Arnold Palmer - Academy of Achievement

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Once considered an elite sport played by ladies and gentlemen of leisure, it has since become a pastime embraced by men and women of all backgrounds. No one person did more to democratize and popularize the sport than Arnold Palmer. Born to a working class family in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Arnold Palmer learned the game from his father, the greenskeeper at the local country club. Blessed with natural physical gifts, enormous dedication and undeniable passion for the game, Palmer developed a devastating drive and became the dominant golfer of his era. In a six-year winning streak, he won the U.S. Open once, the British Open twice, and the Masters Tournament four times. In all he recorded 92 victories as a professional, 62 of them on the PGA tour. Palmer’s rise coincided with the arrival of television in a majority of American homes. His easygoing, unpretentious personality and daring approach to the game endeared him to television audiences from coast to coast. His personal popularity is often credited with a dramatic increase in the popularity of golf as both spectator sport and recreation. His achievements won recognition by the sporting press as Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year and the Associated Press’s Sportsman of the Decade in the 1960s, by his peers with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Professional Golfers Association, and by his government with the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom."/> <link rel="canonical" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/arnold-palmer/"/> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US"/> <meta property="og:type" content="article"/> <meta property="og:title" content="Arnold Palmer - Academy of Achievement"/> <meta property="og:description" content="In the second half of the 20th century the game of golf experienced a worldwide boom in popularity. 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His personal popularity is often credited with a dramatic increase in the popularity of golf as both spectator sport and recreation. His achievements won recognition by the sporting press as <em>Sports Illustrated</em>’s Sportsman of the Year and the Associated Press’s Sportsman of the Decade in the 1960s, by his peers with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Professional Golfers Association, and by his government with the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom."/> <meta property="og:url" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/arnold-palmer/"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Academy of Achievement"/> <meta property="og:image" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer-6-Feature-Image-2800x1120.jpg"/> <meta property="og:image:width" content="2800"/> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1120"/> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"/> <meta name="twitter:description" content="In the second half of the 20th century the game of golf experienced a worldwide boom in popularity. Once considered an elite sport played by ladies and gentlemen of leisure, it has since become a pastime embraced by men and women of all backgrounds. No one person did more to democratize and popularize the sport than Arnold Palmer. Born to a working class family in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Arnold Palmer learned the game from his father, the greenskeeper at the local country club. Blessed with natural physical gifts, enormous dedication and undeniable passion for the game, Palmer developed a devastating drive and became the dominant golfer of his era. In a six-year winning streak, he won the U.S. Open once, the British Open twice, and the Masters Tournament four times. In all he recorded 92 victories as a professional, 62 of them on the PGA tour. Palmer’s rise coincided with the arrival of television in a majority of American homes. His easygoing, unpretentious personality and daring approach to the game endeared him to television audiences from coast to coast. His personal popularity is often credited with a dramatic increase in the popularity of golf as both spectator sport and recreation. His achievements won recognition by the sporting press as <em>Sports Illustrated</em>’s Sportsman of the Year and the Associated Press’s Sportsman of the Decade in the 1960s, by his peers with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Professional Golfers Association, and by his government with the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom."/> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Arnold Palmer - Academy of Achievement"/> <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer-6-Feature-Image-2800x1120.jpg"/> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190223071839\/http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebSite","@id":"#website","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190223071839\/http:\/\/www.achievement.org\/","name":"Academy of Achievement","alternateName":"A museum of living 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From the days of my not being able to enjoy the luxuries of a country club, I now own the club and I do enjoy it. And I'm very pleased and I feel very privileged that this country has given people like myself the opportunity to do the things that I've been able to do.</h3> </header> </div> <div class="row"> <aside class="col-md-4 sidebar clearfix"> <h2 class="serif-3 p-b-1">Founding Father of Modern Golf</h2> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Date of Birth</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> September 10, 1929 </dd> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Date of Death</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> September 25, 2016 </dd> </div> </aside> <article class="editorial-article col-md-8"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body> <figure id="attachment_25276" style="width: 632px" class="wp-caption alignright"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25276 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK402_PALMER_FR_20160815152055.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25276 size-full lazyload" alt="Arnold Palmer, with his father, Deke, and his sister, Lois Jean, at his home next to the Latrobe Country Club in Pennsylvania, around 1935. (Courtesy of Arnold Palmer)" width="632" height="810" data-sizes="(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK402_PALMER_FR_20160815152055.jpg 632w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK402_PALMER_FR_20160815152055-296x380.jpg 296w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK402_PALMER_FR_20160815152055-593x760.jpg 593w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK402_PALMER_FR_20160815152055.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Arnold Palmer, with his father, Deke, and his sister, Lois Jean, at his home next to the Latrobe Country Club in Pennsylvania, around 1935. (Courtesy of Arnold Palmer)</figcaption></figure> <p>Arnold Palmer was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, a steel-producing town in Western Pennsylvania. His father worked as a greenskeeper at the Latrobe Country Club; the family lived at the edge of the golf course. An enthusiast of the game, the elder Palmer eventually became the club pro. He began teaching young Arnold the rudiments of golf as soon as the boy could hold a short-handled club. Arnold Palmer showed a precocious talent for the game, winning the Western Pennsylvania Junior three times and the Western Pennsylvania Amateur championship five times. He attended Wake Forest College on a golf scholarship, but left after three years to enlist in the Coast Guard. In 1954 he won the U.S. national amateur championship in Detroit, and began to plan a professional career. The same year, he met and married Winifred Walzer. Their marriage would last until her death 45 years later.</p> <figure id="attachment_25271" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25271 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-coast-guard.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25271 size-full lazyload" alt="1953: Arnold Palmer, age 23, while in the U.S. Coast Guard." width="2280" height="2597" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-coast-guard.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-coast-guard-334x380.jpg 334w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-coast-guard-667x760.jpg 667w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-coast-guard.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">1953: Arnold Palmer, age 23, while in the U.S. Coast Guard. He became a professional golfer two years later.</figcaption></figure> <p>In his first season as a professional, 1955, he won the Canadian Open. Television was presenting golf to a mass audience for the first time. Palmer’s good looks, winning personality and aggressive style of play made him the game’s first television star. He solidified his position as a major figure in the sport with his victory in the 1958 Masters Tournament.</p> <p>For decades, horse racing, boxing and baseball had enjoyed the loyalty of mass audiences in the United States, while golf had labored under its reputation as a rich man’s game. In Arnold Palmer the game found a star with appeal to average Americans, and participation in the sport at all levels soared.</p> <figure id="attachment_25258" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25258 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-trophy.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25258 size-full lazyload" alt="July 15, 1961: Arnold Palmer smiles with his trophy and medal after winning the British Open golf championship by a single stroke at Royal Birkdale course in Birkdale, Lancashire, England. Palmer, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, finished with a 284 for the 72 holes. He is the first American to win the title since Ben Hogan in 1953. (AP Photo)" width="2280" height="2889" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-trophy.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-trophy-300x380.jpg 300w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-trophy-600x760.jpg 600w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-trophy.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">July 15, 1961: Arnold Palmer smiles with his trophy and medal after winning the British Open golf championship by a single stroke at Royal Birkdale course in Birkdale, Lancashire, England. Palmer, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, finished with a 284 for the 72 holes. He is the first American to win the title since Ben Hogan in 1953. (AP Photo)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1960, Palmer formed a partnership with attorney Mark McCormack. The pair had met playing golf in college. McCormack was starting a sports agency, and Palmer became his first client. Together, Palmer and McCormack pioneered new strategies in sports marketing. McCormack’s firm became International Management Group, the world’s leading sports agency.</p> <figure id="attachment_25284" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25284 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81343980_master.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25284 size-full lazyload" alt="April 1964: Arnold Palmer in action at the Masters, Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by James Drake/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)" width="2280" height="1501" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81343980_master.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81343980_master-380x250.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81343980_master-760x500.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81343980_master.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">April 1964: Arnold Palmer in action at the Masters, Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (James Drake)</figcaption></figure> <p>The 1960 season was a decisive one for Palmer. Having won the Masters and the U.S. Open, he came within a single shot of winning the British Open. He was named Sportsman of the Year by <em>Sports Illustrated</em> magazine. His appearances on the tour now attracted a large following that sports writers dubbed “Arnie’s Army.”</p> <p>Palmer returned to the British Open the following year and triumphed. In 1962 he won the Masters again and scored a second victory in the British Open. From 1960 to 1963 he won 29 titles in national or international competitions. In 1964, he won the first World Match Play competition and won the Masters for a fourth time. His earnings in prizes now exceeded those of any professional golfer prior to that time. In 1967, as in three previous seasons (1961, ’62 and ’64) he won the Vardon Trophy, for lowest scoring average in PGA events. That year, he became the first professional golfer to earn $1 million from the game.</p> <figure id="attachment_25287" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25287 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82747251_master.