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Arnold Palmer Memorabilia Warehouse, PCN Tours

(2013) A tour of Arnold Palmer Memorabilia Warehouse in Latrobe, PA

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00:20 - >> ARNOLD PALMER, FIRST OF ALL,

00:21 - CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT WE´RE

00:23 - LOOKING AT HERE?

00:24 - >> THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT.

00:26 - IT´S JUST A -- WHAT DID YOU CALL

00:31 - IT?

00:31 - A MONTAGUE OF COLLECTIONS,

00:37 - COLLECTIBLES, THINGS THAT HAVE

00:39 - HAPPENED IN MY LIFE FROM JUST

00:40 - ABOUT THE BEGINNING.

00:41 - HOW DID THIS HAPPEN TO BE?

00:44 - WELL, I STARTED JUST KEEPING

00:47 - STUFF THAT CAME ALONG THROUGH

00:49 - THE YEARS.

00:50 - AND ONE DAY SOMEBODY SAID, WELL,

00:51 - YOU OUGHT TO FIND A PLACE TO PUT

00:54 - IT.

00:54 - AND YOU´RE LOOKING AT IT.

00:56 - WE FOUND A PLACE TO PUT IT.

00:58 - WE ACTUALLY BUILT THIS -- THIS

01:01 - FACILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE FOR

01:08 - THE GOLF COURSE.

01:09 - AND WHEN WE GOT INTO IT, WE

01:12 - REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOING TO

01:14 - HAVE TO BE A LOT BIGGER THAN WE

01:16 - HAD ANTICIPATED.

01:17 - HERE WE ARE.

01:18 - IT´S A BIG PLACE.

01:20 - IT´S GOT A LOT OF MEMORIES FOR

01:22 - ME.

01:22 - AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF THINGS

01:25 - THAT WE CONSIDER RATHER VALUABLE

01:27 - AS FAR AS MY LIFE AND MY HISTORY

01:29 - IS CONCERNED.

01:29 - >> AS LONG AS WE´RE STANDING

01:30 - RIGHT HERE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN

01:33 - ABOUT THIS TRACTOR?

01:37 - >> WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY

01:38 - LOOKS AT THIS TRACTOR AND THEY

01:41 - SAY, THAT´S THE OLD TRACTOR.

01:43 - WELL, IT IS THE OLD TRACTOR, BUT

01:47 - IT ISN´T THE ORIGINAL TRACTOR.

01:48 - THIS IS THE TRACTOR THAT

01:50 - REPLACED THE OLD TRACTOR THAT MY

01:53 - FATHER STARTED MAINTAINING THE

01:55 - GOLF COURSE WITH MANY YEARS AGO.

01:59 - AND THAT TRACTOR, WE HAVE A

02:01 - REPLICA OF HERE, WHICH I´LL SHOW

02:03 - YOU IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

02:05 - BUT THIS ONE IS REALLY THE OLD

02:07 - TRACTOR, BECAUSE IT WAS THE

02:08 - FIRST ONE THAT WAS REALLY

02:11 - DELIVERED ON SITE.

02:13 - AND WE USED IT FOR SO MANY

02:15 - YEARS.

02:15 - I DROVE IT FOR MANY YEARS.

02:17 - AND MY FATHER BEFORE ME DROVE

02:21 - IT.

02:21 - AND IT WAS KIND OF AN OCCASION

02:24 - WHEN WE GOT IT.

02:26 - BECAUSE THEY WRAPPED A BIG, RED

02:28 - RIBBON AROUND IT AND DELIVERED

02:29 - IT AT CHRISTMASTIME AND PUT IT

02:33 - ON THE PORCH OF THE HOUSE SO MY

02:36 - FATHER BE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO

02:37 - SEE A NEW TRACTOR TO MAINTAIN

02:39 - THE GOLF COURSE WITH.

02:40 - SO THIS IS IT.

02:41 - AND IT HAS HELD UP ALL THESE

02:44 - YEARS.

02:44 - AND IT STILL RUNS.

02:45 - WE STILL USE IT OCCASIONALLY.

02:48 - BUT MOSTLY FOR VISITORS AND

02:49 - PEOPLE TO HAVE A LOOK AT.

02:51 - >> NOW FOR PEOPLE WHO DON´T

02:53 - KNOW, WHAT WAS YOUR DAD DOING

02:54 - FOR A LIVING AT THE TIME?

02:56 - >> HE WAS A GOLF COURSE

02:58 - SUPERINTENDENT ALL HIS LIFE.

02:59 - HE NEVER HAD ANY OTHER JOB.

03:03 - HE CAME HERE WHEN THEY WERE

03:05 - BUILDING THE GOLF COURSE.

03:07 - >> THIS IS LATROBE COUNTRY CLUB?

03:10 - >> ATLA TROEB COUNTRY CLUB.

03:14 - AND HE DUG DITCH.

03:16 - AND HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO BE

03:25 - THE GROUNDS CREW AND MAINTAINED

03:27 - THE GOLF COURSE.

03:28 - HE WAS ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD WHEN

03:30 - THAT ALL STARTED.

03:31 - AND HE NEVER LEFT.

03:32 - HE STAYED HERE UNTIL HE PASSED

03:37 - AT 72 YEARS.

03:38 - AND IT WAS QUITE A DEAL FOR HIM.

03:40 - HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE A

03:42 - COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT HE CHOSE TO

03:44 - STAY HERE.

03:45 - WHICH I´M THANKFUL FOR.

03:48 - AND, OF COURSE, THIS IS MY HOME

03:51 - AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY HAVE

03:53 - CHOSEN TO STAY AROUND HERE

03:54 - THROUGH THE YEARS.

03:56 - >> AT YOUR POINT.

03:58 - YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE

04:00 - WORLD.

04:00 - WHY DO YOU STILL LIVE IN

04:02 - LATROBE?

04:02 - >> I THINK IT´S ONE OF THE MOST

04:05 - WONDERFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD TO

04:07 - LIVE.

04:08 - THE PEOPLE HERE ARE WONDERFUL.

04:11 - THE WEATHER IS NICE, THERE´S

04:13 - FOUR SEASONS.

04:14 - AND IT´S BEEN GREAT.

04:15 - I LEARNED TO PLAY GOLF ON

04:18 - LATROBE COUNTRY CLUB AND STILL

04:19 - COME BACK AND PLAY HERE AND

04:21 - ENJOY IT.

04:22 - AND MY FRIENDS.

04:23 - OF COURSE, I CAN GO BACK TO THE

04:26 - ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT BUILT THE

04:29 - GOLF COURSE AND GO RIGHT THROUGH

04:31 - THE YEARS WITH ALL OF THEM UP TO

04:34 - PRESENT TIME.

04:35 - AND, OF COURSE, IN THE EARLY

04:37 - ´70s, I BOUGHT THE CLUB.

