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Moments That Changed the Game of Golf

Mark McCormack and Arnold Palmer in August 1965. Photo by Walter Iooss Jr.
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Mark McCormack, left, and Arnold Palmer in August 1965.

Revolutionary Partnership

By Damon Hack

If Arnold Palmer was golf's first true superstar, then Mark McCormack was the sports world's first true superagent.
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