RIP Arnold Palmer

[Moderator1]

As if this day hasn't sucked enough?

 

[User 11148]

Well **** ...

 

[HanSenSE]

Just saw it on Twitter. Looks like that tractor outlasted him after all.

 

[outofplace]

Damn. Still remember getting to see him during his last U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. I never cared about golf, but I knew that was something I needed to see.

 

[Moderator1]

Arnold Palmer Dies at 87

 

[FileNotFound]

When my grandpa taught me how to swing a golf club, he taught me to put a little loop at the end of my follow-through, "like Arnie does." RIP to the man who brought golf to the common man.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Nantz mentioned Palmer was a huge Steelers fan and would watch today's blowout to the bitter end.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Stunned. Stunned to the point of numb.

RIP, Arnold.

 

[outofplace]

Nantz mentioned Palmer was a huge Steelers fan and would watch today's blowout to the bitter end.

I thought so. I was barely paying attention by that point, so I wasn't sure.

 

[Chef2]

This one stings.
RIP

 

[old_tony]

No one lives for ever, and Arnie was 87, but I don't think I was ever going to be ready for this day. The guy remained a giant right to the end, even if he could no longer swing a club. For crying out loud, they named a drink after him.

 

[UPChip]

**** you 2016.

 

[Moderator1]

Not the best ever. But among them.
Not the most famous. But among them.

I'll bet a bunch, though, that Palmer was the most popular golfer across several generations.

 

[Moderator1]

**** you 2016.

With today being your poster child of ****youness

 

[jr/shotglass]

Among those who haven't gotten to this yet: CNN, New York Times, SB Nation.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Golf Channel is showing playoff golf from whatever the old man's tour is called. No crawl along the bottom with the news.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Been away all day traveling home from a wedding. Woke up to the Fernandez news, go to bed with this. Ahh, ********. Greatness is more than stats and records. He had great stats and a great record, but there was that whatever it is that made people love him that made him great.

 

[Gator]

Nothing over AP yet, either. Guessing they are trying to confirm.

 

[HanSenSE]

We're likely hoping against hope, but every story I've seen is citing the Golf Digest tweet as its source. How many times did Abe Vigoda die? Or Will Smith's spawn, Tommy Chong and Brad Pitt these past few weeks alone?

 

[Gator]

**** you 2016.

Year of the Dead Celebrity, or Year of the Offended College Student?

Either way, **** you.