04:41 - AND THAT WAS KIND OF TO SAVE IT

04:44 - BECAUSE OF THE BUSINESSES AROUND

04:47 - AT THE TIME WERE FAILING AND IT

04:49 - WAS A WAY OF KEEPING THE CLUB IN

04:51 - ITS NATURAL STATE.

04:52 - >> HOW IS THE CLUB DOING TODAY?

04:54 - >> VERY WELL.

04:55 - IT´S -- WELL, LET´S SAY IT´S

04:58 - MANAGING WELL.

05:00 - IT´S NOT DOING VERY WELL, BUT IT

05:02 - IS MANAGING TO BE A GREAT CLUB

05:04 - AND ONE THAT WE ALL LOVE.

05:06 - AND, OF COURSE, WE CONTINUE TO

05:11 - MAKE ADDITIONS TO UPGRADE IT A

05:13 - LITTLE HERE AND THERE.

05:15 - AND I HOPE TO DO THAT FOR A FEW

05:17 - MORE YEARS.

05:18 - >> WAS YOUR DAD A GOOD GOLFER?

05:20 - >> HE WAS THE PROFESSIONAL.

05:21 - HE ENDED UP BEING THE

05:24 - SUPERINTENDENT AND THE PGA

05:26 - PROFESSIONAL HERE AT LATROBE

05:38 - COUNTRY CLUB.

05:39 - AND HE LOVED IT HERE.

05:40 - HE LOVED THE GOLF COURSE AND THE

05:41 - PEOPLE AND HE LOVED HIS JOB.

05:42 - IT WAS A NATURAL FOR HIM.

05:43 - >> WHEN DID YOU FIRST PICK UP A

05:46 - GOLF CLUB?

05:47 - >> WHEN I WAS TWO YEARS OLD.

05:49 - MY SISTER WAS BORN.

05:53 - AND WHEN SHE WAS BEING BORN, MY

05:56 - MOTHER DIDN´T HAVE ANY HELP.

05:57 - SO I HAD TO GO WITH MY FATHER.

05:59 - SO I CAME TO THE GOLF COURSE

06:01 - WITH HIM.

06:02 - AND THAT´S HOW I STARTED MY LIFE

06:06 - AND MY CAREER, BY FOLLOWING HIM.

06:07 - AND WHEN I WAS OUT HERE RUNNING

06:09 - AROUND SCREAMING AND HOLLERING,

06:11 - HE WOULD -- HE CUT OFF SOME OLD

06:14 - WOODEN CLUBS AND GAVE ME A CLUB

06:16 - TO SWING AT THAT BALL WITH AND

06:18 - THAT´S HOW IT STARTED.

06:19 - >> WAS HE A GOOD TEACHER?

06:21 - >> OH, YES.

06:23 - HE BECAME ONE OF THE GREAT

06:25 - TEACHERS IN THE WORLD AROUND

06:26 - HERE AND TAUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE

06:28 - AND TAUGHT SOME VERY GOOD

06:29 - PLAYERS TO PLAY.

06:30 - >> WHEN DID PEOPLE START TO

06:32 - NOTICE THAT YOU WERE PRETTY

06:33 - GOOD?

06:34 - >> WELL, I SUPPOSE IT WAS BEFORE

06:36 - I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL.

06:37 - AND I STARTED PLAYING WITH THE

06:40 - CADDIES.

06:41 - AND THEN I WENT TO THE -- THE

06:46 - CADDIE PROGRAM AND THE HIGH

06:48 - SCHOOL GOLF TEAM AND PLAYED A

06:50 - LOT OF CHAMPIONSHIPS.

06:53 - AND WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WIN

06:54 - SOME OF THEM.

06:55 - AND WENT ON AND ON AND ON.

06:57 - AND I JUST LEARNED TO REALLY

07:00 - ENJOY IT.

07:01 - AND TO ENJOY THE PEOPLE THAT I

07:03 - WAS PLAYING GOLF WITH, SUCH AS

07:06 - THE CADDIES.

07:08 - AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

07:11 - TEAM.

07:11 - AND THEN ON TO WAKE FOREST

07:14 - UNIVERSITY.

07:14 - AND I PLAYED ON THAT TEAM FOR

07:16 - FOUR YEARS.

07:17 - AND HAD A GREAT TIME.

07:18 - I AND I FEEL VERY THANKFUL THAT

07:21 - I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE

07:29 - AT LATROBE AND AT THE COUNTRY

07:31 - CLUB AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES

07:32 - THAT I HAD.

07:35 - >> WERE YOU A FAN OF

07:35 - PROFESSIONAL GOLF WHEN YOU WERE

07:36 - A KID?

07:36 - >> WELL, I BECAME ONE RATHER

07:40 - QUICKLY.

07:40 - I READ ALL THE BOOKS THAT WERE

07:43 - OUT, THE JONES BOOK AND NELSON

07:48 - AND HAGEN WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE

07:53 - PEOPLE.

07:55 - AND HE SET THE STANDARD FOR THE

07:57 - PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOUR.

07:58 - >> DID YOU PLAY AGAINST ANY OF

08:01 - THOSE PLAYERS?

08:02 - >> WELL, I PLAYED HOLEN AND

08:08 - NELSON, SNEED.

08:09 - YES, I PLAYED WITH ALL OF THEM.

08:11 - HAGEN WAS A LITTLE EARLY FOR ME.

08:12 - >> AT WHAT POINT DID YOU AND

08:14 - YOUR DAD REALIZE THAT YOU WERE

08:16 - BETTER THAN MY DAD?

08:17 - >> WELL, I´M NOT SURE THAT HE

08:19 - EVER REALIZED IT.

08:20 - AND I PLAYED AND HE WAS -- HE

08:22 - WAS MY INSTRUCTOR.

08:24 - AND OF COURSE, EVERYTHING I´VE

08:25 - DONE IN GOLF, I OWE TO HIM.

08:29 - THE INSTRUCTION I GOT, THE

08:32 - EDUCATION I GOT ABOUT THE GAME

08:37 - CAME FROM HIM.

08:38 - RIGHT DOWN TO MY EATING HABITS.

08:42 - EVERYTHING WERE MY FATHER´S

08:44 - PASSING ON TO ME.

08:46 - AND OF COURSE, I UNDERSTOOD AND

08:48 - REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS.

08:49 - >> DID YOU ALWAYS KNOW YOU

08:50 - WANTED TO BE A PROFESSIONAL

08:52 - GOLFER?

08:52 - >> NO.

08:56 - I DIDN´T KNOW A LOT.

08:57 - IN THE EARLY DAYS, I KNEW I

09:00 - ENJOYED IT AND I KNEW IT WAS A

09:02 - COMPETITIVE GAME.

