Lancôme Trophy
1973
• Bob Hope Desert Classic
1975
Spanish Open
British PGA Championship
1980
Canadian PGA Championship
♦ PGA Seniors Championship
1981
♦ USGA Senior Open Championship
1982
♦ Marlboro Senior Classic
♦ Denver Post Champions of Golf
1983
♦ Boca Grove Senior Classic
1984
♦ PGA Seniors Championship
♦ Doug Sanders Celebrity Pro-Am
♦ Senior TPC
♦ Quadel (Boca Grove) Classic
1985
♦ Senior TPC
1986
♦ Unionmutual Classic
1988
♦ Crostar Classic
TOTAL VICTORIES: 92
Key
• PGA Tour (61)
♦ Senior events (12)
ARNOLD PALMER’S PROFESSIONAL
CAREER SUMMARY
1955 THROUGH 1998
U.S. EARNINGS—REGULAR PGA TOUR SENIOR PGA TOUR $2,100,239
$2,134,076
FOREIGN/INTERNATIONAL/NON-TOUR U.S. EARNINGS $1,257,930
TOTAL COMPETITIVE EARNINGS
(Excludes pro-ams, skins games) $5,492,245
VICTORIES: 92 (U.S. Tour—61; Foreign/International—19; Seniors—12)
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
BEST 18-HOLE ROUND: 62, 1959 Thunderbird
Invitational, fourth
round; 1966 Los
Angeles Open, third
round
BEST OPENING ROUND: 64, 1955 Canadian Open;
1962 Phoenix Open;
1970 Citrus Open;1970
Greensboro Open;
1971 Westchester
Classic
BEST SECOND ROUND: 63, 1961 Texas Open
BEST THIRD ROUND: 62, 1966 Los Angeles Open
BEST FOURTH ROUND: 62, 1959 Thunderbird Invitational
LOWEST SCORE, FIRST 36 HOLES: 130, (67–63), 1961 Texas Open
LOWEST SCORE, FIRST 54 HOLES: 195, (64–67–64), 1955 Canadian Open
LOWEST 72-HOLE SCORE: 265, (64–67–64–70), 1955 Canadian Open
BIGGEST VICTORY MARGIN: 12, 1962 Phoenix Open
MOST CONSECUTIVE BIRDIES: 7, 1966 Los Angeles Open, third round
HOLES-IN-ONE: 17, three in PGA Tour events, four on Senior PGA Tour, one in Japan
ALL-TIME LOW 18-HOLE SCORE: 60, Latrobe Country Club,
September 1969
SPECIAL GOLF ACHIEVEMENTS
PGA Player of Year—1960 and 1962
PGA Tour Leading Money-Winner—1958, 1960, 1962, 1963
Vardon Trophy—1961, 1962, 1964, 1967
Ryder Cup Team—1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973; Captain—1963, 1975
Chrysler Cup Team and Captain (Senior Golf)—1986–90
Presidents Cup Captain—1996
ACADEMIC HONORS
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania
Honorary Doctor of Laws, National College of Education, Evanston, Illinois
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
AWARDS
GOLF: Charter member, World Golf Hall of Fame, Pinehurst,
North Carolina, 1974
American Golf Hall of Fame, Foxburg, Pennsylvania
PGA Hall of Fame, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 1980 All-American Collegiate Golf Hall of Fame, Man of Year,
1984
Ohio Golf Hall of Fame, 1992
Phoenix Open Hall of Fame
Bob Jones Award, U.S. Golf Association, 1971
Walter Hagen Award, International panel of selectors
William D. Richardson Award, Golf Writers Association of
America, 1969
Charles Bartlett Award, Golf Writers Association of America,
1976
Herb Graffis Award, National Golf Foundation, 1978
Gold Tee Award, Metropolitan (NY) Golf Writers
Association, 1965
Golf Digest “Man of Silver Era,” 1975
Old Tom Morris Award, Golf Course Superintendents
Association, 1983
Golfer of Century, New York Athletic Club, 1985
Commemorative Honoree, 1987 Golf Digest Commemorative
Seniors Tournament
Golfer of Decade (1958–67), Centennial of Golf, Golf
Magazine, 1989
American Senior Golf Association National Award, 1989
Chicago District Golf Association Distinguished Service
Award, 1989
Ambassador of Golf Award, World Series of Golf, 1991
Bing Crosby Award, Metropolitan Golf Writers Association,
1992
Memorial Honoree, Memorial Tournament, 1993
PGA of America Distinguished Service Award, 1994
Distinguished Service Award, Tri-State Section, PGA of
America, 1996
Centennial Award, Golf Associations of Philadelphia, 1996
Francis Ouimet Award, Francis Ouimet Caddie Scholarship
Fund, Boston, 1997
Lifetime Achievement Award, PGA Tour, 1998
Golfer of Century, Western PA Golf Association, 1998
Donald Ross Award, American Society of Golf Course
Architects, 1999
GENERAL: Associated Press Athlete of Decade, 1960–69
Hickok Athlete of Year, 1960
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of Year, 1960
