“Does anyone find it amusing that the Ben Hogan Award for the Top Male Golfer of the Year is named for a guy who never finished high school?” — Dan Jenkins, sportwriter/author
Over the winter, I read a book titled "Arnold Palmer: Homespun Stories of The King," by Chris Rodell. It was a fun read, offering a different look at Palmer through the eyes of people who knew him as “the guy from Latrobe.”
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