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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) _ Arnold Palmer stepped up to a first teebox that used to be the practice green Thursday and kicked off the Masters with a tee shot that looks nothing like what he used to hit when he ruled the course. Palmer's shot into the left rough, about 100 yards short of the bunker that's in play for the big hitters, marked the ceremonial start to the year's ...

NAME: Arnold Daniel Palmer. BORN: Sept. 10, 1929, in Latrobe, Pa. TURNED PRO: 1954. AWARDS: AP Athlete of the Decade for the 1960s. PGA Player of the Year 1960. Vardon Trophy (1961, '62, '64, '67). PGA of America Distinguished Service Award (1994). PGA TOUR Lifetime Achievement Award (1998). Payne Stewart Award (2000). HONOURS: Ryder Cup teams (6), 1961, '63, '65, '67, '71, '73; Ryder Cup captain (2), 1963, '75. World Cup (6), 1960, '62, '63, '64, '66, '67. Captain ...

Arnold Palmer tearfully said it was time to stop playing competitive golf after withdrawing from a Champions Tour event early in the first round. The 77-year-old Palmer hit two balls into the water on the fourth hole Friday, then said he was withdrawing because of a sore lower back. He continued playing with his threesome of Lee Trevino and John Mahaffey but did not keep score the rest of the ...

Arnold Palmer hit two balls in the water on the fourth hole of a Champions Tour event Friday and then withdrew, complaining of a sore lower back. The 77-year-old golf great was making only his second appearance on the tour this season and was playing in a threesome with Lee Trevino and John Mahaffey at the Administaff Small Business Classic. He remained with the group after withdrawing to entertain the ...

To most, Arnold Palmer is best known as the legendary golfer who dominated the golf course for many years.  To others, he is a successful business executive, sportsman, aviator and spokesman.  To his family, he is a dedicated and devoted man with a loving heart.  Above all, it is his personality and down-to-earth demeanor that has made him one of the most popular and accessible notables in history. Arnold Palmer’s golfing ...

Arnold Palmer arrived at Augusta Pines Golf Club the way he usually shows up for a golf tournament: flying his own plane. Palmer, a pioneer among athletes who fly their own planes, expressed shock Thursday at the death of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, killed Wednesday with his flight instructor when their plane hit a 40-story condominium tower in New York. ``I'm terribly sorry,'' the 77-year-old Palmer said. ``I've ...

Arnold Palmer isn't kidding himself. As he prepares to play in his first tournament in nearly a year, the 77-year-old golfing great isn't exactly crafting a victory speech. Palmer plays very little golf these days, so he will carry extremely modest expectations into the Constellation Energy Classic, a Champions Tour event that gets under way Friday. ``My intentions are to just play as hard as I can possibly can, and ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) _ Arnold Palmer withdrew from next week's U.S. Senior Open because his game is not up to his standards, the second time this year he has pulled out of a senior major. ``In my judgment, my golf right now is far below the level that I would feel comfortable with as a bona fide contestant,'' Palmer said in a statement Friday. ``I hope that the fans who ...