In professional golf, Arnold Palmer is simply called The King.
On Saturday,
Arnold Palmer painfully walked away from professional golf at the age of 77.
Now he's an amateur like most of us. We just don't have as colorful a history.
Arnold Palmer is the reason I got excited about golf. He was a common man who played in an uncommon way.
You rooted for him because he let you know in so many ways that he would put himself on the line for you.
You were excited about him because he got excited when he did something exciting, and that was often.
I'm glad Arnold Palmer is an amateur again. He's still one of us.
Posted by Steve E. Swenson
