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Arnold Palmer (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSCHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (10): 1980 <strong>PGA</strong> Seniors’ Championship. 1981 U.S.Senior Open. 1982 Marlboro Classic, Denver Post Champions of Golf. 1983 Boca GroveClassic. 1984 General Foods <strong>PGA</strong> Seniors’ Championship, Senior Tournament PlayersChampionship, Quadel Senior Classic. 1985 Senior Tournament Players Championship.1988 Crestar Classic.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (11): 1955 Panama Open, Colombia Open [S. America].1963 Australian Wills Masters [Aus]. 1964 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship[Eur]. 1966 Australian Open [Aus]. 1967 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship [Eur],World Cup [Indiv.]. 1971 Lancome Trophy [Eur]. 1975 Spanish Open [Eur], British <strong>PGA</strong>Championship [Eur]. 1980 Canadian <strong>PGA</strong> Championship [Can].OTHER VICTORIES (9): 1960, 1962 Canada Cups [with Sam Snead]. 1963, 1964, 1966Canada Cups [with Jack Nicklaus]. 1966 <strong>PGA</strong> Team Championship [with Jack Nicklaus].1967 World Cup [with Jack Nicklaus]. 1984 Doug Sanders Celebrity Pro-Am. 1986Unionmutual Classic.BEST 2003 CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISH: 36—MasterCard Championship.2003 SEASON: Despite announcing the prior year that it would be his final AugustaNational appearance, came back for his record 49th consecutive start at the MastersTournament. Missed the cut there and at the Bay Hill Invitational…Played in nineChampions Tour events, with a season’s best 36th at the MasterCard Championship inFebruary.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Missed cut at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Bay HillInvitational and the Masters. 2001: Shot his age (71) in fourth round of Bob Hope ChryslerClassic. First player in his 70s to shoot his age or better on <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> since 77-year-oldJerry Barber had 71 in second round of 1994 Buick Invitational…Added another 71 duringthe first round of the Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship, but missed cut after second-round 83.2000: Reached milestone in July when he played in 1,000th combined <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> andChampions Tour event…Joined Jack Nicklaus and Byron Nelson as the first recipients ofthe Payne Stewart Award. 1998: Named recipient of third <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> LifetimeAchievement Award at annual <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> Awards Dinner at La Costa on January 9. 1996:Captained U.S. Presidents Cup Team to its second consecutive win in biennial series, 16 -15 victory over International Team at Robert Trent Jones GC. 1995: Final British Openappearance at St. Andrews, came on 35th anniversary of his first time in event. 1994:Played his last U.S. Open at Oakmont, 40 years after playing his first, and final <strong>PGA</strong>Championship at Southern Hills…Awarded <strong>PGA</strong> of America Distinguished Service Award.1981: Became first person to win U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open. 1975: Ryder Cupcaptain for second time in career (1963, 1975). 1973: Last of 62 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> victories cameat Bob Hope Desert Classic by two strokes over Nicklaus and Johnny Miller. Trails onlySam Snead (81), Jack Nicklaus (70) and Ben Hogan (63) on all-time victory list. 1969:Named Associated Press Athlete of the Decade for the 1960s. 1968: Collected at least onevictory for the 11th consecutive season, which ties him with Nicklaus for longeststreak…First <strong>TOUR</strong> player to earn $1 million in his career (7/21/68). 1967: Won his fourthVardon Trophy (1961-62-64-67). 1964: Captured his seventh major championship at theMasters (1958-60-62-64). Also won the 1961-62 British Opens and 1960 U.S. Open. 1963:Led <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> in earnings for fourth time in career (1958-60-62-63) and is namesake of<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> and Champions Tour award for top money-winner…Won 29 tournamentsbetween 1960 and 1963. 1962: Named <strong>PGA</strong> Player of the Year for the second time (1960,1962). 1960: Final-round 65 at U.S. Open at Cherry Hills defeated amateur Nicklaus by twostrokes…Named Hickock Professional Athlete of the Year and Sports IllustratedSportsman of the Year. Amateur: 1954 U.S. Amateur Champion.PERSONAL: Maintains active business schedule with golf course design, constructionand development…Principal owner of Bay Hill Club and Lodge, site of Bay HillInvitational…Consultant to The Golf Channel…Pilot of considerable renown who set oneaviation record…Received Francis Ouimet Award from Francis Ouimet Caddie ScholarshipFoundation in Boston in January 1997…Received 1999 Donald Ross Award from theAmerican Society of Golf Course Architects and Patriot Award from Congressional Medalof Honor Society in 2000…First former champion to become a member at AugustaNational GC, joined by Jack Nicklaus in 2001…Latrobe, PA airport named after him inhonor of 70th birthday…Family named Golf Family of the Year for 1999 by the NationalGolf Foundation.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 14-10Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1949A 1 11953A 1 11954A 4 4 1 31955 30 26 1 1 8 15 $7,958 321956 29 28 2 1 8 13 16,145 191957 31 28 4 2 13 20 27,803 51958 32 30 3 5 2 14 23 42,608 11959 31 31 3 1 3 16 25 32,462 51960 27 26 8 1 2 19 24 75,263 11961 25 24 6 5 2 20 23 61,091 21962 21 21 8 1 13 19 81,448 11963 20 20 7 3 14 16 128,230 11964 26 26 2 6 4 18 24 113,203 21965 21 19 1 3 6 13 57,771 101966 21 21 3 2 2 13 15 110,468 31967 25 22 4 4 1 16 19 184,065 21968 23 20 2 2 8 13 87,496 141969 26 25 2 1 10 16 95,267 91970 22 22 1 3 2 11 14 100,941 111971 24 24 4 1 10 20 162,896 31972 22 19 1 2 10 15 81,440 241973 22 20 1 1 7 15 87,275 271974 20 14 2 7 32,627 751975 20 16 1 5 12 59,018 361976 19 14 6 17,018 1151977 21 17 7 21,950 1021978 15 11 2 4 27,073 951979 16 9 1 9,276 1591980 14 10 3 16,589 1361981 13 7 4,164 2041982 11 4 1 6,621 1991983 11 6 1 1 16,904 1591984 8 2 2,452 2181985 6 2 3,327 2141986 61987 4 1 1,650 2691988 51989 4 1 2,290 2531990 41991 5 1 1 7,738 2371992 51993 5 1 1,970 3161994 61995 51996 31997 21998 31999 32000 32001 42002 32003 2Total 730 574 62 38 27 245 388 1,861,857CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-11980 1 1 1 1 $20,000 41981 4 1 1 2 4 4 55,100 41982 7 2 1 5 7 73,848 41983 12 1 1 1 8 12 106,590 61984 13 3 3 9 12 184,582 41985 13 1 1 2 9 12 137,024 111986 15 1 1 6 13 99,056 211987 17 1 8 13 128,910 191988 18 1 1 8 14 185,373 171989 17 4 11 119,907 381990 17 5 66,519 651991 17 4 7 143,967 461992 18 4 70,815 721993 18 1 5 106,232 641994 13 1 34,471 911995 12 1 51,526 861996 16 1 48,192 891997 13 29,052 1011998 13 20,454 1111999 10 8,185 1352000 14 15,338 1222001 7 4,384 1672002 8 5,596 1502003 9 19,311 126Total 302 10 7 9 67 123 1,734,432COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $3,596,2892-112 / <strong>2004</strong> <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> WWW.<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM

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