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September 23, 2004
Arnold Captains UBS Team Again
Two unofficial golf events will wind up Arnold Palmer’s competitive
schedule for 2004. He will again captain the American team and play in
the annual UBS Cup Matches November 18-21, to be played this year at at
the Cassique Golf Club on Kiawah Island, South Carolina and will team
up for a second year with his 17-year-old grandson, Sam Saunders, in
the Office Depot Father/Son tournament at Champions Gate Golf Resort in
Orlando, Florida, on December 3-5. Prior to that, he will play in the
inaugural Administaff Small Business Classic, a Champions Tour event in
Houston, Texas, on October 7-10.
Posted by dgiffin at 12:00 AM
Hall of Fame Exhibit Honors Arnold
The World Golf Hall of Fame will open a special exhibit November 14th
honoring Arnold Palmer. The extensive display will include a wide range
of items of memorabilia from Palmer’s extensive collection that will be
on loan to the Hall of Fame for six months. A special dinner that
evening will launch the exhibit and precede the induction of the four
newest members of the Golf Hall of Fame – Tom Kite, Isao Aoki, Charlie
Sifford and Marlene Stewart Streit – the following evening. Details
http://www.wgv.com/hof/palmer_exhibit.html
Posted by dgiffin at 12:00 AM
September 19, 2004
Special Family Day Event at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
Arnold Palmer was to take part in a special Family Day event at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport Sunday, September 19
th,
as part of the year-long sesquicentennial celebration of Latrobe, his
hometown and birthplace. Community leaders will join with Arnold in
recognizing the first airmail pick-up, which occurred in Latrobe, with
the original plane and one of the aerial mailbags that it plucked from
the ground with a hooking device on display.
Posted by dgiffin at 12:00 AM
September 10, 2004
Arnold Palmer Celebrates his 75th Birthday
Arnold Palmer celebrated his 75th birthday on September 10 not
surprisingly on the golf course. Three of his golfing cronies – Johnny
Harris, Tim Neher and Spider Miller – and their wives spent a quiet
birthday week-end with him and his fiancée, Kit Gawthrop, in
Latrobe.Among the many birthday greetings Palmer received was one from
a friend who pointed out that as of that day it would be easier for him
to shoot his age.
Posted by dgiffin at 12:00 AM