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Arnold Palmer, born on September 10, 1929, and passed away on September 25, 2016, was a legendary professional golfer from the United States. His career was filled with remarkable achievements, and he was hailed as a legendary figure in the history of golf. Palmer's unique style and likable personality won the admiration of countless fans, playing a significant role in the global promotion of golf.

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“The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely- against themselves.”

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“The whole secret to mastering the game of golf - and this applies to the beginner as well as the pro - is to cultivate a mental approach to the game that will enable you to shrug off the bad days, keep patient and know in your heart that sooner or later you will be back on top.”

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“I feel more strongly than ever about this. I would like the professional game freed of golf carts. Golf is a physical game. If we are playing competitive professional golf, we should walk. When I can't walk 18 holes, I'll pack it in.”

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“Golf is a game of inches. The most important are the six inches between your ears.”

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“Putting is a fascinating, aggravating, wonderful, terrible and almost incomprehensible part of the game of golf.”

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“I can sum it up like this: Thank God for the game of golf.”

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“From the beginning it was drilled into me that a golf course was a place where character fully reveals itself -- both its strengths and its flaws. As a result, I learned early not only to fix my ball marks but also to congratulate an opponent on a good shot, avoid walking ahead of a player preparing to shoot, remain perfectly still when someone else was playing, and a score of other small courtesies that revealed, in my father's mind, one's abiding respect for the game.”

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“Golf challenges you mentally at any age, and when you become my age, it's a challenge physically to try to make your game work as well as it ever did. That's close to impossible, but that doesn't keep you from trying to hit the ball where you used to hit it and make the putts you used to make all the time.”

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“I've noticed the sound of the golf ball being hit by the golf club is different, and much more realistic, with the hearing aids. The sound with the hearing aids makes sense, and better represents what I know is happening to the golf ball. So you could say that the hearing aids help give me confidence regarding my golf game.”

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“All the things that I have derived either directly or indirectly through the game of golf are things I owe a great deal to the game and to the people who support the game.”

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“I always said that if I have the perfect club then I should play the perfect game.”

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“[Golf]is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well, and a grown man can never master it. Any single round of it is full of unexpected triumphs and perfect shots that end in disaster. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle without an answer. It is gratifying and tantalizing, precise and unpredictable. It requires complete concentration and total relaxation. It satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time, rewarding and maddening. And it is without doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.”

“I talk to golfers, I talk to my grand kids about their game, and tell them to develop a system, Now, when they're young. And if they develop that system, it will be the crutch they need to be good. To know that system and make it work for you, know what it is and make it work.”

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“The game is so fantastic, and people who get into it love it so much...I'd be pleased with that. There's no game like it.”

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“On the Old Course at St. Andrews: This is the origin of the game, golf in its purest form, and it's still played that way on a course seemingly untouched by time. Every time I play here, it reminds me that this is still a game.”

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“An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.”

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“I've drawn a lot of inspiration from people who have supported me, golfers who have helped me. If it wasn't for the game of golf I'd probably be mowing the greens back in Latrobe.”

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“Phil [Mickelson] has done a great job. He's a great player and he's conducted himself very well through the years. He's been a good ambassador for the game. He hasn't won in a while, but he still has time, and it wouldn't surprise me if he won again.”

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“Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.”

“I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.”

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“My grandson Sam Saunders has been playing golf since he could hold a club and I spent a lot of time with him over the years. Like my father taught me, I showed him the fundamentals of the game and helped him make adjustments as he and his game matured over the years.”

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About the Author

Born: September 10, 1929
Died: September 25, 2016
Known for: Professional golfer
Quotes: 143

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