RIP Arnold Palmer

[User 11148]

Kinda hope he didn't see that debacle.

Meh ... he was 87. Don't care who you are, if you've been around that long, you've seen worse.

 

[MileHigh]

Jim Murray once wrote: “He was the Perils of Pauline. Every round was a cliffhanger. Continued next week.”

 

[goalmouth]

The preschoolers at CNN never disappoint. They have Arnie's first wife as "Winning".

 

[HanSenSE]

The preschoolers at CNN never disappoint. They have Arnie's first wife as "Winning".

Ferguson had the same name in his obit. Perhaps her formal name?

 

[Riptide]

Ferguson had the same name in his obit. Perhaps her formal name?

No. Winifred Walzer Palmer.

 

[MileHigh]

NBC handled The King and the last Ryder Cup pick perfectly.

 

[MileHigh]

The GOAT:

 

[I Should Coco]

Very classy tribute from Jack. Can't say it better than that.

RIP to a guy who made the PGA Tour what it is today.

 

[Chef2]

NBC handled The King and the last Ryder Cup pick perfectly.

what did they do? didn't see it.....

 

[expendable]

NBC handled The King and the last Ryder Cup pick perfectly.

That was class. Low-key tribute delivered by Mike Tirico, and the announcement of Ryan Moore was just factually delivered without fanfare.

 

[MileHigh]

Good tribute from Tirico, all about Palmer. Then basically an off-the-cuff that Ryan Moore was picked.

 

[MileHigh]

Annika Sorenstam just lost it on Golf Channel. You can tell this is brutally difficult for Rich Lerner, who has been close to losing it a few times.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Remember, Palmer was a driving force behind creating the Golf Channel.

 

[old_tony]

Wasn't a one-on-one, but I did get a question in during the large media-room conference with him at his last US Open at Oakmont in 1994. I remember walking away thinking that one of the true legends had answered one of my questions. I think it's inarguable that he was the most important golfer of the 20th Century, and probably ever. Others accomplished more on the course and won more important trophies, but golf is not where it is today without Arnie.

 

[MileHigh]

Remember, Palmer was a driving force behind creating the Golf Channel.

He's pretty much considered the founder.

 

[HanSenSE]

Not an obit, but another fine piece of writing from one of our own, David Kindred.

Palmer, Player and Nicklaus share one more moment in the sun - Golf Digest

 

[old_tony]

Yeah, I saw it in a tweet from the Washington Post, though I was surprised. ESPN2 interrupted a WSOP tape for Sportscenter, spent about 10 minutes on Fernandez and is now in business-as-usual mode. Must be trying to get people in place?

I don't understand why they would do the Arnie special on ESPN2 and move the WSOP to ESPN News. Why not just do the Arnie stuff on ESPN News? I don't suppose there are many of us, but I regularly record the WSOP shows.

 

[MileHigh]

It's Arnold frickin' Palmer. Really? You're worried about the WSOP that is already on tape and will be replayed many times over the next several months?

 

[outofplace]

Meh ... he was 87. Don't care who you are, if you've been around that long, you've seen worse.

I was thinking more that I would rather that not be the last thing he saw.

 

[old_tony]

It's Arnold frickin' Palmer. Really? You're worried about the WSOP that is already on tape and will be replayed many times over the next several months?

Is ESPN2 any more prominent than ESPN News? Has anyone ever said "I've got to tune in to ESPN2" when some big sports news breaks? Seriously, ever?