Arnold Palmer Timeline
The Arnold Palmer timeline is a historical journey over the career and life of
Arnold Palmer. From the section below you can pick a date from the calendar
below to view a particular moment in Arnie's life.
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 | 1958 -- Palmer wins the 1958 Pepsi Championship at the tony new Pine Hollow C.C. in East Norwich, N.Y., by shooting 66-69-67-71. His take, $9,000, one of the grandest cash prizes of the year. Runner-up Jay Hebert offers congratulations and says, “Arnie, you were so far ahead of the rest of us after the third round that we decided to eliminate you and play our own tournament." The win puts Palmer’s earnings total for the year at $37,564, or about $10,000 more than he’d won in 1957.
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 | 1953 -- The Cleveland News reports that a field of 175 golfers representing 17 private clubs competed for the first Cleveland District Golf Association interclub matches and that only one golfer was able to break par at the soggy Beechmont Country Club. That golfer, “Arnold Palmer, young and handsome Coast Guardsman stationed here representing Pine Ridge. The junior golfer is sure to be a star contender throughout the season. He hits ‘em far and his short game is good although he missed several strokes around the greens in his great round.”
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 | 1955 -- Tour rookie Arnold Palmer wins $100 after nearly knocking a 100-yard chip shot in the cup during a pre-tournament competition at the Fort Wayne PGA Open Golf Tournament. Then is held up at gunpoint . . . for breathing too loudly. The latter's all part of a gag by “Clown Prince of Golf” Ed “Porky” Oliver during the Fort Wayne PGA Open.
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| 1955 -- Tour rookie Palmer finishes the Fort Wayne Open tied for 14th; earns $145.
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 | 1958 -- Golfing magazine publishes “Masters Champ Explains the Palmer
Method,” and accompanies the story with a picture of a beaming young Palmer
being kissed on the cheek by a grinning Winnie. The caption reads:
“Vibrant, young Palmers are a team photographers delight in!” | MAY
 | 1959 -- Palmer wins the Oklahoma City Open at the Twin Hills G.&C.C. His take, $3,500.
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 | 1958 -- Industry leaders in Palmer’s Latrobe hometown reward the native son and his wife Winnie with shares of top local industries, Latrobe Steel, Vulcan Mold and Vanadium-Alloys Steel. “Arnie has been a great ambassador of good will for our community and for the industries of Latrobe,” said M.W. Saxman, president of Latrobe Steel. “We want him to know that we appreciate, not only his mastery in the golf tournaments, but his wonderful consideration off the golf course as well.”
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