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Swing your swing. I know, I did.

Arnold Palmer

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Arnold Palmer
Age: 87 †
Born: 1929
Born: September 10
Died: 2016
Died: September 25
Aircraft Pilot
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Golfer
Professional Golfer
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Pennsylvania
Arnold Daniel Palmer
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I am against making golf courses obsolete, going to the national Open and playing half the holes with a one-iron.
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Establish a system you have confidence in and rely on it when you get into tough situations.
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Here is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory.
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If you are really serious about playing golf and playing good golf, stick to the basic fundamentals. Sure, there's going to be a little change here and a change there, but you don't want to make them. You want to stick to the things that you started with, and you learned, and you know how to apply them.
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An athlete must have a certain cockiness to succeed and win, but an athlete must also care about the game he or she plays.
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I suppose I could think of a lot of things to say about the fact that I still play. But I don't really need to. I can tell you this, that I enjoy it. I still enjoy it. I like to get out in the air and I like to walk and I like to do the things that are involved in playing golf.
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I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best demeanor of any sport.
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If you can concentrate on what you're doing and have the desire to do the things you have to do to win, you'll succeed.
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I've noticed the sound of the golf ball being hit by the golf club is different, and much more realistic, with the hearing aids. The sound with the hearing aids makes sense, and better represents what I know is happening to the golf ball. So you could say that the hearing aids help give me confidence regarding my golf game.
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Golf is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well and a grown man can never master it. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle with no answer.
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I was playing golf in Palm Springs and after a round I asked the waitress in a restaurant to bring me a glass of iced tea and lemonade. A lady sitting nearby heard me and asked the waitress to bring her a Palmer, too. The name caught on and the beverage quickly spread around the country.
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I played high school golf, I played amateur golf and I started getting officers. I was playing pretty good, won amateur tournaments as a junior, and the whole thing.
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Hit it hard, go find it and hit it hard again.
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I like the Miami because I could play golf all winter.
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One thing I've learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it won't float.
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I was playing cowboys and Indians in the trees, and then I started hitting the golf club with clubs father sawed off for me, and I began playing right here with my father.
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Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
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