Maintained an active business schedule with golf course design, construction and development until his death.

Principal owner of Bay Hill Club and Lodge, site of Arnold Palmer Invitational, which was re-named in his honor for 2007 tournament.

Golf course design company, Arnold Palmer Design Company, is located at the Bay Hill Club.

Consultant to Golf Channel.

Pilot of considerable renown who set one aviation record.

Received Francis Ouimet Award from Francis Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Foundation in Boston in January 1997.

Received 1999 Donald Ross Award from the American Society of Golf Course Architects and Patriot Award from Congressional Medal of Honor Society in 2000.

First former champion to become a member at Augusta National GC, joined by Jack Nicklaus in 2001.

Arnold Palmer Award given to season's top money-winner on PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.

Latrobe, Pa., airport named after him in honor of 70th birthday.

Family named Golf Family of the Year for 1999 by the National Golf Foundation.

Received Presidential Medal of Freedom at The White House in 2004 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.

Arnold Palmer Medical Center in Orlando, Fla., was named the 2009 PGA TOUR Charity of the Year.

Received an honorary doctor of law degree from the University of St. Andrews on the eve of the 2010 Open Championship.

Has 13 different streets in the United States named for him.

Grandson Sam Saunders is a member of the Korn Ferry Tour and finished 50th on the 2012 money list.

Won the 1954 U.S. Amateur at the CC of Detroit.