09:03 - AND I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING THAT

09:05 - I -- WELL, I THOUGHT I COULD

09:07 - ENJOY.

09:08 - AND THE COMPETITION WAS ONE THAT

09:10 - DEPENDED ON ME AND WHAT I DID.

09:13 - AND SO THAT WAS AN INCENTIVE TO

09:16 - GET REALLY INTO THE GAME.

09:18 - AND IN HIGH SCHOOL, I HAD THE

09:19 - OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ON A TEAM

09:22 - AND -- AND THEN GOING RIGHT

09:24 - THROUGH MY EARLY LIFE WITH HIGH

09:27 - SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

09:29 - AND THEN I WENT TO WORK AFTER

09:33 - THAT.

09:34 - AND I WAS A MANUFACTURER´S REP

09:36 - AND PLAYED AMATEUR GOLF FOR A

09:38 - NUMBER OF YEARS.

09:39 - AND I SPENT THREE YEARS IN THE

09:42 - SERVICE.

09:42 - AND ALL THAT TIME, I PLAYED A

09:45 - LOT OF GOLF.

09:46 - I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY.

09:50 - AND THEN I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH

09:52 - TO WIN THE NATIONAL AMATEUR IN

09:55 - 1954.

09:55 - SO THAT GOT ME REALLY STARTED.

09:57 - AND THAT WAS THE TURNING POINT

10:00 - FOR MY LIFE.

10:00 - >> WELL, LET´S START WALKING

10:03 - AROUND HERE AND YOU CAN TALK

10:04 - ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT

10:05 - ARE HERE AND WE CAN WORK OTHER

10:07 - QUESTIONS IN AS WE GO.

10:09 - >> THIS IS THE OLD TRACTOR.

10:10 - THIS TRACTOR HERE IS IS MODEL

10:14 - THAT WAS BUILT BY THE PGA TOUR

10:19 - AND GIVEN TO ME AS A MEMORABILIA

10:25 - FOR MY LIFE DRIVING THIS.

10:27 - AND THIS IS WHERE I LEARNED TO

10:29 - DRIVE, ON A TRACTOR JUST LIKE

10:32 - THIS.

10:32 - THIS WAS NO STARTER ON IT.

10:33 - AS YOU SEE, THERE´S A CRANK

10:35 - HERE.

10:35 - AND WE CRANKED IT.

10:38 - AND THIS WAS RESTORED TO ITS

10:41 - PRESENT FORM IN 2005.

10:44 - AND, OF COURSE, THIS IS AN EXACT

10:46 - REPLICA TO THE RUN THAT WE

10:49 - MAINTAIN THE GOLF COURSE WITH.

10:51 - THE ONLY THING THAT´S DIFFERENT

10:52 - ARE THE SPIKES.

10:53 - AND THE SPIKES ON THE WHEELS,

10:56 - THESE WERE THERE TO KEEP THE

10:58 - WHEELS FROM SLIDING ON THE TURF.

11:01 - AND -- BUT -- AND THEY WERE --

11:03 - WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT, IT WAS A

11:06 - -- IT WAS ACTUALLY A SPIKE, IT

11:08 - WASN´T A BOLT AS YOU SEE HERE.

11:09 - AND THAT KEPT THE TRACTOR ON --

11:13 - ON THE LINE THAT YOU WANTED IT

11:16 - ON.

11:16 - AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.

11:18 - >> AND IT DIDN´T MESS UP THE

11:21 - FAIRWAY?

11:21 - >> OH, NO.

11:23 - NO, IT DIDN´T MESS IT UP AT ALL.

11:27 - AND THIS IS AN EXACT REPLICA OF

11:30 - THE ORIGINAL TRACTOR EXCEPT FOR

11:33 - THE THINGS LIKE THIS AND A

11:35 - COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

11:36 - BUT IT STILL RUNS.

11:37 - THIS TRACTOR, YOU COULD CRANK IT

11:39 - UP AND RUN IT RIGHT NOW.

11:40 - AND THAT´S A LONG TIME.

11:42 - THAT VINTAGE IS ABOUT 1918.

11:48 - FROM THERE.

11:50 - AND IT´S -- IT´S REALLY QUITE A

11:52 - JOB.

11:53 - IT´S AN OLD FORDSON.

11:56 - AND IT IS REALLY SOMETHING.

11:59 - AND I´M VERY PLEASED TO HAVE IT.

12:03 - >> WHY DID YOU PICK THESE GOLF

12:06 - CARTS OF ALL OF THE GOLF CARTS

12:08 - THAT YOU DEALT WITH OVER THE

12:09 - YEARS TO HAVE IN HERE?

12:11 - >> WELL, ACTUALLY THIS -- THIS

12:14 - ONE IS A GOLF CART THAT WAS

12:16 - ORIGINALLY STARTED BY

12:19 - WESTINGHOUSE.

12:20 - AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GOLF

12:22 - CARTS THAT WAS EVER PUT ON THE

12:24 - -- ON THE LINKS TO BE WITH AND

12:28 - TO PLAY WITH.

12:30 - AND SO I JUST DECIDED THAT IT

12:33 - WOULD BE A NICE THING TO KEEP

12:35 - IT.

12:35 - SO I´VE KEPT IT.

12:36 - AND IT´S PERFECTLY GOOD,

12:38 - PERFECTLY IN RUNNING ORDER, AND

12:42 - COULD BE USED TODAY.

12:43 - BUT WE REALLY DON´T USE IT.

12:46 - AND THEN THIS NEXT ONE IS A GOLF

12:52 - CART THAT A MAN SAW THE TRACTOR,

12:54 - THE ORIGINAL TRACTOR, AND HE

12:55 - DECIDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO

12:57 - SOMETHING FOR ME.

12:59 - SO HE BUILT THIS GOLF CART

13:04 - TRYING TO MODEL THE TRACTOR.

13:05 - THAT´S THE REASON FOR IT.

13:06 - AND HE BUILT A NUMBER OF THEM.

13:08 - OF COURSE, I DON´T KNOW WHERE

13:10 - THE OTHERS ARE.

13:11 - BUT I´VE GOT THIS ONE AND IT´S

13:13 - -- IT´S KIND OF FUN.

13:14 - IT´S FUN TO HAVE.

13:16 - AND PEOPLE WONDER ABOUT IT.

13:18 - BUT IT´S, AGAIN, IT´S USABLE.

13:22 - IT WOULD --

13:23 - >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN ABOUT THE

13:27 - UMBRELLA THAT´S ON THE GOLF

13:27 - COURSE THERE?

13:28 - THAT´S KIND OF YOUR SYMBOL.

13:32 - >> WELL, THE UMBRELLA IS MILO

13:34 - GO.

13:34 - AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAME

13:35 - WITH THE TERRITORY, ACTUALLY,

13:37 - BUT IT DIDN´T.