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25287 size-full lazyload" alt="April 1964: Arnold Palmer receives the Green Jacket from Jack Nicklaus during the presentation ceremony of the 1964 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Augusta National/Getty Images)" width="2280" height="1824" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82747251_master.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82747251_master-380x304.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82747251_master-760x608.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82747251_master.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">April 1964: Arnold Palmer receives the Green Jacket from Jack Nicklaus during the presentation ceremony of the 1964 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Augusta National/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure> <p>Arnold Palmer won a PGA Tour event every season from 1955 to 1971. He played on the U.S. Ryder Cup team six times from 1961 to 1973, winning more than 22 Ryder Cup matches and leading Team USA to two victories as Captain. He was named “Athlete of the Decade” for the 1960s in the Associated Press poll. Over the course of his professional playing career, he won 92 championships in national and international competition, 62 of them on the PGA Tour.</p> <figure id="attachment_25286" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25286 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82746243_master.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25286 size-full lazyload" alt="April 1966: Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer smoke as they wait in front of a gallery to play their tee shot on the second hole during the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Augusta National/Getty Images)" width="2280" height="1824" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82746243_master.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82746243_master-380x304.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82746243_master-760x608.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82746243_master.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">April 1966: Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer smoke as they wait in front of a gallery to play their tee shot on the second hole during the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Getty Images)</figcaption></figure> <p>Arnold Palmer’s endorsements and investments in golf-related businesses made him one of the highest earners in the game long after he stopped winning tournaments. One endorsement, in particular, brought him special satisfaction. In 1971 he bought the Latrobe Country Club, where he had first learned the game.   He was a part owner of the Pebble Beach Resort in California; he also owned the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, Florida, where he hosted the Arnold Palmer Invitational. For the rest of his life, he lived in Latrobe in spring and summer, wintering in Orlando, Florida, which he helped turn into a golfers’ mecca.</p> <figure id="attachment_25285" style="width: 2088px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25285 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25285 size-full lazyload" alt="February 12, 1967: Arnold Palmer and his wife, Winifred Walzer, at their home in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. They were married for 45 years until her death in 1999. (James Drake/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)" width="2088" height="2096" data-sizes="(max-width: 2088px) 100vw, 2088px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master.jpg 2088w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master-190x190.jpg 190w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master-380x380.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master-757x760.jpg 757w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">1967: Arnold Palmer and wife, Winifred Walzer, at home in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. They were married for 45 years.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 1970s, Palmer negotiated a deal to build the first golf course in China. Palmer himself became a member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects. He founded the Arnold Palmer Design Company, which has built more than 300 golf courses in 25 countries on five continents.</p> <p>Early in his international career, Arnold Palmer took up flying, often traveling from tournament to tournament in his own plane. He graduated from prop planes to jets in 1966, and in 1976 set a speed record for one class of jets flying around the globe.</p> <figure id="attachment_50805" style="width: 1669px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><noscript><img class="size-full wp-image-50805 " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/https://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnold-Palmer-Robert-Eaton-1995-Summit-Williamsburg.jpg"></noscript><img class="size-full wp-image-50805 lazyload" alt="" width="1669" height="1170" data-sizes="(max-width: 1669px) 100vw, 1669px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnold-Palmer-Robert-Eaton-1995-Summit-Williamsburg.jpg 1669w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnold-Palmer-Robert-Eaton-1995-Summit-Williamsburg-380x266.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnold-Palmer-Robert-Eaton-1995-Summit-Williamsburg-760x533.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/https://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnold-Palmer-Robert-Eaton-1995-Summit-Williamsburg.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Arnold Palmer with his wife, Winnie, and Chairman and CEO of Chrysler Robert J. Eaton at a reception prior to the Banquet of the Golden Plate during the 1995 American Academy of Achievement Summit in Colonial Williamsburg.</figcaption></figure> <p>Arnold Palmer was a member of the inaugural class of the Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. He participated in the first Senior PGA Tour (now known as PGA Tour Champions) in 1980, winning ten events, including five senior majors. Having done so much to popularize golf as a spectator sport in the early days of television, in 1995 he helped found a new channel dedicated entirely to the sport, and served as founding chairman of the Golf Channel.</p> <p>In 1998, Palmer received the PGA Lifetime Achievement Award. The same year, at age 70, Arnold Palmer underwent surgery for prostate cancer. He soon returned to active play on the Senior Tour, and used his celebrity to raise awareness of the disease and its treatment. The following year, Winifred Palmer died at age 65, after 45 years of marriage. The Women and Children’s Hospital in Orlando is named for her.</p> <figure id="attachment_25282" style="width: 1679px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25282 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-50990296_master.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25282 size-full lazyload" alt="June 2004: President George W. Bush shakes hands with golf legend Arnold Palmer after presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award, to Palmer at the White House in Washington, D.C. Palmer, who has won 92 golf championships — including four Masters, two British Opens, and the U.S. Open — has been the inspiration behind "Arnie's Army," entertaining generations of fans and helping secure golf's place in the mainstream of American sport. (LUKE FRAZZA/Getty Images)" width="1679" height="2048" data-sizes="(max-width: 1679px) 100vw, 1679px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-50990296_master.jpg 1679w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-50990296_master-312x380.jpg 312w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-50990296_master-623x760.jpg 623w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-50990296_master.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">June 2004: President George W. Bush shakes hands with Arnold Palmer after presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civil award, at the White House in Washington, D.C. Palmer, who has won 92 golf championships — including four Masters, two British Opens, and the U.S. Open — has been the inspiration behind “Arnie’s Army,” entertaining generations of fans and securing golf’s place in the mainstream of American sport.</figcaption></figure> <p>Arnold Palmer’s contributions to the communities where he lived have been recognized in the names of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe and Arnold Palmer Boulevard in Orlando. His name is spoken every day by thousands of Americans in another context. He popularized the combination of iced tea and lemonade which is called by his name in bars and restaurants all over the United States.</p> <p>Arnold Palmer competed in the Masters Tournament for the 50th and final time in 2004, although he would continue to appear as an honorary starter for the rest of his life. In 2005, Palmer married Kathleen Gawthrop, and the following year he retired from all-tournament golf.</p> <figure id="attachment_25297" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><noscript><img class="size-full wp-image-25297 " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Oct.-3-2016.jpg"></noscript><img class="size-full wp-image-25297 lazyload" alt="October 3, 2016: "Sports Illustrated" cover featuring "King of Kings" Arnold Palmer (1929-2016)." width="2280" height="3065" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Oct.-3-2016.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Oct.-3-2016-283x380.jpg 283w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Oct.-3-2016-565x760.jpg 565w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Oct.-3-2016.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">October 3, 2016: <em>Sports Illustrated</em> cover featuring “King of Kings” and golf immortal Arnold Palmer (1929-2016).</figcaption></figure> <p>Over the course of his career, Arnold Palmer published a number of books on golf and several volumes of memoirs, the last of which summed up his story in its title, <em>A Life Well Played</em>. He died in Pittsburgh, at age 87, while awaiting heart surgery. His ashes were scattered at Latrobe Country Club, where he spent so much of his childhood, and first learned the game that made him famous, and that he did so much to foster.</p> </body></html> <div class="clearfix"> </div> </article> </div> </section> </div> <div class="tab-pane fade" id="profile" role="tabpanel"> <section class="clearfix"> <header class="editorial-article__header"> <figure class="text-xs-center"> <img class="inductee-badge" src="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/inducted-badge@2x.png" alt="Inducted Badge" width="120" height="120"/> <figcaption class="serif-3 text-brand-primary"> Inducted in 1995 </figcaption> </figure> </header> <div class="row"> <aside class="col-md-4 sidebar"> <dl class="clearfix m-b-0"> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Career</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> <div><a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/#filter=.athlete">Athlete</a></div> </dd> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Date of Birth</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> September 10, 1929 </dd> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Date of Death</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> September 25, 2016 </dd> </div> </dl> </aside> <article class="col-md-8 editorial-article clearfix"> <p>In the second half of the 20th century the game of golf experienced a worldwide boom in popularity. Once considered an elite sport played by ladies and gentlemen of leisure, it has since become a pastime embraced by men and women of all backgrounds. No one person did more to democratize and popularize the sport than Arnold Palmer.</p> <p>Born to a working class family in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Arnold Palmer learned the game from his father, the greenskeeper at the local country club. Blessed with natural physical gifts, enormous dedication and undeniable passion for the game, Palmer developed a devastating drive and became the dominant golfer of his era. In a six-year winning streak, he won the U.S. Open once, the British Open twice, and the Masters Tournament four times. In all he recorded 92 victories as a professional, 62 of them on the PGA tour.</p> <p>Palmer’s rise coincided with the arrival of television in a majority of American homes. His easygoing, unpretentious personality and daring approach to the game endeared him to television audiences from coast to coast. His personal popularity is often credited with a dramatic increase in the popularity of golf as both spectator sport and recreation.</p> <p>His achievements won recognition by the sporting press as <em>Sports Illustrated</em>’s Sportsman of the Year and the Associated Press’s Sportsman of the Decade in the 1960s, by his peers with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Professional Golfers Association, and by his government with the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.</p> </article> </div> </section> </div> <div class="tab-pane fade" id="interview" role="tabpanel"> <section class="clearfix"> <div class="col-md-12 interview-feature-video"> <figure> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/6pw4UzKd0Pw?