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JOINED CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1980<br />
CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (10): 1980<br />
<strong>PGA</strong> Seniors' Championship. 1981 U.S. Senior Open.<br />
1982 Marlboro Classic, Denver Post Champions of Golf.<br />
1983 Boca Grove Classic. 1984 General Foods <strong>PGA</strong><br />
Seniors' Championship, Senior Tournament Players<br />
Championship, Quadel Senior Classic. 1985 Senior<br />
Tournament Players Championship. 1988 Crestar<br />
Classic.<br />
OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (5): 1984 Doug<br />
Sanders Celebrity Pro-Am. 1986 Union Mutual Classic.<br />
1990 Senior Skins Game. 1992 Senior Skins Game. 1993<br />
Senior Skins Game.<br />
<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (62): 1955 Canadian Open.<br />
1956 Insurance City Open, Eastern Open. 1957 Houston<br />
Open, Azalea Open Invitational, Rubber City Open<br />
Invitational, San Diego Open Invitational. 1958 St.<br />
Petersburg Open Invitational, Masters Tournament, Pepsi<br />
Championship. 1959 Thunderbird Invitational, Oklahoma<br />
City Open Invitational, West Palm Beach Open<br />
Invitational. 1960 Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic, Texas<br />
Open Invitational, Baton Rouge Open Invitational,<br />
Pensacola Open Invitational, Masters Tournament, U.S.<br />
Open, Insurance City Open Invitational, Mobile Sertoma<br />
Open Invitational. 1961 San Diego Open Invitational,<br />
Phoenix Open Invitational, Baton Rouge Open Invitational,<br />
Texas Open Invitational, Western Open, British Open.<br />
1962 Palm Springs Golf Classic, Phoenix Open Invitational,<br />
Masters Tournament, Texas Open Invitational,<br />
Tournament of Champions, Colonial National Invitation,<br />
British Open, American Golf Classic. 1963 Los Angeles<br />
Open, Phoenix Open Invitational, Pensacola Open<br />
Invitational, Thunderbird Classic Invitational, Cleveland<br />
Arnold Palmer<br />
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 1974)<br />
EXEMPT STATUS: All-Time Victory Category<br />
FULL NAME: Arnold Daniel Palmer<br />
HEIGHT: 5-10<br />
WEIGHT: 185<br />
BIRTHDATE: September 10, 1929<br />
BIRTHPLACE: Latrobe, PA<br />
RESIDENCES: Latrobe, PA; Bay Hill, FL<br />
CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-1<br />
Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank<br />
1980 1 1 1 1 $20,000 4<br />
1981 4 1 1 2 4 4 55,100 4<br />
1982 7 2 1 5 7 73,848 4<br />
1983 12 1 1 1 8 12 106,590 6<br />
1984 13 3 3 9 12 184,582 4<br />
1985 13 1 1 2 9 12 137,024 11<br />
1986 15 1 1 6 13 99,056 21<br />
1987 17 1 8 13 128,910 19<br />
1988 18 1 1 8 14 185,373 17<br />
1989 17 4 11 119,907 38<br />
1990 17 5 66,519 65<br />
1991 17 4 7 143,967 46<br />
1992 18 4 70,815 72<br />
1993 18 1 5 106,232 64<br />
1994 13 1 34,471 91<br />
1995 12 1 51,526 86<br />
1996 16 1 48,192 89<br />
1997 13 29,052 101<br />
1998 13 20,454 111<br />
1999 10 8,185 135<br />
2000 14 15,338 122<br />
2001 7 4,384 167<br />
2002 8 5,596 150<br />
2003 9 19,311 126<br />
2004 7 14,812 133<br />
2005 8 15,701 132<br />
Total 317 10 7 9 67 123 1,764,945<br />
COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $3,626,802<br />
Open Invitational, Western Open, Whitemarsh Open<br />
Invitational. 1964 Masters Tournament, Oklahoma City<br />
Open Invitational. 1965 Tournament of Champions. 1966<br />
Los Angeles Open, Tournament of Champions, Houston<br />
Champions International. 1967 Los Angeles Open, Tucson<br />
Open Invitational, American Golf Classic, Thunderbird<br />
Classic. 1968 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Kemper Open.<br />
1969 Heritage Golf Classic, Danny Thomas-Diplomat<br />
Classic. 1970 National Four-Ball Championship [with Jack<br />
Nicklaus]. 1971 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Florida Citrus<br />
Invitational, Westchester Classic, National Team<br />
Championship [with Jack Nicklaus]. 1973 Bob Hope Desert<br />
Classic.<br />
OTHER VICTORIES (19): 1954 U.S. Amateur. 1955<br />
Panama Open, Colombia Open. 1960 Canada Cup [with<br />
Sam Snead]. 1962 Canada Cup [with Sam Snead]. 1963<br />
Australian Wills Masters Tournament, Canada Cup [with<br />
Jack Nicklaus]. 1964 Piccadilly World Match Play<br />
Championship, Canada Cup [with Jack Nicklaus]. 1966<br />
