The King
• Arnold Palmer, 79, attracts
millions to the USGA — and has
inspired a new museum, the Arnold
Palmer Center for Golf History

"I'm chairman of the USGA members
program. It's important for golf that the
USGA have a large membership. In the
long run, the USGA is probably the most
important single body in golf. It brings
many more people into the game and
helps them understand it better. It teaches the rules and etiquette. It encourages young people coming into the game to give it the respect it deserves.
"I was very pleased and proud this year
to have been given the privilege of having
the USGA 's new museum open in my
name. It's like winning the Amateur, Open
and Senior Open all at once. I don't think
you can put into words how important it
is to me as an individual. When I was a
kid, it was my family, God, and the USGA. If there was a fire at the museum and I could only save one artifact? The Jim Chase word portrait. That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen in my life." —
(Quotes compiled from staff and USGA
reporting.)

At left, Palmer in his Latrobe workshop.
See our special section for Gigapan panoramic photos of Palmer's office and the newly renovated USGA museum.