Western Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County,
Cambria County, North Carolina, Florida Sports Halls
of Fame
Wake Forest Hall of Fame
Arthur J. Rooney Award, Catholic Youth Association,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dapper Dan Man of Year, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1960
Lowman Humanitarian Award, Los Angeles, California
Distinguished Pennsylvanian, 1980
Partner in Science Award, March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation
Theodore Roosevelt Award, National Collegiate Athletic
Association
Business Leaders Award, Northwood Institute
National High School Sports Hall of Fame
Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, 1988
Order of Eagle Exemplar, U.S. Sports Academy, 1989
Sports Appreciation Trophy, Atlanta AC Country Club,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1990
Van Patrick Career Achievement Award, Dearborn,
Michigan, 1990
Eagle on World Award, Japanese Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of New York, 1990
Pathfinder Award, Youthlinks Indiana, 1992
Outstanding American Award, Los Angeles Philanthropic
Foundation, 1992
National Sports Award, Washington, D.C., 1993
Sports Legends Award, Jr. Diabetes Foundation, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 1993
Humanitarian Award, Variety Club International, 1993
“Good Guy” Award, American Legion National Commanders,
1993
Man of Year, Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce, 1994
Ford Achievement Award, Dearborn, MI, 1994
Golden Plate Award, American Academy of Achievement,
1995
History Makers Award, Historical Society of Western
Pennsylvania, 1995
Community Service Award, Latrobe Chamber of Commerce,
1995
Reagan Distinguished American Award, Jonathan Club, Los
Angeles, California, 1996
Lifetime Achievement Award, March
of Dimes
Athletic Awards, 1998
Caritas Award, Richstone Family Center, Los Angeles,
California, 1998
Spirit of Hope Award, University of Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute, 1998
GOLF BOOKS AND VIDEOS
Arnold Palmer’s Golf Book, 1961
Portrait of Professional Golfer, 1964
My Game and Yours, 1965, revised 1983
Situation Golf, 1970
Go for Broke, 1973
Arnold Palmer’s Best 54 Holes of Golf, 1977
Arnold Palmer’s Complete Book of Putting, 1986
Play Great Golf, 1987–9 (book, videos)
The Arnold Palmer Story, 1991 (video)
Arnold Palmer, A Personal Journey (by Thomas Hauser with Arnold Palmer), 1994
A Golfer’s Life (with James Dodson), 1999
ARNOLD PALMER’S CAREER
HOLES-IN-ONE
1—LATROBE COUNTRY CLUB—#2—134 yards—wedge
2—LATROBE COUNTRY CLUB—#2—134 yards—wedge
3—GREENSBURG COUNTRY CLUB—#16—9-iron—1945
4—DESERT INN COUNTRY CLUB, Tournament of Champions, Las Vegas, Nevada—#16—6-iron—1959
5—PENSACOLA COUNTRY CLUB, Pensacola Open, Pensacola, Florida, #11—7-iron—March 3, 1965
6—JOHNSON CITY COUNTRY CLUB, Johnson City, Tennessee—Exhibition—#2—1965
7—SPRING VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, Sharon, Massachusetts—Exhibition—#7—243 yards—1965
8—WILMINGTON COUNTRY CLUB, Wilmington, Delaware—Exhibition—1966
9—BAY HILL CLUB, Orlando, Florida—#2, Charger course—151 yards—7-iron—September 27, 1979
10—INDIAN WELLS COUNTRY CLUB, Palm Desert, California, Bob Hope Desert Classic—#6—144 yards—8-iron—January 10, 1980
11—LATROBE COUNTRY CLUB—#2—134 yards—Deacon pitching wedge—September 7, 1982
12—TPC AT AVENEL, Potomac, Maryland, Chrysler Cup Pro-Amateur—#3—182 yards—5-iron—Tuesday, September 2, 1986
13—TPC AT AVENEL, Potomac, Maryland, Chrysler Cup Pro-Amateur—#3—182 yards—5-iron—Wednesday, September 3, 1986
14—OAK HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, Narita, Japan, Fuji Electric Grand Slam—#14—185 yards—4-iron—March 25, 1988
15—TPC AT PIPER GLEN, Charlotte, NC, PaineWebber Invitational—#12—183 yards—4-iron—August 5, 1990
16—INGLEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, Kenmore, Washington, GTE Northwest Classic—#8—193 yards—3-iron—August 21, 1992
17—LATROBE COUNTRY CLUB—#2—122 yards—pitching wedge—September 6, 1997
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