13:38 - WHEN I WAS STARTING MY

13:39 - BUSINESSES IN THE EARLY ´60s, IT

13:44 - CAME TO -- TO US THAT I NEEDED A

13:48 - LOGO.

13:48 - NOW, YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU

13:51 - WOULD SAY.

13:52 - SAM SNEAD, FOR EXAMPLE, HAD A

13:54 - HAT.

13:54 - THAT WAS HIS LOGO.

13:57 - AND OTHER PEOPLE HAD VARIOUS

13:59 - THINGS.

14:00 - AND EVERYTHING THAT WE

14:02 - RESEARCHED OR LOOKED FOR TO USE

14:06 - AS A LOGO WAS TAKEN, WAS OWNED

14:11 - AND REGISTERED IN WASHINGTON,

14:13 - D.C.

14:13 - SO IN MY LOOKING FOR A LOGO, I

14:19 - FOUND NOTHING THAT WOULDN´T COST

14:21 - ME A LOT OF MONEY TO PAY OFF.

14:24 - SO ONE DAY I WAS -- WE WERE

14:25 - TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY THING.

14:27 - AND THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT MY

14:29 - ATTORNEYS HAD SAID THAT THERE

14:32 - WAS NOTHING AVAILABLE UNLESS I

14:33 - WAS WILLING TO PAY A ROYALTY FOR

14:36 - IT.

14:36 - AND A WOMAN OPENED AN UMBRELLA

14:39 - OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN, AND I

14:40 - LOOKED AND I SAW IT COME UP, AND

14:43 - I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOODNESS.

14:45 - I ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE

14:48 - UMBRELLA.

14:49 - MULTI-COLORED UMBRELLA.

14:50 - AND THEY DID.

14:52 - AND IT WASN´T COPYRIGHTED AND IT

14:54 - WASN´T REGISTERED.

14:55 - AND I IMMEDIATELY REGISTERED IT.

14:57 - AND THE COLORS ON IT, THE RED,

15:03 - GREEN, WHITE ARE -- THEY ARE THE

15:07 - REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VARIOUS

15:09 - DIVISIONS OF MY COMPANY.

15:10 - LIKE CLOTHING, GOLF CLUBS,

15:14 - COURSE DESIGN, THAT SORT OF

15:15 - THING.

15:15 - AND THAT´S HOW THE UMBRELLA GOT

15:18 - THE COLORS AND HOW IT´S HUNG IN

15:20 - THERE.

15:21 - WE OWN IT WORLDWIDE.

15:25 - >> WELL, THE WALLS ARE COVERED

15:26 - WITH PLAQUES AND PICTURES.

15:28 - HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT GOES IN

15:29 - HERE AND WHAT DOESN´T?

15:31 - >> WELL, OF COURSE, MOST

15:32 - EVERYTHING GOES IN HERE.

15:33 - BUT I DIDN´T DO THE WALLS.

15:36 - MY BROTHER AND ONE OF MY GUYS,

15:40 - COREY BRITT WERE THE ONES THAT

15:43 - PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER WITH THE

15:45 - HELP OF MY FIRST WIFE.

15:47 - AND THEN WITH MY SECOND WIFE,

15:50 - KIT, WHO IS HERE NOW, SHE HELPS

15:52 - THEM DO THINGS NOW TO KEEP IT

15:56 - ALL TOGETHER.

15:57 - BUT AGAIN, IT´S FUN.

15:58 - IT REMINDS ME OF A LOT OF THINGS

16:01 - THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE FROM --

16:04 - FROM MIGRATE GRANDCHILDREN TO

16:06 - PRESENT DAY CHILDREN.

16:08 - >> HAVE YOU KEPT PRETTY MUCH

16:09 - EVERYTHING THROUGH THE YEARS?

16:10 - >> I WOULD SAY THAT THE --

16:14 - PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS

16:17 - REPRESENTED, YES.

16:18 - WHETHER IT -- YOU KNOW, WE

16:20 - DIDN´T HAVE A LOT OF SINGLE

16:24 - ITEMS THAT -- BUT EVERYTHING

16:26 - THAT I´VE TOUCHED IN MY LIFE,

16:29 - I´VE KEPT SOME REPRESENTATIVE

16:31 - FORM OF IT HERE.

16:34 - AND INCLUDING THE PEOPLE THAT I

16:35 - PLAYED GOLF WITH OR AGAINST IN

16:38 - MY LIFE.

16:40 - WHETHER IT BE THIS TRACTOR OR

16:41 - WHETHER IT BE THE PICTURES YOU

16:44 - SEE.

16:44 - I WAS A SMOKER IN MY EARLY DAYS,

16:48 - AND YOU´LL SEE A LOT OF

16:52 - CIGARETTE LIGHTERS HERE.

16:53 - AND, OF COURSE, THAT WAS

16:54 - SOMETHING THAT I COLLECTED

16:55 - BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUN FOR ME TO

16:57 - SEE THE VARIOUS ONES.

16:59 - LIKE THE ZIPPO AND SO ON DOWN

17:03 - THE ROAD.

17:03 - WHERE PEOPLE THAT MADE LIGHTERS

17:05 - AND SENT THEM TO ME.

17:07 - SO ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HERE

17:09 - ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THINGS

17:10 - THAT HAPPENED, EITHER AS GIFTS

17:12 - OR AS A REMINDER OF WHAT

17:14 - HAPPENED AT THAT PERIOD IN MY

17:15 - LIFE.

17:15 - >> YOU USED TO SMOKE ON THE GOLF

17:18 - COURSE WHILE YOU WERE PLAYING?

17:20 - >> OH, YES.

17:22 - YES.

17:22 - I WAS A HEAVY SMOKER IN THE

17:23 - EARLY DAYS.

17:25 - AND IN 1962, I QUIT SMOKING.

17:31 - AND I DIDN´T SMOKE MUCH AT ALL

17:33 - UP UNTIL, OH, OFF AND ON UNTIL

17:37 - 1970.

17:38 - AND THEN I QUIT PERMANENTLY.

17:40 - AND I HAVEN´T SMOKED A CIGARETTE

17:44 - SINCE.

17:45 - AND, OF COURSE, THE HEALTH

17:46 - AUTHORITIES HELPED ME DO THAT.

17:47 - BECAUSE THEY TOLD YOU IT WAS

17:51 - INJURIOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.

17:55 - AND, OF COURSE, I DIDN´T WANT TO

17:57 - SET A BAD EXAMPLE FOR PEOPLE

17:59 - WATCHING ME PLAY GOLF, SO I JUST

18:01 - QUIT.

18:01 - AND I´M GLAD I DID, BY THE WAY.

18:04 - >> THIS IS YOUR GRANDSON HERE?

18:07 - >> THAT IS MY GRANDSON.

18:10 - THAT´S SAM WARES -- OR SAM

18:14 - SAUNDERS, I´M SORRY.

