Meet Doc Giffin, Arnold Palmer’s Right Hand Man
For 50 years Doc Giffin has been by Arnold Palmer’s side, but this is the first year he won’t be with him at Bay Hill
Old Tabby Links, Spring Island
One of Arnold Palmer’s best designs, this rugged, nature-filled course on Spring Island near Hilton Head, S.C., has sprung anew after an extensive renovation
Arnold Palmer on Designing Old Tabby Links
At the Old Tabby Links in Spring Island, S.C., we converted one of the weaker holes into an option-filled, attention-getting par four
1966 U.S. Open: Arnie’s Anguish
I’d come on Sunday to watch Arnie make history, and sadly that’s just what he did
Ben Wright: The King and I
The first time I interviewed Arnold Palmer was at the Centenary Open Championship at St. Andrews in 1960. Palmer said he could spare some time between the final two rounds on Friday, and that I should meet him in the subterranean locker room. He had outscored Kel Nagle, the amiable but tough former Australian Marines […]
Oakmont Showdown Between Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Nicklaus’s first step toward immortality
Tralee Golf Club, Ireland
The elderly gentleman clapped his hands and signaled thumbs-up as he chugged by in a golf cart on the 12th fairway of Tralee Golf Club. Considering I had just played a 9-iron lay-up and still sat 100 yards shy of the green on this long par 4, I wondered if he were complimenting me […]
Pecan Valley Golf Club, Texas
If your name is Arnold Palmer, even your failures can give a place a reputation. At San Antonio’s Pecan Valley Golf Club, it’s been more than three decades since Palmer’s second-place finish to Julius Boros in the 1968 PGA Championship, but locals still talk about the King’s dollar-short heroics like it was yesterday. Boros, […]
