Arnold Palmer - Media Guide

Palm Beach Open Invitational.  1960  Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic,  Texas Open Invitational,  Baton Rouge Open Invitational,  Pensacola Open Invitational,  Masters Tournament,  U.S. Open Championship,  Insurance City Open Invitational,  Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational.  1961  San Diego Open Invitational,  Phoenix Open Invitational,  Baton Rouge Open Invitational,  Texas Open Invitational,  Western Open,  British Open Championship.  1962  Palm Springs Golf Classic,  Phoenix Open Invitational,  Masters Tournament,  Texas Open Invitational,  Tournament of Champions,  Colonial National Invitation,  British Open Championship,  American Golf Classic.  1963  Los Angeles Open,  Phoenix Open Invitational,  Pensacola Open Invitational,  Thunderbird Classic Invitational,  Cleveland Open Invitational,  Western Open,  Whitemarsh Open Invitational.  1964  Masters Tournament,  Oklahoma City Open Invitational.  1965  Tournament of Champions.  1966  Los Angeles Open,  Tournament of Champions,  Houston Champions International.  1967  Los Angeles Open,  Tucson Open Invitational,  American Golf Classic,  Thunderbird Classic.  1968  Bob Hope Desert Classic,  Kemper Open.  1969  Heritage Golf Classic,  Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic.  1970  National Four-Ball Championship.  1971  Bob Hope Desert Classic,  Florida Citrus Invitational,  Westchester Classic,  National Team Championship.  1973  Bob Hope Desert Classic. 

Classic. 

Nicklaus], PGA Team Championship [with Jack Nicklaus]. 1967 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship, World Cup [with Jack Nicklaus], World Cup [indiv]. 1971 Lancome Trophy. 1975 Spanish Open, British PGA Championship. 1980 Canadian PGA Championship.

at the Administaff Small Business Classic in October. Withdrew from the Houston-area event while playing the fourth hole with a back problem. Played the final 14 holes as a marker and then announced at the conclusion of the round that "there's just no thoughts of any more tournament golf."