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light&start=0&end=1577&version=3" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_07_27_29.Still011-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_07_27_29.Still011-760x428.jpg"></div> <div class="video-tag sans-4"> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> <div class="video-tag__text">Watch full interview</div> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <header class="col-md-12 text-xs-center m-b-2"> <i class="icon-icon_bio text-brand-primary"></i> </header> <aside class="col-md-4 sidebar"> <h2 class="serif-3 achiever--biography-subtitle">Founding Father of Modern Golf</h2> <div class="sans-2">Orlando, Florida</div> <div class="sans-2">December 2, 1997</div> </aside> <article class="editorial-article col-md-8">   <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <p><strong>Could you tell us about the early days in Pennsylvania, and your dad and how he affected your life?</strong></p> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/AXl0x5lOsuU?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-Upscale-2of2.00_14_38_09.Still003-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-Upscale-2of2.00_14_38_09.Still003-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p>Arnold Palmer: I think we have to start with the fact that I was born in 1929, that’s a long time ago. And most people don’t even remember what happened in 1929 or 1930. But if you think about the Depression, and life being raised in the Depression was considerably different than we recognize things today. My father was a young man who had been afflicted with polio, or infantile paralysis, and he was handicapped to a degree by having his left leg and ankle affected by the disease. And as a result, he developed his upper body, and to the point where he was about as strong as anyone I had ever seen, from his waist up. And that had an influence on me and my future. He also started at age 16 working on a golf course as a laborer. That also had an effect on my life. And what, of course, we know it today as my life. But he was a very determined person, and that job that he got at 16 on the golf course led to his entire life and his future. He went from working on the golf course as a laborer building the golf course, to the superintendent, or as we knew it in those days, the greenskeeper. And all of this was happening in the early ’30s. And having been just born, I was a part of all that. And I can remember being babysat by the crew on the grounds who were working for my father, taking care of a nine-hole golf course in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><figure id="attachment_25292" style="width: 1920px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25292 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_1920_father.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25292 size-full lazyload" alt="Arnold Palmer with his father, Deacon Palmer." width="1920" height="1080" data-sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_1920_father.jpg 1920w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_1920_father-380x214.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_1920_father-760x428.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_1920_father.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Arnold Palmer with his father, Deacon, a greenskeeper at a country club where Palmer learned the game of golf.</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>You say it had a direct impact on his life, but obviously on yours as well. Is it fair to say your father believed in discipline?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: It’s very fair to say. He was a man that was grateful for the job he had during the Depression. And we, of course, living on the edge of the golf course, did a lot of things that you wouldn’t think about today as having happened on the edge of a golf course. We raised chickens, we picked the eggs. We had pigs, which we butchered in the fall. And all of these things were a part of my early life and had a definite influence on me. And the fact that we were living right on the edge of the golf course.</p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/qOACXZhgiqQ?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-Upscale-2of2.00_35_37_07.Still001-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-Upscale-2of2.00_35_37_07.Still001-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p>I can recall back as early as 1935, when the ladies would play golf and my father and his discipline wouldn’t allow me on the golf course. So I used to lie on the sixth tee, and some of the ladies used to come by, and they got to know me and know who I was. And one day one of the ladies said, “Arnie, if you drive my ball across the ditch, which was about 125 yards from the tee, I’ll give you a nickel.” Well in 1935, two or three nickels would get a movie and an ice cream cone, and I was aware of that. So I took the lady’s club and I drove the ball across the ditch for her and I got my nickel.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><p><strong>Is that the first money you earned on the golf course?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: I guess you could say that, yes.</p> <figure id="attachment_25281" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25281 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-3232558.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25281 size-full lazyload" alt="Arnold Palmer, 1953" width="2280" height="2885" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-3232558.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-3232558-300x380.jpg 300w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-3232558-601x760.jpg 601w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-3232558.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Arnold Palmer in 1953. The next year, Palmer won the U.S. National Amateur Championship in Detroit, Michigan.</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>You grew up around the course, but you weren’t able to play at the club. It was a different set of circumstances for you than those that played the club.</strong></p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/s2Oz4VggS5g?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-Upscale-2of2.00_00_46_25.Still007-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-Upscale-2of2.00_00_46_25.Still007-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p>Arnold Palmer: As we know country clubs today, it was out of bounds, so to speak. My father in the early days only went into the club himself on business. And of course, as far as my being at the club, that was out of the question. And the only time I was even allowed on the golf course was with my parents, or on caddie’s day. And I played golf in the summer on caddie’s day. And occasionally when my mother would take me out in the evenings after the golf course was virtually deserted, and I would play with her. I didn’t even get to play very much with my father, who I longed to be able to get out and play with him, ’cause he could hit the ball and he was a pretty good player. But as you say, it was different. The country club atmosphere was certainly there, but it wasn’t something that I was permitted to enjoy at my early age.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><figure id="attachment_25268" style="width: 2249px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25268 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnie-2012-Collection-Inspiration-Image-4.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25268 size-full lazyload" alt="Arnold Palmer, then 25, hugs the Seagram Trophy after winning the 1955 Canadian Open at Weston Golf and Country Club, his first of many PGA titles. (Greater Toronto Area Golf Association)" width="2249" height="2766" data-sizes="(max-width: 2249px) 100vw, 2249px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnie-2012-Collection-Inspiration-Image-4.jpg 2249w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnie-2012-Collection-Inspiration-Image-4-309x380.jpg 309w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnie-2012-Collection-Inspiration-Image-4-618x760.jpg 618w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnie-2012-Collection-Inspiration-Image-4.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Arnold Palmer, at age 25, hugs the Seagram Trophy after winning the 1955 Canadian Open at Weston Golf and Country Club, his first of 62 PGA titles and seven major championships. (Greater Toronto Area Golf Association)</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Was that something you thought you wanted to someday accomplish? Was that something you aspired to do and to become?</strong></p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/E4Nuj9RIwVc?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_16_05_03.Still013-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_16_05_03.Still013-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p>Arnold Palmer: There’s no question about the fact that I wanted to be able to swim in the swimming pool with the other kids, and I wanted to be able to go into the clubhouse like the other kids could, but I wasn’t allowed to. I suppose the only satisfaction that came from some of the things that happened in those days was that when I went swimming, I swam in the stream that ran by the golf course, and I got to use the water before the members got to use it. They pumped the water from that stream into the swimming pool. But that was sort of an inside thing with us, and we did get a kick out of it. But as I say, and as you had said, my father was a disciplinarian. And he considered it a privilege that he was able to work at the club. And as far as the privileges of the club, that was off-bounds for us.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><figure id="attachment_25266" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25266 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027863497.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25266 size-full lazyload" alt="July 31, 1972: Jack Nicklaus kneeling as partner Arnold Palmer looks over his shoulder while they study a putt on the 18th green at Laurel Valley Golf Club at the PGA National Team Championship in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo, File)" width="2280" height="1516" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027863497.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027863497-380x253.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027863497-760x505.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027863497.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">July 31, 1972: Jack Nicklaus kneeling as partner Arnold Palmer looks over his shoulder while they study a putt on the 18th green at Laurel Valley Golf Club at the PGA National Team Championship in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. (AP)</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Now you own that club, so if you want to swim in the pool, you can.</strong></p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/IH6_23GkS_A?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_04_01_14.Still009-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_04_01_14.Still009-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> <figcaption class="achiever__interview-video-terms"> <span>Keys to success —</span> <a class="comma-item" href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/keys-to-success/the-american-dream/">The American Dream</a> </figcaption> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p>Arnold Palmer: America is a great place. And from the days of my not being able to enjoy the luxuries of a country club, I now own the club and I do enjoy it. And I’m very pleased and I feel very privileged that this country has given people like myself the opportunity to do the things that I’ve been able to do. I think that could define the American Dream for anyone. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a country club, or steel mill, or whatever it might be. The opportunity to go from the lowest position in the steel mill, the golf course, the business, whether it be an accounting firm, or a law firm, or whatever it is, that you can go from that position to the head of that firm, or to the head of the club, or to own the club, or the steel mill, or whatever it might be is, as they say — and as I’ve heard many times from some of my ethnic friends — it can only happen in America.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><p><strong>Is there anyone else that you can think of growing up that served as a real role model for you or an inspiration?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: My father was my major teacher, disciplinarian. But my mother lent a lot to me and to my life, in that, when things weren’t going right, or when my father was too tough, I had the soft feel of my mother to help me, and she did. And she a lot of the times gave me confidence that I needed to overcome some of the things that happened that weren’t so pleasant.