RIP Arnold Palmer #TheKing

[gteeitup]

tough year

 

[grillheel]

Hate to hear this but not surprised. He was looking very feeble the last couple of times I saw him on tv. A major icon and national treasure.

 

[TarHeelMark]

Very sad to hear this. RIP Arnold.

 

[mikeirbyusa]

RIP to one of the all time greats.

 

[keysersosay#1]

THE KING ....The GREATEST

I caddied for Mr Palmer when I was 16 years old... I will never forget it

he was all you expected and more. The consummate gentleman sportsman and hero

My dad and he were friends over many years

not a lot I can say now... just too much emotion and too many memories

Thank God for Arnold Palmer


Long live the King

 

[yrusonvus]

This one hurts, so pour me a tall glass of equal parts sweet tea & cool lemonade. RIP Arnold Palmer.

 

[coryfly]

RIP Arnold. Loved everything about him.

 

[chick_bleeds_carolina_blue]

Damn, had not heard this yet.... death comes in threes, we had the Mariner's player and this one.... one more guys. Check your death list... I'm thinking it is time forrrrrrrr Billy Graham or Don Rickles soon!

 

[Grayhead]

There was a rap star that died earlier this week.

 

[Grayhead]

His name was shawty

Didn't know much about him. Article said he had a ton of kids by many women. I think he died leaving a strip club early in the morning

 

[coryfly]

Pimpin' ain't easy.

 

[heelbent]

Just heard Curtis Strange on SC and had to wipe away a tear. Mr. Palmer touched so many lives that it's hard to comprehend that he's gone. He really was "The King". RIP.

 

[BillyL]

RIP Arnold Palmer

 

[Louigi]

RIP to a great gentleman and athelete

 

[HookUNC75]

Growing up as a child in the late 1950s -early 1960s, my dad being an avid golfer and the beginning of golf tournaments being broadcast on TV, it was a Sunday afternoon ritual at our house to watch it wherever they were playing that week. The head to battles that Palmer had with Nicklaus were epic and of course from my point of view Nicklaus was the bad guy. But it was the golden age of professional golf as its popularity grew and it didn't lack for unique characters that stick in my memory - Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, Gary Player, Chi Chi Rodriguez, the pioneering Charlie Sifford and others. Then there was Arnie's Army, his loyal followers who came to the tournaments only to see him play by following him and his group around every hole. They would cheer his every swing and putt whether good or bad. My dad used to jokingly say that Arnold could stand on the green and fart and his army would let out a cheer.

RIP to a great man!