#70: Cover Model

#70: Cover Model

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Style

Arnold Palmer appeared on numerous magazine covers over the course of his life, and in 2013 his legacy of being featured alongside leading celebrities of the day continued when he appeared next to supermodel Kate Upton on the cover of Golf Digest.

#69: Holes-in-one

#69: Holes-in-one

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Golf

Most golfers go their whole lives without a hole-in-one, but Arnold Palmer had 20, his first while he was in high school and his last in 2011, when he was 82 years old.

#68: The Million-Dollar Man

#68: The Million-Dollar Man

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Golf

A few years before The Six Million Dollar Man appeared on TV, Arnold Palmer took top prize at the 1967 American Golf Classic and became the first professional golfer in history to make more than $1 million in career earnings.

#67: Captain Presidents

#67: Captain Presidents

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Golf

Twice victorious as a captain in the Ryder Cup, Arnold Palmer said that being selected as U.S. Team Captain for the second staging of the Presidents Cup was “a thrill that almost stands by itself."

#64: Listened to his Father

#64: Listened to his Father

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Fatherhood

Whatever the ups and downs of a son’s relationship with his father, fathers do occasionally know best, and so listening to your dad can be a good idea. Arnold listened when his father, Deacon Palmer, showed him how to grip a golf club and said “don’t you change that.”

#63: Takes a 12 in LA

#63: Takes a 12 in LA

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Golf

On the last hole of his first round at the 1961 Los Angeles Open, Arnold Palmer needed par to shoot 69. Instead the golfer teed it up on Rancho Park’s par-5 ninth—his last hole of the day—and reminded us that he was human, ultimately making 12.

#62: The Need for Speed

#62: The Need for Speed

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Honor

In a meeting of two hard-charging competitors who always went for it, Arnold Palmer and Richard Petty kicked off the 2008 Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.

#61: Hat Tricks

#61: Hat Tricks

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Golf

It’s a relatively short list of golfers who’ve carded victories at the same event in three consecutive years. Arnold Palmer is on it, having taken the Texas Open in 1960 through 62 and the Phoenix Open from 61 to 63.

#60: Final PGA Championship

#60: Final PGA Championship

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Golf

Going for it between the trees and paying the price at Firestone Country Club in 1960, shooting four rounds in the 60s and not taking it in 1964, the incredible 3-wood and then disappointment at Pecan Valley in 1968, and the near-miss in 1970 at Southern Hills… With three second-place finishes and countless heartbreaks over the years, the PGA Championship was the one major that Arnold Palmer never won.

#54: Statuesque

#54: Statuesque

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Art, Honor

Explaining how Ancient Greeks honored heroes, noted sculptor Zenos Frudakis said it was about making sure the person was remembered for who they were, not just what they did.

#53: Pretty as a Picture

#53: Pretty as a Picture

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Art, Honor

President Nixon went to China, The Price is Right debuted on TV and the FBI hired its first female agents. It was 1972, and Arnold Palmer was in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, sitting for a portrait session with one of America’s most beloved artists, Norman Rockwell.

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