then at the Administaff Small Business Classic in October. Withdrew from the Houston-area event while playing the fourth hole with a back problem. Played the final 14 holes as a marker and then announced at the conclusion of the round that "there's just no thoughts of any more tournament golf." 2005: Despite some talk of cutting back on his schedule, still competed in eight Champions Tour events as well as the Wendy's Champions Skins Game. 2004: Celebrated his 50th year in professional golf...Finished second to Tom Watson at the Wendy's Champions Skins Game, earning five skins and $140,000 at Wailea. Lost out on a golden opportunity for victory on the final hole of regulation when, with five skins and $260,000 on the line, he missed an eight-foot birdie putt. Overall performance was still his best since winning the 1993 event...Played in his 26th consecutive Bay Hill Invitational and appeared in the Masters Tournament for a 50th straight year...Served as captain of the U.S. team once again at the UBS Cup. 2003: Matched his age three times (seventh, eighth and ninth times in his career) and also bettered his age (second time in his career) during the campaign...Shot one better than his age in the opening round of the SBC Championship when he carded a 73. Later matched his age in the same event when he closed with a 74 in San Antonio...Earlier in the year he had matched his age with an opening-round 73 at the MasterCard Championship in Hawaii and a first-round 73 at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in Savannah, GA...Made his 23rd consecutive appearance in the U.S. Senior Open at the Inverness Club in Toledo...Made two starts on the PGA TOUR, including the Bay Hill Invitational and a record-tying 49th appearance at the Masters...Captained the United States team to victory for the second consecutive year in the UBS Cup Matches at Sea Island, GA. 2002: Matched his age in the final round of the Napa Valley Championship when he shot a 1-over 73. It was the first time he shot his age since opening with a 1-under 71 at the 2001 Senior PGA Championship at Ridgewood CC in New Jersey. Accomplishment in Napa made him the eighth and final player to shoot or better his age on the Champions Tour during the season...Made three starts on the PGA TOUR, including his record 48th consecutive appearance at the Masters. 2001: Became just the third player in PGA TOUR history to shoot his age when he fired a 1-under-par 71 in the fourth round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic...Shot his age again on the Champions Tour when he opened with another 1-under-par 71 in May at the Senior PGA Championship at Ridgewood CC in New Jersey. 2000: Reached a milestone in July when he played his 1,000th TOUR event at The Instinet Classic...Bettered his age for the first time when he fired a 3-under-par 69 in the second round of the FleetBoston Classic. One week earlier had matched his age with a final-round 70 at the Novell Utah Showdown, the first time he had shot his age since posting a final-round 66 at the 1995 GTE Northwest Classic. Also matched his age with a 71 at the Vantage Championship. Joined Jack Nicklaus and Byron Nelson as the first recipients of the Payne Stewart Award presented at The TOUR Championship. 1997: Underwent surgery for prostate cancer in mid-January and made his first start after the surgery at the PGA TOUR's Bay Hill Invitational in late March. 1996: Captained the United States team to victory in The Presidents Cup near Washington, D.C. 1995: Shot his age for the first time in the final round of the GTE Northwest Classic in Seattle, carding a 66 on his birthday...Made triumphant return to St. Andrews for his final British Open appearance on the 35th anniversary of his first Open Championship in 1960. 1994: Played in his last U.S. Open at Oakmont CC near Pittsburgh, 40 years after competing in his first one. Played in his final PGA Championship at Southern Hills. 1993: Pocketed $190,000 at the Senior Skins Game and was the event's leading money-winner for a second straight year...Was the designated honoree at The Memorial at Muirfield Village. 1992: Racked up $205,000 in winning the Senior Skins Game at Mauna Lani...Carded the 16th hole-in-one of his career, and last in competition, in the opening round of the GTE Northwest Classic. 1988: Had his finest earnings year as a Champions Tour player, placing 17th on the final money list with $185,373...Recorded his last official win near Richmond, claiming the Crestar Classic title in wire-to-wire fashion by four strokes over Lee Elder, Larry Mowry and Jim Ferree. 1986: Made holes-in-one on consecutive days at the par-3 third hole at the TPC Avenel during the Chrysler Cup pro-am competition, a first for a professional player. 1985: Ran away from the field with an 11-shot win at the Senior Tournament Players Championship at Canterbury GC near Cleveland, and established an all-time record for largest margin of victory, not broken until Hale Irwin's 12-shot win at the 1997 PGA Seniors' Championship. 1984: His three victories during the campaign were the most in any single season of his Champions Tour career and marked the first time since 1971 that he claimed a trio of titles in a year...Won a pair of Champions Tour major championships: the PGA Seniors' Championship by two strokes over Don January, and the Senior Tournament Players Championship where he bested Peter Thomson by three shots...Also edged Orville Moody and Lee Elder by one at the Quadel Seniors Classic near the end of the campaign. 1983: Ended a 15-month victory drought by capturing the season-ending Boca Grove Senior Classic. 1982: Collected a pair of titles, the first coming at the Marlboro Classic by four strokes over Billy Casper and Bob Rosburg. Added the Denver Post Champions of Golf title when he held off Bob Goalby by a stroke. 1981: Became the first player to claim both a U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open title with his playoff victory over Bob Stone and Billy Casper at Oakland Hills CC near Detroit. 1980: Playoff victory over Paul Harney at the PGA Seniors' Championship made him the first of only 10 men to claim the first official Champions Tour event he entered...Debuted on the circuit at the unofficial World Seniors Invitational, finishing as runner-up to Gene Littler in Charlotte.

2004 Verizon Classic in February...Former Chairman of the Board of The Golf Channel but still serves as a consultant...Collaborated with Jack Nicklaus on The King and Bear Course at the World Golf Village that opened in November 2000...Wed for the second time when he married Kit Gawthrop the week of the Turtle Bay Championship in Hawaii in late January 2005.