Palmer's pinnacle: All the King's wins

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Jan. 27, 2008
By Ceri Mobley, PGATOUR.com Associate Site Producer

• MAKING -- AND BREAKING -- HISTORY: Tiger's 62 wins

Everyone loves Arnie, the gentleman of the game who mentored Jack Nicklaus and holds the record that Tiger Woods is about to match, and soon, surely break.

The King of golf earned a total of 62 wins in 19 seasons on the PGA TOUR, a list that includes seven majors. Palmer's first major win was at the 1958 Masters (the event that, 39 years later, Tiger Woods would also make his first major title), and he later went on to win three more Masters green jackets. Palmer then won the U.S. Open in 1960 and two British Open titles in 1961 and 1962.

In almost two decades of success, Palmer's standout year on TOUR was 1960, when he claimed eight trophies, including two majors. Thirteen years later, Palmer earned his last PGA TOUR victory at the Bob Hope Desert Classic - two years before Tiger Woods was born.

Take a look at the path Palmer carved through golf's history books:

First record to break: Palmer's 62 victories

Win	Date	Event	Score
1	Aug. 20 1955	Canadian Open	265
2	Jul. 1 1956	Insurance City Open	274
3	Jul. 29 1956	Eastern Open	277
4	Feb. 25 1957	Houston Open	279
5	Mar. 31 1957	Azalea Open Invitational	282
6	Jun. 9 1957	Rubber City Open Invitational	272
7	Nov. 3 1957	San Diego Open Invitational	271
8	Mar. 23 1958	St. Petersburg Open Invitational	276
9	Apr. 6 1958	Masters Tournament	284
10	Jun. 29 1958	Pepsi Championship	273
11	Jan. 25 1959	Thunderbird Invitational	266
12	May 11 1959	Oklahoma City Open Invitational	273
13	Nov. 29 1959	West Palm Beach Open Invitational	281
14	Feb. 7 1960	Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic	338
15	Feb. 28 1960	Texas Open Invitational	276
16	Mar. 6 1960	Baton Rouge Open Invitational	279
17	Mar. 13 1960	Pensacola Open Invitational	273
18	Apr. 10 1960	Masters Tournament	282
19	Jun. 18 1960	U.S. Open Championship	280
20	Aug. 7 1960	Insurance City Open Invitational	270
21	Nov. 27 1960	Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational	274
22	Jan. 15 1961	San Diego Open Invitational	271
23	Feb. 12 1961	Phoenix Open Invitational	270
24	Feb. 26 1961	Baton Rouge Open Invitational	266
25	Apr. 30 1961	Texas Open Invitational	270
26	Jun. 25 1961	Western Open	271
27	Jul. 14 1961	British Open Championship	284
28	Feb. 4 1962	Palm Springs Golf Classic	342
29	Feb. 11 1962	Phoenix Open Invitational	269
30	Apr. 8 1962	Masters Tournament	280
31	Apr. 29 1962	Texas Open Invitational	273
32	May 6 1962	Tournament of Champions	276
33	May 13 1962	Colonial National Invitational	281
34	Jul. 13 1962	British Open Championship	276
35	Aug. 12 1962	American Golf Classic	276
36	Jan. 7 1963	Los Angeles Open	274
37	Feb. 12 1963	Phoenix Open Invitational	273
38	Mar. 10 1963	Pensacola Open Invitational	273
39	Jun. 16 1963	Thunderbird Classic Invitational	277
40	Jul. 1 1963	Cleveland Open Invitational	273
41	Jul. 29 1963	Western Open	280
42	Oct. 6 1963	Whitemarsh Open Invitational	281
43	Apr. 12 1964	Masters Tournament	276
44	May 18 1964	Oklahoma City Open Invitational	277
45	May 2 1965	Tournament of Champions	277
46	Jan. 9 1966	Los Angeles Open	273
47	Apr. 18 1966	Tournament of Champions	283
48	Nov. 20 1966	Houston Champions International	275
49	Jan. 29 1967	Los Angeles Open	269
50	Feb. 19 1967	Tucson Open Invitational	273
51	Aug. 13 1967	American Golf Classic	276
52	Sep. 24 1967	Thunderbird Classic	283
53	Feb. 4 1968	Bob Hope Desert Classic	348
54	Sep. 15 1968	Kemper Open	276
55	Nov. 30 1969	Heritage Golf Classic	283
56	Dec. 7 1969	Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic	270
57	Jul. 26 1970	National Four-Ball Championship	n/a
58	Feb. 14 1971	Bob Hope Desert Classic	342
59	Mar. 14 1971	Florida Citrus Invitational	270
60	Jul. 25 1971	Westchester Classic	270
61	Aug. 1 1971	National Team Championship	n/a
62	Feb. 11 1973	Bob Hope Desert Classic	343