</p> <figure id="attachment_25274" style="width: 2039px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25274 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25274 size-full lazyload" alt="Arnold Palmer and his wife, Winnie, arrived in New York with a trophy after he won the British Open in 1961." width="2039" height="2048" data-sizes="(max-width: 2039px) 100vw, 2039px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo.jpg 2039w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo-190x190.jpg 190w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo-378x380.jpg 378w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo-757x760.jpg 757w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Arnold Palmer and his wife, Winnie, arriving in New York City with a trophy after he won the British Open in 1961.</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>It was good to have the hard and the soft, that’s what makes us who we are.</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: I think that’s what I’m saying. I had both sides. My father and I became very, very close friends, not just father and son, but friends. And when there was a problem, my mother was able to kind of smooth that problem out.</p> <p><strong>Were there any books that you read along the way that inspired you?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: When I got a little older and got interested very much in the game of golf, I followed (Bobby) Jones’s life and read a lot about him. And I also studied the Byron Nelson book. When he was the pro at Inverness in Toledo, he went through a program of self-teaching, and I read that thoroughly. And of course, I thought that Byron Nelson, from a golfing standpoint, was one of the finest players that ever lived.</p> <figure id="attachment_25263" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25263 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP6306200467.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25263 size-full lazyload" alt="June 20, 1963: Arnold Palmer, winner of the U.S. Open golf championship in 1960, watches the flight of his tee shot on the first hole at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the start of the 1963 USGA Open. Playing in threesome with Palmer are Jay Hebert, and Doug Ford. (AP Photo)" width="2280" height="1584" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP6306200467.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP6306200467-380x264.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP6306200467-760x528.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP6306200467.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">June 20, 1963: Arnold Palmer, winner of the U.S. Open golf championship in 1960, watches the flight of his tee shot on the first hole at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the start of the 1963 USGA Open. (AP Photo)</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Talk about your final amateur match in 1954. Was that a turning point in your life?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: You could say that was the turning point in my life, the final match of the U.S. Amateur. There was more than just that match that was the turning point in my life.</p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/HZsPJBs7tKs?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-Upscale-2of2.00_09_22_12.Still004-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-Upscale-2of2.00_09_22_12.Still004-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p>I played Bob Sweeney, who was the jet-set type, if you wish. He was the European who came to America and played golf in the winter, and back to Europe in the summer. And I suppose that you could say that here is the ultimate in golfing living. But he was also a fine man and a great player. And I was awed by him, even when I was playing him in the finals of the Amateur. And of course, to beat him was probably one of the great moments of my life. And that, along with what happened in the next month after that, really set up the turning point in my life. One being National Amateur Champion, playing in the Fred Waring Memorial Golf Tournament. Meeting what became my wife a few months later at that tournament. All of that, along with a decision to turn pro was the turning point in my life.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><p><strong>Was that the match where you had a putt that you backed off at the last moment, and you waited to stand over that putt until in your mind you said you knew you were going to make it? Was it that match?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Well, I don’t think that I ever stood over a putt that long. I just said, I knew I was going to make it. But I tried very hard to get very comfortable over a putt that I was nervous about, or I was scared of, if you want to call it that. And I made it. It was more concentration than probably style, or anything else. And again, it worked for me and I was most appreciative of that.</p> <figure id="attachment_25269" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25269 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-85-6.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25269 size-full lazyload" alt="Golfer Arnold Palmer poses with his golf clubs in this undated photo. (AP Photo)" width="2280" height="2317" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-85-6.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-85-6-374x380.jpg 374w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-85-6-748x760.jpg 748w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-85-6.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Arnold Palmer, “The King” of golf and an important trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport’s television age. (AP)</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>How do you reach a point in your life that you’re confident enough to let yourself relax over the putt that you’re nervous about, and you let yourself accomplish that? How can people do that in their lives?</strong></p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXWV0Y5Zwvk?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_08_18_06.Still012-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_08_18_06.Still012-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> <figcaption class="achiever__interview-video-terms"> <span>Keys to success —</span> <a class="comma-item" href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/keys-to-success/preparation/">Preparation</a> </figcaption> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p>Arnold Palmer: I don’t think you can ever get over a putt, or a situation in a life where you can just totally relax. Whether it means something as important as the National Amateur Championship, or the U.S. Open, or anything in golf. But I think that you can train yourself to be in situations like that and then when you get in that situation, use the thing that you’ve learned, and that you’ve concentrated on in your practice, or in your make-up to do something. And again, I have to go back to the fact that my father had a tremendous influence on me when those situations arose. And he had never really done those things, but he had a feel for what I was trying to do and instilled in me the ability to rely on the things that he had taught me about the game of golf. And the basic fundamentals of the game. And whether it be a putt, or a drive, or whatever it might be, to be able to call on the things that I had practiced, in the basic fundamentals. And of course, in the positive thoughts in my mind, the concentration that was there. And I feel like those are the things that helped me accomplish what I accomplished.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><figure id="attachment_25255" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25255 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22_AP7409110280.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25255 size-full lazyload" alt="September 11, 1974: President Gerald Ford waits on the tee at the Pinehurst Country Club, waiting to tee off with Arnold Palmer, left, Jack Nicklaus (second from right) and Gary Player in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Johnston)" width="2280" height="1595" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22_AP7409110280.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22_AP7409110280-380x266.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22_AP7409110280-760x532.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22_AP7409110280.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">September 11, 1974: President Gerald Ford waits on the tee at the Pinehurst Country Club, waiting to tee off with Arnold Palmer, left, Jack Nicklaus (second from right) and Gary Player in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (AP/Johnston)</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>You leaned on the lessons that your father taught you.</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Well, there’s no question about that, I did. And I think that the learning, and being able to call up those situations, or the training that I had, the discipline. I think that in America today we don’t have the discipline that I was brought up to understand as a part of my life. Whether it’s holding a knife and fork properly, or whether it’s using the proper English language, whatever it might have been, those are things that I was most appreciative of. And the fact that sometimes I thought I was being leaned upon a little too hard, or harshly by my father. But after having grown up and experiencing all those things that he taught me and made me understand, I couldn’t be more appreciative. And the only thing that I could be sorry for is that sometimes maybe I can’t transmit that to other people, so that they understand that. And I think that’s all a way of life and what is happening in our way of life today. I don’t think we appreciate what we have, and how to enjoy what we have. And I suppose that, again, one of the things that makes my life so full and so enjoyable is the fact that I went through some times that weren’t quite so enjoyable and they weren’t so easy. And if I could have other people understand it, I think they would enjoy their lives even more.</p> <figure id="attachment_25295" style="width: 2048px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25295 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RTR5VPX.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25295 size-full lazyload" alt="1997: PGA golfers Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods share a light moment at Palmer's Bay Hill Club. The two will be paired against Tom Lehman and PGA winner Davis Love III in the Arnold Palmer Golf Gala. Set for play at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, the team match-play event will benefit the Latrobe Area Hospital, where Palmer was born. The event has raised $2.5 million since it began in 1992." width="2048" height="1500" data-sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RTR5VPX.jpg 2048w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RTR5VPX-380x278.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RTR5VPX-760x557.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RTR5VPX.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">1997: PGA golfers Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods share a light moment at Palmer’s Bay Hill Club. Set for play at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, to benefit the Latrobe Area Hospital where Palmer was born.</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Do you feel as if some of this was destined to happen?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Destiny? I’m not sure. I think destiny comes with what you want and what your desires are and how much you’re willing to give to create the things that you enjoy. Call it destiny, if you wish.</p> <p><strong>You can make your own destiny.</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: That’s kind of what I’m saying.</p> <p><strong>How did you develop your style on the course?</strong></p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/NmuKtpsN8Xk?feature=oembed&autohide=1&hd=1&color=white&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&theme=light" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_06_17_04.Still010-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palmer-Arnold-1997-MasterEdit.00_06_17_04.Still010-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> <figcaption class="achiever__interview-video-terms"> <span>Keys to success —</span> <a class="comma-item" href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/keys-to-success/perseverance/">Perseverance</a> </figcaption> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p>Arnold Palmer: I was taught to play the game of golf like a game, and to enjoy it as a game. You know the saying, everything isn’t winning, but it is almost. And I leave a little room there for “almost.” Certainly, I didn’t win every event that I played in. And I didn’t win a lot of the times when I wanted to win very badly, but it didn’t end my life. It wasn’t so dramatic that it changed my lifestyle, or my style of living when I lost. And I think that being able to lose and being able to cope with losing was almost as important as winning. And winning was first and foremost, because it was necessary. But losing was as much an education as winning was. And I think the combination of the two is very, very important. And being able to understand that is very important in a person’s life.