The King is Dead – Long live the King! The Career stats of Arnold Palmer. Golf Chats is a website to encourage discussions on various subjects relating to the game of golf. I am Mel Sole, Director of Instruction of the Mel Sole Golf School and SAPGA Master Professional. I invite you to enter into a discussion on this or any article on the golfchats.com website. The input is for the entire subscriber base to learn something new each time! Please post your comments below. Keep it clean and tasteful. We are here to learn from one another! All of us agree that Arnold Palmer had a fantastic career, no doubt about it. But in a time where wins and money on the PGA mean the measure of a golfer’s greatness, Arnold Palmer had an even more amazing stat. From 1974 to 2004, a span of 30 years, Arnold did not have a victory but still made more money in endorsements than any other golfer on the planet! Why? Because everybody loved Arnold Palmer and would buy anything he put his name on. From car dealerships (I bought my Cadillac from an Arnold Palmer dealership in 1997) to car and tractor oil, golf course design, etc. Heck, he even had a drink named after him! I don’t know of any person alive or dead with the charisma, charm, and aura that Arnold had. Thank you so much, Brentley Romine, of Golfweek for these amazing career stats. Thanks for everything you have done for the game of golf, Arnie! You will be sorely missed.
Arnold Palmer, pictured at the 2016 Arnold Palmer Invitational (Getty Images)
Here is a look at Arnold Palmer’s legendary golf career, by the numbers.
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Brief look
Major championships: 7 (Masters: 1958, ’60, ’62 and ’64; U.S. Open: 1960; British Open: 1961 and ’62)
Professional victories: 95
PGA Tour victories: 62 (fifth most all-time)
Champions Tour victories: 10 (five majors)
Ryder Cup appearances: 6 (1961, ’63, ’65, ’67, ’71, ’75; U.S. went 6-0; 22-8-2 career individual record)
World Cup appearances: 6 (1960, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’66, ’67; U.S. went 6-0)
Amateur victories: 26 (includes 1954 U.S. Amateur)
