[Orlando is the center of the golfing globe. Arnold Palmer found a personal hideaway in 1969, purchasing the site of this week's Bay Hill Invitational. Ever since, the King has seen his adopted hometown become to golf what Hollywood is to the movie biz, and he can hardly believe the profusion of pros now residing around him.] Everybody sees what I saw, ... There were always a lot of pluses. Now it's the hottest place on earth. |
[Palmer's caddie had suggested that morning,] Today's your birthday — you ought to shoot your age, ... That's a hell of an idea. |
A golfer has to have mixed feelings about shooting his or her age. It's an exciting day when and if it happens, but it also means that you have to be up in years. |
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. |
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. |
As far as trying to compete in a major championship such as the Open and other tournaments, this is it, ... I'm through doing that. I will not be doing it anymore. |
Between now and 35 could be the absolute best years of his life. |
Between now and 35 could be the absolute best years of his life. It would be very easy for that to happen, meaning that he could double or triple what he has done in the past. |
Certainly the fact that Disney came enhanced what was happening. But what would it have been if Disney hadn't come? That's a big question. |
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment. |
Everybody sees what I saw. There were always a lot of pluses. Now it's the hottest place on earth. |
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented. |
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented. |
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented. |
Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. |