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><figure id="attachment_25289" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-25289 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839im_/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/masters_2016.jpg"></noscript><img class="wp-image-25289 size-full lazyload" alt="April 7, 2016: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player pose during the ceremonial first tee before the first round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)" width="2280" height="1583" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/masters_2016.jpg 2280w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/masters_2016-380x264.jpg 380w, /web/20190223071839im_/http://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/masters_2016-760x528.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190223071839/http://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/masters_2016.jpg"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">April 7, 2016: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player pose during the ceremonial first tee before the first round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. In the 1960s, Palmer, Nicklaus and Player are widely credited with popularizing and commercializing the sport of golf around the world.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)</figcaption></figure> </body></html> </div>    <aside class="collapse" id="full-interview">    <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <p><strong>That style of play that you employed, it certainly won you some. There may have been others you would have won had you played a different style, but that other style really wasn’t in you, was it?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Well, I never felt like I wanted to lay up to win. I always felt like you had to go get it to win. And I was taught that way. And that is just the way it came across in my mind. I suppose the few times that I laid up for whatever the situation might be were the times that I made terrible mistakes and didn’t win, because I laid up. And I didn’t mind losing, if I went for it, or if I gave it all I had. It wasn’t so bad to lose. I knew that I had given every shot I had in my body, and maybe someone beat me, and that happened a lot. But at least I felt like I had given it all I had.</p> <p><strong>When you’ve been on top in a profession, is it difficult to deal with the inevitability that you can’t stay there forever? Is that hard to deal with?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Well, I suppose everyone has to think about that. It’s hard to give up something that is pretty nice. And something that you’ve worked for all your life. But I think there comes a time when you must recognize that too. And be ready to turn it over to someone else. Whether I was ready when it happened, who knows? But after it happened, and after I got on with my life after not being, let’s say the top of the game, I enjoyed myself. I enjoyed where I was, what I was doing. And I enjoyed making a comeback every once in a while. That was something that I could work for and enjoy.</p> <p><strong>The comeback after your prostate cancer scare had to be a frightening moment.</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Frightening, I suppose. I look at it as something that medically I couldn’t do much about it. Cancer is something that we can only hope that we are doing the right things, from a health standpoint, meaning eating, or smoking cigarettes, or whatever the thing might be that happens to you. I felt very fortunate that my doctors told me what was happening to me. They gave me the options to do various things. I chose the one that I felt that I could be most successful with. And I certainly won’t tell you that it was easy. But I won’t tell you that it was the toughest thing that ever happened either. If you have it, you go do something about it, and if you’re fortunate, as I was, you come out of it. And you get on with your life.</p> <p>I suppose that, again, if I were advising and talking about anyone, any individual, it would be to have your annual physicals and to do the things that you know that are going to give you a better shot at living a full and happy life. And I’ve tried to do that. Whether it be going and getting a simple blood test for prostate cancer, or a mammogram for breast cancer, or for any number of things that might help you get on with your life. We can’t forecast everything. And of course, some of us aren’t so fortunate. But on the other hand, if we give it a chance, then we’ve done the best we can. And it’s sort of like playing golf, if you don’t give it a shot, you’re not gonna make it. And I think we all have to look at it that way.</p> <p><strong>You battled it head-on, and before we knew it you were back out there playing golf.</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Well, as I said, I was very fortunate.</p> <p><strong>Is there any particular legacy that you’re most proud of?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: That’s difficult for someone to talk about themselves. If I’ve helped improve the game of golf and if I’ve helped improve people’s outlook on life and the game of golf, that would be something that I would be very happy for. I would really like to think that maybe I have left something that other people will look at and say, when people come in back of them, that they have given them the same opportunity that we had. And that means give our kids the opportunities that we’ve had through these years. And if I can do that and leave something along those lines to people, I’ll be very happy for that.</p> <p><strong>You’ve become an incredibly successful businessman, and I don’t imagine that the strategies were necessarily the same. You can’t afford to go for broke in business, because that can happen quite literally. Has it been maybe a different approach? Have you been more frugal as how you’ve approached your business dealings than you have been on the golf course?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: I don’t think so. I’ve had a lot of help in business. And my philosophy is not a great deal different in business than it would be in golf. I endorse a lot of products, I do a lot of things in business that have resulted from my golf. And I would like to think that the products that I endorse, I use. And I think that’s had a great deal to do with the integrity that is in back of my business sense and my feeling about the things I do in business. I have had the same association in business that I started with about almost 40 years ago, and that has been a good association. It’s one that I think has afforded me a lot of opportunities, and continues. At my age, I feel very fortunate to still be involved in the business world.</p> <p>I suppose that one of the things that I thought about many years ago when I was playing golf every day and looking to the future, to what I might be doing when I wasn’t actively playing on the regular tour, and that was that I would like to spend my mornings getting up early, going to the office. Making whatever business decisions I had to make in the mornings. And then about 11:30 closing off and going out and playing a pleasant round of golf. And for the best part, I’ve been able to do that. Although I suppose some of the business and the success you’re talking about has taken some of that away, in that I don’t get out on the golf course as much as I would like to. And that’s a result of continuing to be involved in business.</p> <p><strong>And continuing to be very successful at business. Your success in business has proven to be so overwhelming that now it’s cutting into the golf time. That’s acceptable though, isn’t it?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: It is acceptable, but one day I suppose that I will really cut back on the business, and enjoy the golf even a little bit more. And people say, gee, you played golf all your life, haven’t you had enough of it? I can’t say that I’ve had enough of it. I still enjoy going out on the golf course. I still enjoy working with my golf clubs. I still enjoy the things that have made all of this happen — my flying, for an example. When I think I started flying and learning to fly airplanes in 1955, and I more recently just went to flight safety for a type program in the Citation 10, which is one of the most magnificent pieces of machinery that I have ever had the opportunity to fly. And I’ve wondered at times, when I was doing that, what am I doing here? Why am I doing this? At 67, 68 years old, why am I really working as hard as I am to get a type rating in a Citation 10?</p> <p><strong>Have you come up with the answer why you’re up there doing that?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: I just couldn’t stop. If I stopped, it would be like giving up on the golf course. It would be like not going for the pin on a par five that I knew I could reach in two. It’s something that is vital to me and to my continued enjoyment in life. And the thrill of flying the airplane, and being able to use it as a business tool, which I have for 40 years, and I think about that. And without airplanes, without the ability to fly my own airplane, and to get around as I have in a private airplane, my business would have never been as successful as it has been. It has afforded me the opportunity to do things that I would have never done without it.</p> <p><strong>When you have a competitive fire inside of you as a human being, you can’t put that out no matter how hard you try, it doesn’t sound like.</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Well, that’s right. I remember, before I went to Wichita for flight safety, this last time, I said to my wife, “Why am I doing this?” And she says, “You know deep down why you’re doing it.” And she says, “Whatever I say isn’t going to change that, except to encourage you to go do it.”</p> <p><strong>It must be a joy to spend time with your grandchildren, and maybe tell them some of the old stories. That has to be a source of joy for you.</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Well, having grandchildren and having the good fortune to have six grandchildren, and to be able to enjoy them and to see them growing up, having a lot of the things that I did not have when I was a child, is a great pleasure to me. But at the same time, the things that I talked about earlier, discipline and the thoughts of success for them, is very important to me. And to see them with discipline is fantastic, and still great kids. And they are just a great deal of enjoyment for me. And their lifestyles, and again, I say, it’s America, there’s no place like it. And there’s no place like it to raise your kids.</p> <p><strong>Is there any greater satisfaction in life than being able to do what you’re doing now for your grandchildren?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Well, it makes getting old a lot more pleasant, how’s that?</p> <p><strong>Were there any particular favorite books that you used to read to them?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: Oh, the kids are into so many things today, whether it be computer programs, or golf, on what they do in their day-to-day activities, their schooling and their education. And their education is so important, and they’re getting good educations, and I like that. And I just don’t think that there’s anything that you can substitute for knowledge and discipline.</p> <p><strong>You’ve come a long way from hitting that first nickel over the ditch.</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: A long way. And I’ve often said, if I had to do it again, I’d like to do it the same way. But maybe win another National Open, or a PGA Championship.</p> <p><strong>Any advice to give to young people?</strong></p> <p>Arnold Palmer: I can say it a thousand times, discipline and knowledge, put them together, and it will make a very enjoyable life for young people.</p> </div>  </aside>  <div class="read-more__toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#full-interview"><a href="#" class="sans-4 btn">Read full interview</a></div> </article> </section> </div> <div class="tab-pane fade" id="gallery" role="tabpanel"> <section class="isotope-wrapper">  <header class="toolbar toolbar--gallery bg-white clearfix"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="serif-4">Arnold Palmer Gallery</div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 text-md-right isotope-toolbar"> <ul class="list-unstyled list-inline m-b-0 text-brand-primary sans-4"> <li class="list-inline-item" data-filter=".photo"><i class="icon-icon_camera"></i>45 photos</li> </ul> </div> </header> <div class="isotope-gallery isotope-box single-achiever__gallery clearfix"> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.3451327433628" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Oct.-3-2016.jpg" data-image-caption="October 3, 2016: "Sports Illustrated" cover featuring "King of Kings" Arnold Palmer (1929-2016)." data-image-copyright="wp-sports-illustrated-cover-oct-3-2016" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Oct.-3-2016-283x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-Sports-Illustrated-Cover-Oct.