SportsCentury
No. 29 -- Arnold Palmer
S1 • E30 Jul 1, 1999 30m
Arnold Palmer was an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Nicknamed The King, he was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. In a career spanning more than six decades, he won 62 PGA Tour titles from 1955 to 1973. He is fifth on the Tour's all-time victory list, trailing only Tiger Woods, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, and Ben Hogan. He won seven major titles in a six-plus-year domination from the 1958 Masters to the 1964 Masters.
