Happy 83rd Birthday Arnie!

[mvmac]

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Part of it was, he swung like they did. Palmer went after the ball like a guy beating a carpet. It wasn't pretty but it was effective. He won 62 tournaments but always managed to look like a refugee from the truck drivers' flight at the local municipal.

He was the greatest long putter who ever lived. He didn't lag them. He never finished up on the same side of the hole as he started. Palmer's putts were either in--or five feet past. He attacked the game of golf like a cop busting a crap game.

He ran down so many 40-foot putts in one tournament that, when he came up unaccountably close, within three feet, on one hole and took out his putter, his playing partner, Dave Marr, remarked wryly, "You've got too much club, Arnold."

Oldie but a goodie  by Jim Murray

[iacas]

Happy Birthday!