-3-2016-565x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.73289473684211" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RTR5VPX.jpg" data-image-caption="1997: PGA golfers Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods share a light moment at Palmer's Bay Hill Club. The two will be paired against Tom Lehman and PGA winner Davis Love III in the Arnold Palmer Golf Gala. Set for play at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, the team match-play event will benefit the Latrobe Area Hospital, where Palmer was born. The event has raised $2.5 million since it began in 1992." data-image-copyright="WOODS AND PALMER TO BE PAIRED IN BENEFIT MATCH" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RTR5VPX-380x278.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RTR5VPX-760x557.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.80921052631579" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/playerfryrulepalmerlujackdriver.jpg" data-image-caption="1961: Arnold Palmer in Davenport, Iowa as part of the Palmer-Player." data-image-copyright="1961: Arnold Palmer in Davenport, Iowa as part of the Palmer-Player." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/playerfryrulepalmerlujackdriver-380x308.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/playerfryrulepalmerlujackdriver-760x615.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66710526315789" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer-course-design.jpg" data-image-caption="1975: Arnold Palmer (Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer-course-design-380x253.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer-course-design-760x507.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.56315789473684" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_1920_father.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer with his father, Deacon Palmer." data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer with his father Deacon Palmer." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_1920_father-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/palmer_1920_father-760x428.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.87236842105263" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/orl-golf-arnold-palmer-photos-090909-009.jpg" data-image-caption="As a teen, Palmer played in national amateur tournaments alongside his good friend Buddy Worsham. Worsham had committed to attend Wake Forest when Palmer asked if he could come as well. Athletic director Jim Weaver offered Palmer a scholarship. Palmer quickly became the No. 1 man on the Demon Deacon golf team and one of the leading collegiate players of that time. He captured both the 1949 and 1950 Southern Conference and NCAA individual titles and led his team to three Southern Conference championships. In 1950, Palmer and Worsham attended a function in Durham along with other Wake Forest students. Palmer returned to the Wake Forest, North Carolina campus separately from Worsham. On the drive home, Worsham and Wake Forest football player Gene Scheer were killed when their car careened off a bridge. Palmer joined the Coast Guard shortly thereafter, interrupting his collegiate golf career. After three years of service, he returned to Wake Forest and promptly won the inaugural Atlantic Coast Conference Golf Championship in 1954. (USGA Archives)" data-image-copyright="orl-golf-arnold-palmer-photos-090909-009" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/orl-golf-arnold-palmer-photos-090909-009-380x332.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/orl-golf-arnold-palmer-photos-090909-009-760x663.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.69473684210526" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/masters_2016.jpg" data-image-caption="April 7, 2016: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player pose during the ceremonial first tee before the first round of the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)" data-image-copyright="masters_2016" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/masters_2016-380x264.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/masters_2016-760x528.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.64078947368421" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gettyimages-119336033_master.jpg" data-image-caption="July 18, 2011: Arnold Palmer, a native of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, sits under an umbrella with his wife, Kathleen Gawthrop, during the second rain delay after 2/3 of an inning between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinnati Reds during the game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="gettyimages-119336033_master" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gettyimages-119336033_master-380x243.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gettyimages-119336033_master-760x487.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.8" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82747251_master.jpg" data-image-caption="April 1964: Arnold Palmer receives the Green Jacket from Jack Nicklaus during the presentation ceremony of the 1964 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Augusta National/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="Augusta National Archive" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82747251_master-380x304.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82747251_master-760x608.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.8" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82746243_master.jpg" data-image-caption="April 1966: Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer smoke as they wait in front of a gallery to play their tee shot on the second hole during the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Augusta National/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="Augusta National Archive" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82746243_master-380x304.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-82746243_master-760x608.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.003963011889" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master.jpg" data-image-caption="February 12, 1967: Arnold Palmer and his wife, Winifred Walzer, at their home in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. They were married for 45 years until her death in 1999. (James Drake/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer, Golf" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master-380x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81371867_master-757x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.65789473684211" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81343980_master.jpg" data-image-caption="April 1964: Arnold Palmer in action at the Masters, Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by James Drake/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer, 1964 Masters" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81343980_master-380x250.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-81343980_master-760x500.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.4814814814815" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-79202157_master.jpg" data-image-caption="1960s: Golf great Arnold Palmer in Augusta, Georgia. (Rogers Photo Archive/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-79202157_master-256x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-79202157_master-513x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2199036918138" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-50990296_master.jpg" data-image-caption="June 2004: President George W. Bush shakes hands with golf legend Arnold Palmer after presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award, to Palmer at the White House in Washington, D.C. Palmer, who has won 92 golf championships — including four Masters, two British Opens, and the U.S. Open — has been the inspiration behind "Arnie's Army," entertaining generations of fans and helping secure golf's place in the mainstream of American sport. (LUKE FRAZZA/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="US President George W. Bush (L) shakes h" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-50990296_master-312x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-50990296_master-623x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.72894736842105" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gettyimages-1287783.jpg" data-image-caption="April 4, 1995: Arnold Palmer sits with his wife, Winnie, during a ceremony in Palmer's honor as part of the designated Arnold Palmer Day at the U.S. Masters Golf Championship at the Augusta National Golf Course.(Steve Munday/ALLSPORT)" data-image-copyright="gettyimages-1287783" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gettyimages-1287783-380x277.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gettyimages-1287783-760x554.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2645590682196" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-3232558.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer, 1953" data-image-copyright="gettyimages-3232558" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-3232558-300x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/GettyImages-3232558-601x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.64868421052632" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Castle-Stuart-Arnold-Palmer11.jpg" data-image-caption="July 2015: A historic setting, an exceptional environment and impressive new partners helped convince Arnold Palmer that Castle Stuart in the Scottish Highlands was the perfect location for his first course in the Home of Golf. (John Paul Photography)" data-image-copyright="castle-stuart-arnold-palmer11" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Castle-Stuart-Arnold-Palmer11-380x246.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Castle-Stuart-Arnold-Palmer11-760x493.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.67368421052632" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK405_PALMER_M_20160815152439.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer at about age 6, with his sister, Lois Jean, at their home. (Courtesy of Arnold Palmer)" data-image-copyright="bn-pk405_palmer_m_20160815152439" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK405_PALMER_M_20160815152439-380x256.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK405_PALMER_M_20160815152439-760x512.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2816188870152" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK402_PALMER_FR_20160815152055.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer, with his father, Deke, and his sister, Lois Jean, at his home next to the Latrobe Country Club in Pennsylvania, around 1935. (Courtesy of Arnold Palmer)" data-image-copyright="bn-pk402_palmer_fr_20160815152055" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK402_PALMER_FR_20160815152055-296x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BN-PK402_PALMER_FR_20160815152055-593x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.56184210526316" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AS_11BH__J5F0780.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer poses with the three USGA trophies he claimed in 1954 (U.S. Amateur, right), 1960 (U.S. Open, center) and 1981 (U.S. Senior Open). (Copyright USGA/John Mummert)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AS_11BH__J5F0780-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AS_11BH__J5F0780-760x427.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.74342105263158" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnold-Palmer-Net-Worth.jpg" data-image-caption="2016: Arnold Palmer" data-image-copyright="2016: Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnold-Palmer-Net-Worth-380x283.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnold-Palmer-Net-Worth-760x565.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.68157894736842" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-golf-dead-pga-golf.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer has one of the most extensive golf club collections, numbering over 10,000 pieces of equipment." data-image-copyright="arnold-palmer-golf-dead-pga-golf" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-golf-dead-pga-golf-380x259.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-golf-dead-pga-golf-760x518.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.1394302848576" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-coast-guard.jpg" data-image-caption="1953: Arnold Palmer, age 23, while in the U.S. Coast Guard." data-image-copyright="1953: Arnold Palmer, age 23, while in the U.S. Coast Guard." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-coast-guard-334x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-coast-guard-667x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.58552631578947" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-1960-cherry-hill.jpg" data-image-caption="June 19, 1960: Arnold Palmer pointing to his name on the press tent scoreboard showing his four-under-par total, for 72 holes, during the National Open golf tournament at the Cherry Hills Country Club in Denver, Colorado. (AP Photo/File)" data-image-copyright="Obit-Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-1960-cherry-hill-380x223.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-1960-cherry-hill-760x445.