes |
Chi Chi Rodriguez |
| 46 |
Jan 31, 1966 |
Los Angeles Open |
-11 (72–66–62–73=273) |
3 strokes |
Miller Barber, Paul Harney |
| 47 |
Apr 18, 1966 |
Tournament of Champions |
-5 (74–70–70–69=283) |
Playoff |
Gay Brewer |
| 48 |
Nov 20, 1966 |
Houston Champions International |
-9 (70–68–68–69=275) |
1 stroke |
Gardner Dickinson |
| 49 |
Jan 29, 1967 |
Los Angeles Open |
-2 (70–64–67–68=269) |
5 strokes |
Gay Brewer |
| 50 |
Feb 19, 1967 |
Tucson Open Invitational |
-15 (66–67–67–73=273) |
1 stroke |
Chuck Courtney |
| 51 |
Aug 13, 1967 |
American Golf Classic |
-4 (70–67–72–67=276) |
3 stroke |
Doug Sanders |
| 52 |
Sep 24, 1967 |
Thunderbird Classic |
-5 (71–71–72–69=283) |
1 stroke |
Charles Coody, Jack Nicklaus,
Art Wall, Jr. |
| 53 |
Feb 14, 1968 |
Bob Hope Desert Classic |
-12 (72–70–67–71–68=348) |
Playoff |
Deane Beman |
| 54 |
Sep 15, 1968 |
Kemper Open |
-12 (69–70–70–67=276) |
4 strokes |
Bruce Crampton, Art Wall, Jr. |
| 55 |
Nov 30, 1969 |
Heritage Golf Classic |
-1 (68–71–70–74=283) |
3 strokes |
Dick Crawford, Bert Yancey |
| 56 |
Dec 7, 1969 |
Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic |
-18 (68-67-70-65-270) |
2 strokes |
Gay Brewer |
| 57 |
Jul 26, 1970 |
National Four-Ball Championship
PGA Players (with Jack Nicklaus) |
-25 (61–67–64–67=259) |
3 strokes |
Bruce Crampton & Orville Moody,
Gardner Dickinson & Sam Snead,
George Archer & Bobby Nichols |
| 58 |
Feb 14, 1971 |
Bob Hope Desert Classic |
-18 (67–71–66–68–70=342) |
Playoff |
Raymond Floyd |
| 59 |
Mar 14, 1971 |
Florida Citrus Invitational |
-18 (66–68–68–68=270) |
1 stroke |
Julius Boros |
| 60 |
Jul 25, 1971 |
Westchester Classic |
-18 (64–70–68–68=270) |
5 strokes |
Gibby Gilbert, Hale Irwin |
| 61 |
Aug 1, 1971 |
National Team Championship
(with Jack Nicklaus) |
-27 (62–64–65–66=257) |
6 strokes |
Julius Boros & Bill Collins,
 Bob Charles & Bruce Devlin |
| 62 |
Feb 11, 1973 |
Bob Hope Desert Classic |
-17 (71–66–69–68–69=343) |
2 strokes |
Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller |
Source:[15]
Senior majors are shown in bold.
1 Defeated Gary Player & Dow Finsterwald in 18-hole playoff – Palmer (68), Player (71), Finsterwald (77)
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
- Starts – 142
- Wins – 7
- 2nd place finishes – 10
- Top 3 finishes – 19
- Top 5 finishes – 26
- Top 10 finishes – 38
- Longest streak of top-10s in majors – 6
a This was the January edition of the tournament.
1 Palmer won this with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
2 Won in an 18-hole playoff, Palmer shot a (70) to Stone's (74) and Casper's (77).
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- 1860 Willie Park, Sr.
- 1861 Tom Morris, Sr.
- 1862 Tom Morris, Sr.
- 1863 Willie Park, Sr.
- 1864 Tom Morris, Sr.
- 1865 Andrew Strath
- 1866 Willie Park, Sr.
- 1867 Tom Morris, Sr.
- 1868 Tom Morris, Jr.
- 1869 Tom Morris, Jr.
- 1870 Tom Morris, Jr.
- 1871 No championship
- 1872 Tom Morris, Jr.
- 1873 Tom Kidd
- 1874 Mungo Park
- 1875 Willie Park, Sr.
- 1876 Bob Martin
- 1877 Jamie Anderson
- 1878 Jamie Anderson
- 1879 Jamie Anderson
- 1880 Bob Ferguson
- 1881 Bob Ferguson
- 1882 Bob Ferguson
- 1883 Willie Fernie†
- 1884 Jack Simpson
- 1885 Bob Martin
- 1886 David Brown
- 1887 Willie Park, Jr.