18:15 - HE IS A PROFESSIONAL, PLAYING

18:16 - THE TOUR.

18:17 - HE´S HAVING A ROUGH GO RIGHT

18:19 - NOW.

18:19 - IT SOINT WORKING OUT AS WE WOULD

18:22 - LIKE IT TOO.

18:23 - BUT WE STILL GIVE HIM A SHOT AT

18:24 - DOING IT.

18:25 - >> NOW, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM HERE,

18:28 - THERE´S A GOLF GAME, AN INDOOR

18:31 - PLAY LIKE A BOARD GAME TYPE GAME

18:32 - WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.

18:34 - HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE ALONG THE

18:36 - YEARS WHAT WAS OKAY TO PUT YOUR

18:38 - NAME ON AND WHAT WASN´T?

18:39 - >> WELL, THAT IS ONE OF MY

18:42 - FAVORITE PLACES, THE MASTERS.

18:45 - AND OF COURSE THE MASTERS

18:48 - TOURNAMENT, AS YOU KNOW.

18:49 - SO I DECIDED THAT WOULD BE

18:50 - APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A GAME --

18:54 - EXCUSE ME -- THAT INVOLVED THE

18:56 - MASTERS AND WHAT HAPPENED OVER

18:57 - THE YEARS.

18:58 - AND WE TRIED TO INCORPORATE THAT

19:01 - INTO THE GAME.

19:02 - AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.

19:03 - IT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL.

19:04 - >> ARE THERE TIMES THAT YOU GOT

19:09 - REQUESTS AND YOU THOUGHT THEY

19:10 - WERE TOO CHEESY TO HAVE YOUR

19:12 - NAME ON THEM?

19:14 - >> I WOULDN´T SAY CHEESY, I JUST

19:18 - CHOSE THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS

19:19 - NOT TO HAVE MY NAME ON THAT WERE

19:22 - NOT SIGNIFICANT AND OF VALUE.

19:24 - >> WHAT´S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE

19:26 - MASTERS?

19:26 - >> IT´S PROBABLY THE PLACE IN A

19:29 - I LOOKED FORWARD TO WHEN I WAS

19:31 - YOUNG GROWING UP, GOING TO PLAY

19:32 - AND COMPETE IN THE MASTERS.

19:36 - EVERYTHING AT AUGUSTA IS

19:39 - PERFECT.

19:39 - THE CONDITION OF THE GOLF

19:41 - COURSE, THE CLUBHOUSE.

19:43 - EVERYTHING HAS A TRADITION TO IT

19:44 - AT AUGUSTA.

19:45 - AND IT MADE IT VERY SPECIAL TO

19:47 - BE ABLE TO GO THERE AND PLAY.

19:49 - AND, OF COURSE, EVENTUALLY

19:51 - BECOME A MEMBER AS I AM NOW.

19:52 - >> WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO COMPETE

19:54 - IN A TOURNAMENT LIKE THE

19:56 - MASTERS, DO YOU APPROACH IT

19:58 - DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER

20:00 - TOURNAMENTS?

20:00 - DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT --

20:02 - >> NO.

20:02 - NO, I APPROACH EVERY TOURNAMENT

20:04 - THAT I EVER PLAYED WITH ONE

20:07 - THOUGHT IN MY MIND, AND THAT IS

20:09 - TO WIN.

20:10 - AND, OF COURSE, AUGUSTA WAS ONE

20:12 - OF THE TOP PRIORITIES IN MY

20:14 - LIFE.

20:14 - AND TO BE ABLE TO WIN IT, AS I

20:17 - DID, WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE

20:18 - GREAT THRILLS OF MY LIFE.

20:19 - >> HOW WOULD YOU GET READY?

20:22 - LIKE THE MORNING OF A

20:23 - TOURNAMENT, THE FIRST ROUND?

20:24 - >> YOU STAY READY FOR AUGUSTA.

20:27 - I STAYED READY YEAR-ROUND TO

20:31 - PLAY THERE.

20:32 - AND I DIDN´T NEED TO DO A LOT

20:34 - SPECIAL TO GET READY FOR THE

20:38 - TOURNAMENT IN APRIL.

20:38 - >> WHEN YOU WOULD PLAY, DID YOU

20:40 - ALWAYS KNOW YOUR SCORE?

20:42 - >> I DID.

20:43 - OH, YES.

20:44 - >> DID YOU KNOW THE SCORES OF

20:46 - THE PEOPLE YOU WERE COMPETING

20:47 - WITH?

20:47 - >> PRETTY MUCH.

20:48 - I WAS VERY AWARE OF WHAT WAS

20:51 - GOING ON AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING

20:54 - AROUND ME ON THE GOLF COURSE,

20:56 - YES.

20:57 - >> SO DID YOU THINK ABOUT IT?

20:59 - UNDER PAR?

21:00 - >> THAT´S RIGHT.

21:02 - >> YOU DID?

21:02 - >> OH, YES.

21:03 - I KNEW WHERE -- HOW I STOOD ALL

21:06 - THE TIME.

21:06 - >> HOW DID YOU KEEP YOUR -- YOUR

21:08 - BRAIN FROM GETTING IN THE WAY?

21:11 - >> WELL, SOMETIMES IT GOT IN THE

21:14 - WAY.

21:15 - BUT, NO, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE IN

21:17 - THAT, THAT THIS WAS A NATURAL

21:19 - THING FOR ME TO KNOW WHAT I WAS

21:21 - DOING, WHERE I WAS, AND WHAT I

21:24 - NEEDED TO DO TO COMPETE.

21:27 - >> DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE GOLF

21:29 - COURSE?

21:30 - >> WELL, OF COURSE, MY OWN.

21:34 - LATROBE, LAUREL VALLEY, AND BAY

21:36 - HILL.

21:37 - AND AUGUSTA IS VERY FAVORITE TO

21:38 - ME.

21:38 - >> DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE HOLE?

21:40 - >> WELL, NO.

21:43 - I DON´T PICK FAVORITE HOLES.

21:45 - I THINK THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT

21:47 - HOLES IN GOLF.

21:48 - AND HOLES THAT I HAVE PLAYED

21:50 - OVER THE YEARS AND ENJOYED, WAS

21:55 - SO MUCH FUN THAT I COULD --

21:57 - WELL, I WOULD NEVER FINISH IF I

22:00 - STARTED TELLING YOU MY FAVORITE

22:01 - HOLE.

22:01 - >> ON THE DAYS THAT YOU WOULD GO

22:03 - OUT TO PLAY AND YOU JUST KNEW

22:05 - YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY ON AND

22:07 - EVERYTHING WAS CLICKING AND

22:09 - OTHER DAYS WHERE THINGS WERE

22:11 - KIND OF OUT OF KILTER?

22:13 - >> OH, SURE.