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.0160427807487" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-85-6.jpg" data-image-caption="Golfer Arnold Palmer poses with his golf clubs in this undated photo. (AP Photo)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-85-6-374x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-85-6-748x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.003963011889" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer and his wife, Winnie, arrived in New York with a trophy after he won the British Open in 1961." data-image-copyright="arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-z8de-superjumbo" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo-378x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/arnold-palmer-obituary-slide-Z8DE-superJumbo-757x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2297734627832" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnie-2012-Collection-Inspiration-Image-4.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer, then 25, hugs the Seagram Trophy after winning the 1955 Canadian Open at Weston Golf and Country Club, his first of many PGA titles. (Greater Toronto Area Golf Association)" data-image-copyright="arnie-2012-collection-inspiration-image-4" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnie-2012-Collection-Inspiration-Image-4-309x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Arnie-2012-Collection-Inspiration-Image-4-618x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.625" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027865050.jpg" data-image-caption="January 28, 1962: Arnold Palmer concentrating on his next move during the Lucky International Open at San Francisco's Harding Park. (AP Photo)" data-image-copyright="Obit-Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027865050-380x238.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027865050-760x475.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66447368421053" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027863497.jpg" data-image-caption="July 31, 1972: Jack Nicklaus kneeling as partner Arnold Palmer looks over his shoulder while they study a putt on the 18th green at Laurel Valley Golf Club at the PGA National Team Championship in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo, File)" data-image-copyright="Nicklaus Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027863497-380x253.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027863497-760x505.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.69605263157895" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027838751.jpg" data-image-caption="July 25, 1970: Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer at the National Four Ball Championships in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/File)" data-image-copyright="Obit-Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027838751-380x265.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027838751-760x529.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.71315789473684" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027753791.jpg" data-image-caption="April 12, 1964: Arnold Palmer, right, slips into his green jacket with help from Jack Nicklaus after winning the Masters golf championship, in Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/File)" data-image-copyright="Obit-Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027753791-380x271.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP16270027753791-760x542.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.69473684210526" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP6306200467.jpg" data-image-caption="June 20, 1963: Arnold Palmer, winner of the U.S. Open golf championship in 1960, watches the flight of his tee shot on the first hole at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, at the start of the 1963 USGA Open. Playing in threesome with Palmer are Jay Hebert, and Doug Ford. (AP Photo)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP6306200467-380x264.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP6306200467-760x528.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.0951008645533" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP580406029.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer and his wife, Winnie, make a happy couple after the young Pennsylvania professional won the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, April 6, 1958. (AP Photo/Horace Cort)" data-image-copyright="Palmer Masters Golf" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP580406029-347x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP580406029-694x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.0242587601078" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP-600707012.jpg" data-image-caption="July 7, 1960: Arnold Palmer, left, U.S. Open and Masters champion, chats with his wife, Winnie, and father, Milford "Deke" Palmer at the first tee before starting second-round play in the British Open Golf Tourney at St. Andrews, Scotland. Palmer was runner-up in the championship, losing by one stroke to Kel Nagle. (AP Photo)" data-image-copyright="ap-600707012" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP-600707012-371x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AP-600707012-742x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.97236842105263" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/0411002_3.jpg" data-image-caption="Flying was one of Arnold Palmer’s passions, and he regularly piloted his own aircraft to events. (USGA Museum)" data-image-copyright="0411002_3" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/0411002_3-380x370.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/0411002_3-760x739.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66710526315789" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1965MastersAP650411069.jpg" data-image-caption="April 11, 1965: Arnold Palmer, left, last year's Masters champion, helps this year's winner, Jack Nicklaus, into the traditional green jacket after Nicklaus' nine-stroke victory at Augusta National Golf Club. (AP Photo)" data-image-copyright="NICKLAUS" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1965MastersAP650411069-380x254.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1965MastersAP650411069-760x507.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2666666666667" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-trophy.jpg" data-image-caption="July 15, 1961: Arnold Palmer smiles with his trophy and medal after winning the British Open golf championship by a single stroke at Royal Birkdale course in Birkdale, Lancashire, England. Palmer, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, finished with a 284 for the 72 holes. He is the first American to win the title since Ben Hogan in 1953. (AP Photo)" data-image-copyright="Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-trophy-300x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-trophy-600x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.79868421052632" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-front-nine.jpg" data-image-caption="July 15, 1961: Arnold Palmer and spectators watch the flight of his ball after he hit an iron shot from the fairway on front nine of the Birkdale golf course at Birkdale, England, during play in the British Open golf tournament. Palmer fired a 69, three under par, to take the lead going into the the final round. (AP Photo)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Plamer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-front-nine-380x304.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1961-arnold-palmer-front-nine-760x607.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.496062992126" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/68cfeeb0feb1d8a9d931e598eb48bd78.jpg" data-image-caption="July 15, 1981: Arnold Palmer, center, drives off from the first tee during practice for the British Open golf championship, Sandwich, England. (AP Photo/Robert Dear)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer British Open 1981" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/68cfeeb0feb1d8a9d931e598eb48bd78-254x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/68cfeeb0feb1d8a9d931e598eb48bd78-508x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.7" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22_AP7409110280.jpg" data-image-caption="September 11, 1974: President Gerald Ford waits on the tee at the Pinehurst Country Club, waiting to tee off with Arnold Palmer, left, Jack Nicklaus (second from right) and Gary Player in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Johnston)" data-image-copyright="Gerald Ford Golf" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22_AP7409110280-380x266.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/22_AP7409110280-760x532.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.79605263157895" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/08_1000-03843n.jpg" data-image-caption="Flying was one of Arnold Palmer’s passions, and he regularly piloted his own aircraft to events. (USGA Museum)" data-image-copyright="08_1000-03843n" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/08_1000-03843n-380x303.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/08_1000-03843n-760x605.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2645590682196" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/04_1000-02659e.jpg" data-image-caption="After three years in the Coast Guard, Arnold Palmer returned to amateur golf and began accumulating trophies. He won a total of 26 amateur events. (USGA Archives)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/04_1000-02659e-301x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/04_1000-02659e-601x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2794612794613" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/02_1000-03143e.jpg" data-image-caption="After graduating from high school, Arnold Palmer enrolled at Wake Forest University, where he would win three ACC titles. In 1994, the school established a golf scholarship in his name. (USGA Archives)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/02_1000-03143e-297x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/02_1000-03143e-594x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2730318257956" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/01_1000-03142e.jpg" data-image-caption="Arnold Palmer and his sister, Lois Jean, grew up in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where his father, Deacon, was the head professional and greenskeeper at Latrobe Country Club. (USGA Museum)" data-image-copyright="Arnold Palmer" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/01_1000-03142e-298x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/01_1000-03142e-597x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.4048059149723" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wp-GettyImages-82742213.jpg" data-image-caption="April 12, 1964: Arnold Palmer's Green Jacket Portrait after the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. 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Berger, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sir-timothy-berners-lee/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sir Tim Berners-Lee</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/yogi-berra/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Yogi Berra</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jeffrey-p-bezos/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Jeffrey P. Bezos</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/benazir-bhutto/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Benazir Bhutto</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/simone-biles/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Simone Biles</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/keith-l-black/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Keith L. Black, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/elizabeth-blackburn/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/david-boies-2/"><span class="achiever-list-name">David Boies</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/norman-e-borlaug/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Norman E. Borlaug, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/benjamin-c-bradlee/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Benjamin C. Bradlee</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sergey-brin/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sergey Brin</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/carter-j-brown/"><span class="achiever-list-name">J. Carter Brown</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/linda-buck/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Linda Buck, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/carol-burnett/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carol Burnett</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/george-h-w-bush/"><span class="achiever-list-name">George H. W. Bush</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/susan-butcher/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Susan Butcher</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/james-cameron/"><span class="achiever-list-name">James Cameron</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/benjamin-s-carson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Benjamin