Australian Open, Canada Cup [with Jack Nicklaus], <strong>PGA</strong><br />
Team Championship [with Jack Nicklaus]. 1967 Piccadilly<br />
World Match Play Championship, World Cup [with Jack<br />
Nicklaus], World Cup [indiv]. 1971 Lancome Trophy. 1975<br />
Spanish Open, British <strong>PGA</strong> Championship. 1980 Canadian<br />
<strong>PGA</strong> Championship.<br />
<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER EARNINGS: $1,861,857<br />
BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISH: 37—<br />
MasterCard Championship.<br />
2005 SEASON:<br />
Despite some talk of cutting back on his schedule, still<br />
competed in eight Champions Tour events as well as the<br />
Wendy's Champions Skins Game.<br />
<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.com Champions Tour 2006 Guide<br />
FAMILY: Wife, Kathleen (Kit); Peggy (2/26/56),<br />
Amy (8/4/58); seven grandchildren<br />
CLUB AFFILIATIONS: Latrobe CC (Latrobe,<br />
PA), Laurel Valley GC (Ligonier, PA), Bay Hill Club<br />
(Orlando, FL)<br />
EDUCATION: Wake Forest University<br />
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Flying, business, clubmaking<br />
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1954<br />
JOINED <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1955<br />
CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:<br />
2004: Celebrated his 50th year in professional<br />
golf…Finished second to Tom Watson at the Wendy's<br />
Champions Skins Game, earning five skins and $140,000<br />
at Wailea. Lost out on a golden opportunity for victory on<br />
the final hole of regulation when, with five skins and<br />
$260,000 on the line, he missed an eight-foot birdie putt.<br />
Overall performance was still his best since winning the<br />
1993 event…Played in his 26th consecutive Bay Hill<br />
Invitational and appeared in the Masters Tournament for a<br />
50th straight year…Served as captain of the U.S. team<br />
once again at the UBS Cup. 2003: Matched his age three<br />
times (seventh, eighth and ninth times in his career) and<br />
also bettered his age (second time in his career) during the<br />
campaign…Shot one better than his age in the opening<br />
round of the SBC Championship when he carded a 73.<br />
Later matched his age in the same event when he closed<br />
with a 74 in San Antonio…Earlier in the year he had<br />
matched his age with an opening-round 73 at the<br />
MasterCard Championship in Hawaii and a first-round 73<br />
at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in Savannah,<br />
GA…Made his 23rd consecutive appearance in the U.S.<br />
Senior Open at the Inverness Club in Toledo…Made two<br />
starts on the <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>, including the Bay Hill Invitational<br />
and a record-tying 49th appearance at the<br />
Masters…Captained the United States team to victory for<br />
the second consecutive year in the UBS Cup Matches at<br />
Sea Island, GA. 2002: Matched his age in the final round<br />
of the Napa Valley Championship when he shot a 1-over<br />
73. It was the first time he shot his age since opening with<br />
a 1-under 71 at the 2001 Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship at<br />
Ridgewood CC in New Jersey. Accomplishment in Napa<br />
made him the eighth and final player to shoot or better his<br />
age on the Champions Tour during the season…Made<br />
CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> MAJOR <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARY<br />
Year 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92<br />
Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship 1 2 T3 1 T16 T5 T11 T13 CUT T47<br />
Ford Senior Players T5 1 1 T3 T5 T32 T4 T48 T43 T36<br />
U.S. Senior Open 1 6 T11 2 T11 T25 T14 T22 T53 CUT CUT T32<br />
JELD-WEN Tradition T26 T61<br />
Year 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05<br />
Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship T27 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT WD CUT<br />
Ford Senior Players T44 T65 T46<br />
Senior British Open CUT<br />
U.S. Senior Open T52 T57 T51 T43 68 51 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT<br />
JELD-WEN Tradition T57 T25 T43<br />
SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES<br />
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