22:14 - LIKE EVERYONE, YOU HAVE A TIME

22:15 - WHEN THINGS ARE WORKING FOR YOU

22:17 - AND IT WORKS GOOD.

22:18 - AND, OF COURSE, THOSE ARE THE

22:19 - TIMES WHEN YOU USUALLY END UP

22:22 - WINNING THE TOURNAMENT YOU´RE

22:23 - PLAYING IN.

22:25 - BUT OCCASIONALLY IT WILL JUMP

22:26 - THE TRACK, TOO.

22:28 - AND YOU´LL HIT THE BAD SHOT OR

22:31 - SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN THAT WILL

22:33 - THROW YOU OFF.

22:36 - AND THEN TO GET BACK ON IS

22:39 - TOUGH, IT´S NOT EASY TO DO.

22:41 - BUT IT´S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE

22:42 - TO BE ABLE TO DO TO WIN AND BE

22:46 - SUCCESSFUL ON THE TOUR.

22:47 - >> CAN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND

22:49 - VIVIDLY REMEMBER CERTAIN SHOTS

22:51 - THAT YOU HAD DURING YOUR CAREER?

22:52 - >> WELL, ALMOST ALL OF THEM.

22:58 - >> REALLY?

22:59 - >> YEAH.

22:59 - I CAN THINK OF SITUATIONS THAT

23:03 - HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA IN 1947.

23:08 - AND HAPPENED IN SCOTLAND IN THE

23:13 - ´60s.

23:14 - AND THE REST OF THE WORLD,

23:17 - AUSTRALIA.

23:17 - WHEREVER I PLAYED, I CAN

23:19 - REMEMBER SITUATIONS THAT I WAS

23:21 - IN.

23:21 - AND I CAN PRETTY VIVIDLY TALK

23:24 - ABOUT THEM AND -- AND TELL YOU

23:26 - WHAT HAPPENED.

23:27 - LIKE I PLAYED ONE OUT OF A TREE

23:29 - IN AUSTRALIA ONE TIME.

23:32 - AND I COULD DESCRIBE THAT VERY

23:34 - EASILY.

23:34 - I USED A TREE IRON.

23:36 - >> WHAT´S THAT?

23:37 - >> YOU DIDN´T GET IT.

23:40 - YOU ARE NOW.

23:40 - IT TOOK A MINUTE, THOUGH, DIDN´T

23:42 - IT?

23:43 - WELL, IT WAS --

23:44 - >> OH, I GET IT.

23:46 - >> BUT I ACTUALLY HIT A 3 IRON

23:48 - OUT OF THE TREE.

23:51 - AND, OF COURSE, IT WAS

23:53 - APPROPRIATE TO -- THEY ASKED ME

23:54 - WHAT CLUB I USED, AND I SAID,

23:57 - OH, I USED A TREE IRON.

23:59 - >> YOU WENT UP THE TREE?

24:01 - >> I CLIMBED THE TREE.

24:03 - >> WERE THERE TIMES WHEN THE

24:05 - WEATHER WAS REALLY BAD AND YOU

24:06 - HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT?

24:07 - >> OH, I´VE PLAYED IN EVERY KIND

24:09 - OF WEATHER THAT YOU CAN THINK

24:13 - ABOUT.

24:13 - IN EUROPE, OF COURSE, TURNBERRY.

24:18 - WE HAD IN ONE ROUND, KNOW SNOW,

24:22 - RAIN, SUNSHINE, HEAT.

24:25 - THE WHOLE THING.

24:31 - >> CAN YOU THINK OF ONE ROUND

24:32 - THAT YOU PLAYED THAT IF THE

24:35 - WHOLE THING WAS FILMED, THAT

24:36 - WOULD BE THE CLASSIC, PERFECT

24:38 - ROUND OF GOLF THAT PEOPLE SHOULD

24:40 - SEE?

24:41 - >> OH, I DON´T THINK SO.

24:42 - I THINK THERE ARE CERTAINLY

24:44 - ROUNDS THAT I PLAYED THAT WERE

24:48 - IDEAL.

24:51 - THEY WORKED PRETTY WELL FOR ME

24:51 - AND THEY WERE FUN TO DO.

24:53 - BUT I WOULDN´T SAY THAT THEY

24:55 - WERE THE PERFECT ROUND.

24:57 - I CAN´T -- I CAN THINK OF ROUNDS

24:59 - THAT WERE GREAT AND TOURNAMENTS

25:01 - THAT WERE GREAT.

25:04 - BUT TO THE -- TO THE TERM OF

25:09 - "PERFECT" OR WITHOUT SOME

25:11 - MISHAP, THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT.

25:13 - >> DO YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR

25:14 - FAVORITE SHOT YOU EVER MADE?

25:16 - >> NO.

25:17 - I HAD NUMEROUS SHOTS THAT I CAN

25:20 - REMEMBER.

25:21 - AND -- AND I CAN THINK ABOUT AND

25:23 - TALK ABOUT.

25:24 - BUT I -- I CAN´T THINK OF "A"

25:30 - SINGLE SHOT THAT WAS ONE THAT I

25:31 - WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT OR TALK TOO

25:34 - MUCH ABOUT.

25:36 - I SUPPOSE THAT SOME OF THE ONES

25:38 - THAT I MISSED I CAN PROBABLY

25:40 - TALK MORE ABOUT THAN THE GOOD

25:42 - ONES THAT I´VE HAD.

25:44 - >> WHEN YOU´RE ON THE -- ON THE

25:46 - 18th GREEN AND YOU´RE PUTTING

25:48 - AND YOU KNOW THE WHOLE

25:50 - TOURNAMENT RESTS ON THIS PUTT,

25:52 - WHAT´S THAT LIKE?

25:54 - >> IT´S PRETTY NERVE RACKING.

25:56 - IT´S -- I´VE HAD THAT SITUATION

25:58 - MANY TIMES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

26:01 - AND WHEN YOU´RE STANDING OVER A

26:07 - 10 OR 12-FOOT PUTT AND YOU NEED

26:10 - THIS TO WIN A MASTERS OR U.S.

26:15 - OPEN OR BRITISH OPEN, SOMETHING

26:17 - LIKE THAT, IT´S PRETTY TOUGH.

26:19 - AND IT´S VERY NERVE RACKING.

26:23 - AND, OF COURSE, YOU´RE WRAPPED

26:25 - UP.

26:25 - THE ADRENALIN IS FLOWING VERY

26:28 - RAPIDLY.

26:29 - AND, OF COURSE, THE THING IS --

26:31 - WHERE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF GET

26:33 - HOLD OF THINGS IS CONTROLLING

26:36 - YOURSELF.

26:36 - AND IF YOU CAN DO THAT, THOSE

26:37 - ARE THE DAYS THAT YOU WANT TO

26:39 - REMEMBER AND THEY COME OUT

26:41 - PRETTY WELL.