S. Carson, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jimmy-carter/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Jimmy Carter</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/johnny-cash/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Johnny Cash</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/william-j-clinton/"><span class="achiever-list-name">William J. Clinton</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/francis-s-collins/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/denton-a-cooley/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Denton A. Cooley, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/francis-ford-coppola/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Francis Ford Coppola</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ray-dalio/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ray Dalio</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/olivia-de-havilland/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Dame Olivia de Havilland</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/michael-e-debakey-m-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/michael-dell/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Michael S. Dell</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ron-dennis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ron Dennis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/joan-didion/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Joan Didion</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/david-herbert-donald-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">David Herbert Donald, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/david-doubilet/"><span class="achiever-list-name">David Doubilet</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/rita-dove/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Rita Dove</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sylvia-earle/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/elbaradei/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Mohamed ElBaradei</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/gertrude-elion/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Gertrude B. Elion, M.Sc.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/larry-j-ellison/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Larry J. Ellison</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/nora-ephron/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Nora Ephron</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/julius-erving/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Julius Erving</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/tony-fadell/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Tony Fadell</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/paul-farmer/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Paul Farmer, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/suzanne-farrell/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Suzanne Farrell</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/anthony-s-fauci-m-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sally-field/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sally Field</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/lord-norman-foster/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Lord Norman Foster</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/aretha-franklin/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Aretha Franklin</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/milton-friedman-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Milton Friedman, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/carlos-fuentes/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carlos Fuentes</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/athol-fugard/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Athol Fugard</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ernest-j-gaines/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ernest J. Gaines</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/william-h-gates-iii/"><span class="achiever-list-name">William H. Gates III</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/leymah-gbowee/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Leymah Gbowee</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/frank-gehry/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Frank O. Gehry</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/murray-gell-mann-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Murray Gell-Mann, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/carlos-ghosn/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carlos Ghosn</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/vince-gill/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Vince Gill</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ruth-bader-ginsburg/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/louise-gluck/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Louise Glück</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/whoopi-goldberg/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Whoopi Goldberg</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jane-goodall/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Dame Jane Goodall</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/doris-kearns-goodwin/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/mikhail-s-gorbachev/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Mikhail S. Gorbachev</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/nadine-gordimer/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Nadine Gordimer</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/stephen-jay-gould/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Stephen Jay Gould, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/carol-greider-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carol Greider, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/john-grisham/"><span class="achiever-list-name">John Grisham</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sir-john-gurdon/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sir John Gurdon</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/dorothy-hamill/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Dorothy Hamill</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/demis-hassabis-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Demis Hassabis, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/lauryn-hill/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Lauryn Hill</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sir-edmund-hillary/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sir Edmund Hillary</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/reid-hoffman/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Reid Hoffman</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/khaled-hosseini/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Khaled Hosseini, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ron-howard/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ron Howard</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/john-hume/"><span class="achiever-list-name">John Hume</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/louis-ignarro-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Louis Ignarro, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/daniel-inouye/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Daniel K. Inouye</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/jeremy-irons/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Jeremy Irons</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/john-irving/"><span class="achiever-list-name">John Irving</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/kazuo-ishiguro/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Kazuo Ishiguro</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/sir-peter-jackson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sir Peter Jackson</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/donald-c-johanson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/frank-m-johnson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Frank M. Johnson, Jr.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/philip-johnson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Philip C. Johnson</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/chuck-jones/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Chuck Jones</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/james-earl-jones/"><span class="achiever-list-name">James Earl Jones</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/quincy-jones/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Quincy Jones</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/beverly-joubert/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Beverly Joubert</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/dereck-joubert/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Dereck Joubert</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/paul-kagame/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Paul Kagame</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/thomas-keller-2/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Thomas Keller</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/anthony-m-kennedy/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Anthony M. Kennedy</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/carole-king/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carole King</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/b-b-king/"><span class="achiever-list-name">B.B. King</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/coretta-scott-king/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Coretta Scott King</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/henry-kissinger-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Henry A. Kissinger, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/willem-j-kolff/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/wendy-kopp/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Wendy Kopp</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/henry-r-kravis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Henry R. Kravis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/nicholas-d-kristof/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Nicholas D. Kristof</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/mike-krzyzewski/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Mike Krzyzewski</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ray-kurzwell/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ray Kurzweil</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/eric-lander-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/robert-s-langer-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Robert S. Langer, Sc.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/richard-leakey/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Richard E. Leakey</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/leon-lederman-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Leon Lederman, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/robert-lefkowitz-m-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/congressman-john-r-lewis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Congressman John R. Lewis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/maya-lin/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Maya Lin</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/george-lucas/"><span class="achiever-list-name">George Lucas</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/norman-mailer/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Norman Mailer</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/peyton-manning/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Peyton Manning</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/wynton-marsalis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Wynton Marsalis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/john-c-mather-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">John C. Mather, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/johnny-mathis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Johnny Mathis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/ernst-mayr-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ernst Mayr, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/willie-mays/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Willie Mays</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/frank-mccourt/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Frank McCourt</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/david-mccullough/"><span class="achiever-list-name">David McCullough</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/audra-mcdonald/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Audra McDonald</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20190223071839/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/admiral-william-h-mcraven/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Admiral William H. 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