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 | 1949 -- Palmer, 19, wins six straight holes to edge five-time champion Jack Benson 4 and 3 in the quarter finals of the Pennsylvania Golf Association Championship to advance to the semifinal round at Fox Chapel Golf Club near Pittsburgh. A fellow qualifier is future fellow Masters winner Art Wall, 25, who's already causing a stir by having carded 27 aces over his golfing career.
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Palmer Attends USGA Grand Opening
On June 3, 2008, Arnold Palmer will attend the USGA Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History grand re-opening ceremony.
"Our goal moving forward is to develop and brand the Palmer Center as the premier institution in the world for the study and education of golf history." said USGA President Walter Driver .
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Five guys, one question: What's your favorite Palmer story?
A U.S. Open always draws experts from diverse fields to what for one week is the absolute center of the golf universe.
That makes it a good time to ask a variety of golf industry people -- players, architects, golf journalists -- about the one story they like to tell about golfing icon Arnold Palmer above all others. Here are some of their answers:
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