Palmer attended a dinner honoring the 50th anniversary of Quail Hollow Club last May and last played a public round in Charlotte when he competed in a Champions Tour event in 2001.
The course was originally designed by golf course architect George Cobb in 1961 to capture the beauty as well as challenging terrain of the Piedmont region.
From 1985 to 1986, Palmer and his golf course design company made modifications to holes 3, 7, 9, and 17.
Palmer, a long-time Quail Hollow member, has many friends at the club and for years had a home on the 15th hole.