Tales from the Ranks: Archives
September 10, 2007
Contributions to the Game
You have made MANY awesome contributions to the game as well as society. Keep up the great work and hopefully some day with you as an inspiration I can be the same.
Posted by scurry at 01:10 PM
March 28, 2006
Were there ever any close calls where you didn’t play?
Q: Were there ever any close calls where you didn’t play, like when you had the cancer scare of anything like that, or where you were sick way back in the day and almost snapped the streak?
AP: No, not really. I suppose the cancer situation was one that might have kept me from playing, but that’s probably as close as I came, and I played Bay Hill before Augusta. It was a foregone conclusion that I would come and play here.
Other than that, there was never really a time that it was even close, that I would not play.
Posted by scurry at 12:49 PM
What was your first memory of Arnie’s Army?
Q: What was your first memory of Arnie’s Army?
AP: First time I really took notice was when the guys were on the boards and there were holding up Arnie’s Army signs right here. They were the guys from Fort Gordon.
Of course, you know, when I saw that, I found it interesting because I didn’t think, really, about you know, I didn’t know who those guys were, to be very honest and frank with you.
So I went and found out. In the process of finding out who they were, I found out that they were guys that had actually taken leave. They weren’t just given permission to come out here and do that. They took leave from the Army for the week to do the scoreboard.
And then I talked to them, and they said, yeah, we are all in the Army. We’re on the scoreboard and we thought it was pretty good. We’re rooting for you.
And of course their enthusiasm was fantastic, and it expanded from there.
Read more about Arnie's Army.
Posted by scurry at 12:41 PM
September 15, 2005
Mr. Palmer's Toro Tractor
Mr. Palmer. Hi. my name is Sabrina and my dad I do believe has a tractor you once own. We would really like to know alittle of the history of it or if you do at one time own it. It is a 1954 toro general has arnie on it and it also says this is where arnie got his start. It is a nice looking red tractor and is in wonderful shape. Is there any thing that you know on this tractor? It came from Kissimmee, Florida. Please email us about this, it is a real treasure to us. Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Sabrina H.
Thank you for your email. Mr. Palmer only had one Toro tractor. Mr. Palmer’s tractor was a 1947 Series 3 Toro. Had this been a tractor from the 20’s, then it might have been one his father used. That was a 1922 Fordson with the steel wheels.
Posted by scurry at 06:03 PM