26:41 - >> WERE YOU ABLE TO TUNE OUT ANY

26:44 - CROWD NOISE?

26:45 - PEOPLE CLEARING THEIR FEET OR

26:46 - MAKING --

26:47 - >> NO.

26:48 - THAT WAS ALWAYS PRETTY WELL

26:49 - DONE.

26:50 - THE CROWD WAS ALWAYS VERY

26:52 - FAVORABLE AND VERY NICE TO ME.

26:55 - >> LET´S GO ON A LITTLE FURTHER.

26:57 - YOU HAVE A LOT OF CLUBS OVER ON

26:59 - THAT SIDE, WHICH WE´LL SEE A

27:02 - LITTLE BIT LATER.

27:02 - AND A LOT OF SHOES.

27:04 - WHEN DID YOU FIRST HEAR THE

27:08 - PHRASE "ARNIE´S ARMY"?

27:10 - >> THAT WAS AT AUGUSTA TOO.

27:13 - AND OF COURSE THAT HAPPENED

27:14 - BECAUSE AUGUSTA RYU CREATED THE

27:17 - GUYS FROM THE MILITARY BASE

27:20 - THERE, THE ARMY AT FORT GORDON,

27:22 - AND THEY TOOK LEAVE FROM THE

27:23 - ARMY THROUGH THE WEEK OF

27:26 - AUGUSTA, AND THEY CAME OUT AND

27:27 - THEY WERE MARSHALS AND SCORE

27:30 - BOARD ATTENDANTS.

27:31 - AND THEY WERE THE ONES THAT

27:33 - STARTED THAT.

27:34 - THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN THE ARMY.

27:36 - BUT THEY STARTED CALLING

27:40 - THEMSELVES ARNIE´S ARMY.

27:44 - AND THAT WAS WHEN THAT BEGAN,

27:46 - AND IT GREW FROM THERE.

27:48 - >> THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT

27:50 - GOLFERS AROUND.

27:50 - WHY YOU?

27:51 - WHY WERE YOU THE ONE CREDITED

27:53 - WITH MAKING GOLF A MORE POPULAR

27:56 - SPORT AND TELEVISION SPORT?

27:58 - >> WELL, I DON´T KNOW.

28:00 - I GUESS MAYBE I PLAYED THE GAME

28:02 - MORE AS FUN AND SOMETHING THAT

28:03 - WAS MY LIFE.

28:05 - AND PEOPLE ENJOYED THAT.

28:07 - AND THEY ENJOYED THE FACT THAT I

28:11 - PLAYED IT WITH SORT OF A

28:13 - RECKLESS ABANDON.

28:14 - BUT I LOVED THAT.

28:16 - AND I LOVE THE COMPETITION AND

28:20 - THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE GAME.

28:22 - >> WELL, LET´S SEE.

28:23 - WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE?

28:25 - WHISKEY CONTAINERS?

28:26 - THAT´S YOUR PICTURE ON A --

28:29 - >> YEAH.

28:30 - WELL, BACK A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY

28:32 - -- THEY HAD A TOURNAMENTS AND

28:34 - THEY NAMED A WHISKEY OR SOME

28:38 - MEMENTO AFTER THE TOURNAMENT.

28:41 - AND THAT WAS HOW THEY GOT THESE.

28:43 - LIKE THE BOB HOPE DESERT

28:47 - CLASSIC, HAD A BOURBON BOTTLE

28:50 - WITH BOB HOPE´S PICTURE ON IT.

28:52 - AND THAT WAS THE KIND OF THING.

28:53 - AND THAT´S WHAT THOSE ARE.

28:56 - THEY´RE -- PEBBLE BEACH AND

28:59 - AUGUSTA AND BOB HOPE.

29:01 - AND ALL OF THEM.

29:02 - AND THEY CREATED SOMETHING THAT

29:04 - REMINDED US ALL OF WHAT WAS

29:07 - GOING ON.

29:07 - >> NOW, I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THIS

29:11 - ONE HERE, ARNOLD PALMER HALF AND

29:13 - HALF, TEA AND LEMONADE.

29:15 - YOU´RE THE ARNOLD PALMER THAT

29:17 - THE ARM DRINK IS NAMED AFTER.

29:19 - >> THAT´S RIGHT.

29:19 - I HOPE SO.

29:20 - >> YOU INVENTED IT?

29:22 - >> PARDON ME?

29:23 - >> YOU INVENTED IT?

29:24 - >> I DID.

29:25 - >> CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT CAME

29:27 - ABOUT?

29:28 - >> YES.

29:28 - THE ARNOLD PALMER DRINK CAME

29:31 - ABOUT BECAUSE I WAS DOING GOLF

29:35 - COURSES, BUILDING GOLF COURSES,

29:37 - ARCHITECTING, AND I WAS IN THE

29:38 - DESERT WHERE IT WAS EXTREMELY

29:41 - HOT.

29:41 - AND I WANTED TO GET IN AND GET A

29:44 - COOL DRINK.

29:46 - AND I WENT INTO A RESTAURANT AND

29:50 - I SAID TO THE WAITRESS, WOULD

29:53 - YOU BRING ME A GLASS OF ICED TEA

29:55 - AND PUT ABOUT HALF OR A QUARTER

29:57 - OF IT IN LEMONADE?

29:59 - AND SHE SAID, SURE.

30:01 - AND SO A LITTLE BIT LATER, SHE

30:03 - WALKED OVER TO ANOTHER CUSTOMER.

30:06 - AND THE LADY SAID, I WANT ONE OF

30:09 - THOSE ARNOLD PALMER´S.

30:11 - AND I SHOOK MY HEAD, AND I

30:14 - THOUGHT, OH, MY.

30:15 - I´VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

30:17 - AND SHE ORDERED AN ARNOLD

30:18 - PALMER.

30:19 - AND I COME HOME AND INVENTED THE

30:21 - ARNOLD PALMER.

30:22 - >> SO NOW YOU CAN BUY PRE-MADE

30:26 - ARNOLD PALMER´S?

30:27 - >> OH, EVERYWHERE.

30:28 - >> IT SHOWS UP ON A LOT OF

30:31 - RESTAURANT MENUS.

30:32 - >> IT´S VERY BIG.

30:33 - INTERNATIONAL.

30:34 - >> YOU INDUSTRIAL DRINK THEM

30:35 - LIKE THAT?

30:36 - >> YES.

30:37 - >> AND THIS IS DWIGHT

30:37 - EISENHOWER.

30:38 - >> THAT´S RIGHT.

30:39 - >> DID YOU PLAY GOLF WITH HIM?

30:41 - >> HE WAS ONE OF MY BEST

30:44 - FRIENDS.

