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Good bye great one! RIP
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A great man. A life well lived.
Arnie's greatest days were before my time, but I was able to see what he meant to the game of professional golf growing up. Even well past his prime, you could see the reverence everybody showed him. And deservedly so.
Kinda how we hold Bart near and dear to our hearts...
Still nothing on ESPN.
They post a story 30 seconds after Kaepernick sits for the anthem.
Priorities.
Social justice warriors who happen to be old white guys..... never condescending.
Blair Kiel posted:Still nothing on ESPN.
They post a story 30 seconds after Kaepernick sits for the anthem.
Priorities.
Even Arnie can't take poker off the ESPN 2 and ESPNEWS
Plus ESPN still featuring the death of one of "those" people.
smdh
I'm in the mood for a Lemonade and Iced Tea.
Good run Arnie.
It's obvious the cigarettes killed him 60 years later. RIP Arnie.
Oh heavenly Arnie, please give me Ryder Cup tickets.
Blair Kiel posted:Social justice warriors who happen to be old white guys..... never condescending.
Your statement is condescending to my condescension. You're oppressing my old whiteness sir. My how the tables have turned.
You know he is important when someone other that Fedya starts a thread about his death.
Old white guys get our revenge tonight with the Grand Wizard, er Drumpf.
I loved Arnie and was a fan ever since I first saw him swing a club. He got me interested in golf. My first irons were Arnold Palmer irons. He was always my golf hero. Arnie's Army lost their General and golf won't be the same without him.
I knew there was Arnold Palmer iced tea sold but the talk of him having his own drink made me google it. So, yes, the drink named after him is just the iced tea/lemonade mix they sell. But it made me laugh to see that if you add vodka to Arnold Palmer it's called a John Daly. 
Arnold had a huge fear of flying as a kid. So he did something very Arnie like. He got a pilots license and flew for 55 years. The day his pilots license expired in 2011, he flew from Palm Springs to Orlando.
Those that knew him best said he never got over losing his wife of 45 years (Winnie) in 1999. I don't think anyone ever had a critical thing to say about him. I've been around the game since 1980. First job was at a golf course. I taught golf in college. My brother is a PGA Head Pro. We've probably been to 50 tour events. Some with Armold in attendance. I never got a chance to meet him in person though. I know plenty of people that met him and played golf with him. They all said he's exactly what you'd hoped he be like if you got a chance to meet him.
RIP Arnie.
Nicklaus posted this on FB this morning.
I just got the news at about 8:45 that Arnold had passed. I was shocked to hear that we lost a great friend-and that golf lost a great friend.
At this point I don't know what happened, and I suppose it is not important what happened. What is important is that we just lost one of the incredible people in the game of golf and in all of sports. My friend-many people's friend-just wore out. I know he was in Pittsburgh trying to find out how to make himself better. That's what Arnold has always tried to do. He has always been a fighter and he never gave up on anything. He didn't give up even now. Maybe his body did, but I know Arnold's will and spirit did not.
I wish I had another chance to talk to him, but I am so glad we talked a couple weeks ago on his birthday (Sept. 10), when he sounded great. So Barbara and I are just in shock and incredibly saddened. Our hearts, thoughts, prayers and sympathies go out to Kit, his kids, grand-kids, great grandchildren, and his entire loving family.
He was one of my best friends, closest friends, and he was for a long, long time. I will miss him greatly.
Arnold transcended the game of golf. He was more than a golfer or even great golfer. He was an icon. He was a legend. Arnold was someone who was a pioneer in his sport. He took the game from one level to a higher level, virtually by himself. Along the way, he had millions of adoring fans-Barbara and I among them. We were great competitors, who loved competing against each other, but we were always great friends along the way. Arnold always had my back, and I had his. We were always there for each other. That never changed.
He was the king of our sport and always will be.