- 1888 Jack Burns
- 1889 Willie Park, Jr.†
- 1890 John Ball#
- 1891 Hugh Kirkaldy
- 1892 Harold Hilton#
- 1893 William Auchterlonie
- 1894 John Henry Taylor
- 1895 John Henry Taylor
- 1896 Harry Vardon
- 1897 Harold Hilton#
- 1898 Harry Vardon
- 1899 Harry Vardon
- 1900 John Henry Taylor
- 1901 James Braid
- 1902 Sandy Herd
- 1903 Harry Vardon
- 1904 Jack White
- 1905 James Braid
- 1906 James Braid
- 1907 Arnaud Massy
- 1908 James Braid
- 1909 John Henry Taylor
- 1910 James Braid
- 1911 Harry Vardon†
- 1912‡ Edward Ray
- 1913 John Henry Taylor
- 1914 Harry Vardon
- 1915-19 No Championships due to World War I
- 1920 George Duncan
- 1921 Jock Hutchison†
- 1922 Walter Hagen
- 1923 Arthur Havers
- 1924 Walter Hagen
- 1925 Jim Barnes
- 1926 Bobby Jones#
- 1927‡ Bobby Jones#
- 1928 Walter Hagen
- 1929 Walter Hagen
- 1930 Bobby Jones#
- 1931 Tommy Armour
- 1932‡ Gene Sarazen
- 1933 Denny Shute†
- 1934‡ Henry Cotton
- 1935 Alf Perry
- 1936 Alf Padgham
- 1937 Henry Cotton
- 1938 Reg Whitcombe
- 1939 Dick Burton
- 1940-45 No Championships due to World War II
- 1946 Sam Snead
- 1947 Fred Daly
- 1948 Henry Cotton
- 1949 Bobby Locke†
- 1950 Bobby Locke
- 1951 Max Faulkner
- 1952 Bobby Locke
- 1953 Ben Hogan
- 1954 Peter Thomson
- 1955 Peter Thomson
- 1956 Peter Thomson
- 1957 Bobby Locke
- 1958 Peter Thomson†
- 1959 Gary Player
- 1960 Kel Nagle
- 1961 Arnold Palmer
- 1962 Arnold Palmer
- 1963 Bob Charles†
- 1964 Tony Lema
- 1965 Peter Thomson
- 1966 Jack Nicklaus
- 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo
- 1968 Gary Player
- 1969 Tony Jacklin
- 1970 Jack Nicklaus†
- 1971 Lee Trevino
- 1972 Lee Trevino
- 1973‡ Tom Weiskopf
- 1974 Gary Player
- 1975 Tom Watson†
- 1976 Johnny Miller
- 1977 Tom Watson
- 1978 Jack Nicklaus
- 1979 Seve Ballesteros
- 1980 Tom Watson
- 1981 Bill Rogers
- 1982 Tom Watson
- 1983 Tom Watson
- 1984 Seve Ballesteros
- 1985 Sandy Lyle
- 1986 Greg Norman
- 1987 Nick Faldo
- 1988 Seve Ballesteros
- 1989 Mark Calcavecchia†
- 1990 Nick Faldo
- 1991 Ian Baker-Finch
- 1992 Nick Faldo
- 1993 Greg Norman
- 1994 Nick Price
- 1995 John Daly†
- 1996 Tom Lehman
- 1997 Justin Leonard
- 1998 Mark O'Meara†
- 1999 Paul Lawrie†
- 2000 Tiger Woods
- 2001 David Duval
- 2002 Ernie Els†
- 2003 Ben Curtis
- 2004 Todd Hamilton†
- 2005‡ Tiger Woods
- 2006 Tiger Woods
- 2007 Pádraig Harrington†
- 2008 Pádraig Harrington
- 2009 Stewart Cink†
- 2010 Louis Oosthuizen
- 2011 Darren Clarke
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† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire in 72-holes; # indicates the event was won by an amateur
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† indicates amateur golfer; ‡ indicates golfer won a career grand slam in the year winning two majors;
# indicates won grand slam in calendar year
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† indicates the event was won in a playoff
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† indicates the event was won in a playoff
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† indicates the event was won in a playoff
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† One major ‡ Two majors # Three majors ∞ One career grand slam ∞∞ Two career grand slams
All of these are in the year of the award
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Won: 19.5 – 12.5
Johnny Pott: Made the team, but did not participate in the event due to a back injury.
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Palmer, Arnold |
| Alternative names |
Palmer, Arnold Daniel |
| Short description |
Professional golfer |
| Date of birth |
September 10, 1929 |
| Place of birth |
Latrobe, Pennsylvania |
| Date of death |
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