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Arnold Palmer
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Arnold Palmer is one of golf's most famous celebrities. Arnold's career coincided with the popularity of televised sports that began in the 1950s. Fans adored him for his handsome features and his willingness to play risky shots. The public show more affection to him, even if other golfers may have more trophies on their mantelpiece. This amazing sports figure was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in 1929. He learned the game from his father who was a professional at the Latrobe Country Club.
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A 7'' tall plastic replica figure of Arnold Palmer is on the end of a 25'' aluminum shaft with a plastic grip. As you push down on the trigger the club's backswing occurs then a pull up starts the downswing and follow through. One of the 12 styrofoam balls are hit and lands on target hopefully in the fairway or on the green. The 6 interchangeable 4'' clubs clip into the figures hands one at a time.
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Arnold Palmer has taken retired WorldGolf.com blogger “Bangkok Al” Katz’s advice to heart and bagged out of this year’s Senior PGA Championship. What’s more, according to this story, he’s “kind of put all his golf on hold.”
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GOLF CHANNEL (http://www.GolfChannel.com), co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation , is available in more than 110 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies. It features a programming schedule that includes more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, as well as news, instruction and original productions, such as the popular "Big Break." GOLF CHANNEL became the exclusive cable home of the PGA TOUR in 2007, and will televise part or all of every PGA TOUR event. In addition, the network is exclusive television home of the Nationwide Tour, European Tour and Canadian Tour, and the exclusive cable home of the Champions Tour. Also featured is a generous mix of other competition from the LPGA Tour, USGA, PGA of America, PGA Tour of Australasia and Sunshine Tour of Southern Africa.
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Other golf related activities have helped to keep Arnold Palmer involved in the sport. For instance, he continued his family connection to Latrobe Country Club by becoming the owner in 1971. He ... helped to set up the Golf Channel, which is watched by eager fans throughout the world. Golf is a much more international game today than when Arnold was a young man. He is also responsible for the deal to build the very first golf course in China. Arnold Palmer has also found success in a business has been built around golfing books and DVDs that he wrote and presented. He ranks amongst the highest earners in the sport because of the contracts he signed with advertisers and sponsors.
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Arnold Palmer is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. Nicknamed "The King," he is arguably golf's most popular star and its most important trailblazer because he was the first star of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Palmer won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, and in 1974 was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. This beautifully framed collectible comes with an autographed 16x20 photo of Palmer, and a descriptive plate. This piece comes double matted in suede and framed in a brown wood frame.
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