30:45 - HE WAS REALLY A GREAT GUY AND I

30:47 - ENJOYED THE COMPANY.

30:48 - THIS IS THE EISENHOWER FAMILY

30:51 - HERE.

30:52 - AND, OF COURSE, IKE AND I SPENT

30:53 - TIME TOGETHER.

30:54 - AND LATER ON IN HIS LIFE WHEN HE

30:55 - HAD TO QUIT PLAYING GOLF, WE

31:00 - USED TO SIT AROUND DRINK A COOL

31:02 - BEER AND TALK ABOUT BOTH OF OUR

31:04 - LIVES AND THE THINGS THAT WE

31:06 - LIKED TO HEAR ABOUT AND TALK

31:09 - ABOUT.

31:10 - AND HE WAS THE GREATEST MAN I´VE

31:13 - EVER MET OTHER THAN MY FATHER.

31:17 - AND THEY WERE COMPARABLE.

31:19 - BUT, THEY WERE BOTH GREAT GUYS.

31:21 - AND THAT´S SOMETHING THAT I AM

31:22 - VERY PROUD OF.

31:23 - >> WHEN YOU USED TO PLAY HIM,

31:27 - DID YOU WHOOP HIM HANDEDLY?

31:29 - >> HE WAS A GENERAL OR

31:32 - PRESIDENT, NOT A GOLFER.

31:33 - BUT HE PLAYED AND HE LOVED THE

31:35 - GAME, SO THAT MADE HIM A GOLFER.

31:37 - AND, OF COURSE, HE DID GREAT

31:39 - THINGS FOR THE GAME OF GOLF JUST

31:43 - BY HIS PRESENCE AND THE FACT

31:44 - THAT HE PLAYED AND ENJOYED THE

31:46 - GAME AND DID THE THINGS THAT HE

31:50 - DID.

31:50 - BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS

31:55 - JUST A TRUE GENTLEMAN AND A VERY

31:57 - BRILLIANT PERSON.

31:58 - AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I´LL

32:00 - NEVER FORGET.

32:01 - >> WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING AGAINST

32:02 - HIM OR SOMETHING WHO YOU WERE

32:04 - CLEARLY BETTER THAN, DID YOU

32:05 - EVER HOLD BACK OR DID YOU ALWAYS

32:07 - GO FULL OUT?

32:07 - >> I ALWAYS PLAYED HARD.

32:10 - I NEVER DID ANYTHING BUT PLAY

32:12 - HARD.

32:12 - IT DIDN´T MATTER WHAT THE

32:15 - SITUATION WAS.

32:15 - >> NOW, I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THIS

32:18 - DOWN HERE.

32:20 - ARNIE´S SWINGS.

32:21 - DID YOU USED TO LOOK AT PICTURES

32:23 - OF YOURSELF AND ANALYZE YOUR

32:25 - SWING?

32:25 - >> OH, SURE.

32:27 - AND I DID A LOT OF THAT SORT OF

32:30 - THING FOR GOLF BOOKS AND

32:32 - INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS.

32:33 - AND I TAUGHT MY GAME TO THE

32:36 - WORLD AT THE TIME.

32:39 - AND SOME PEOPLE PICKED IT UP AND

32:40 - USED IT.

32:41 - AND IT WORKED FOR THEM.

32:43 - AND, OF COURSE, I USED ALL THE

32:45 - OLD FILMS THAT I USED TO HAVE

32:50 - FROM BACK IN THE ´50s RIGHT

32:54 - THROUGH TILL HERE WE ARE TODAY,

32:55 - STILL DOING THE SAME THING.

32:58 - >> ARE THERE TIMES YOU WOULD

33:00 - FALL INTO BAD HABITS OR GO INTO

33:01 - A SLUMP AND YOU WOULD GO BACK

33:02 - AND LOOK AT YOUR FILMS?

33:04 - >> I DID, SURE.

33:05 - >> AND YOU WOULD NOTICE THINGS

33:07 - THAT YOU WERE DOING WRONG?

33:07 - >> OH, YES.

33:08 - YES.

33:08 - >> DID YOU HAVE SOMEBODY

33:10 - COACHING YOU AS YOU WERE --

33:12 - >> MY FATHER WAS THE ONLY COACH

33:14 - I REALLY EVER HAD.

33:15 - HE WAS MY TEACHER, MY MENTOR FOR

33:19 - EVERYTHING.

33:19 - HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO HOLD A KNIFE

33:23 - AND FORK AND HOW TO USE IT.

33:26 - AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT

33:27 - THROUGH THE YEARS I BECAME VERY

33:29 - PROUD OF.

33:30 - BUT AS WELL AS THE GOLF CLUB.

33:34 - AND, OF COURSE, THAT WAS

33:36 - SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY

33:36 - IMPORTANT.

33:37 - >> WHAT KIND OF ADVICE DID HE

33:38 - GIVE YOU?

33:39 - >> HE TAUGHT ME TO PLAY THE

33:41 - GAME.

33:41 - PERIOD.

33:41 - HE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING.

33:44 - MANNERS.

33:44 - HOW TO ACT.

33:45 - HOW TO BEHAVE MYSELF.

33:50 - AND HE WAS TOUGH.

33:51 - HE -- WHEN HE SAID IT, I

33:54 - LISTENED.

33:55 - >> NOW, HERE IS A PART OF AN

33:58 - AIRPLANE.

33:58 - YOU BECAME A PILOT.

34:00 - WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN, AND WHY?

34:02 - >> WELL, IT HAPPENED AS SOON AS

34:04 - I COULD AFFORD TO PAY FOR

34:07 - LESSONS TO LEARN TO FLY.

34:09 - IN 1955, I STARTED FLYING.

34:14 - AND I NEVER STOPPED.

34:15 - I GOT MY LICENSE.

34:16 - AND IT MADE MY LIFE MUCH EASIER

34:21 - TO LIVE BECAUSE I COULD JUST

34:23 - CLIMB IN THE AIRPLANE AND GO

34:25 - PLAY A TOURNAMENT AND COME BACK

34:27 - AND SPEND NIGHTS WITH MY FAMILY,

34:30 - WHICH WAS GREAT.

34:31 - MY TWO DAUGHTERS AND MY WIFE AND

34:35 - I WOULD FLY OUT IN THE MORNING,

34:37 - PLAY GOLF, AND DO MY THING AND

34:38 - COME BACK IN THE EVENING AND GET

34:41 - UP AND DO THE SAME THING THE

34:42 - NEXT DAY.

34:43 - >> IT SAYS ON HERE, MAJOR

34:46 - ACCOMPLISHMENT, AROUND THE WORLD

34:48 - SPEED RECORD IN A LEARJET ´36?

34:53 - >> THAT´S RIGHT.

34:55 - IT WAS IN 1976, THAT WAS THE

34:57 - ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICA.

34:58 - AND I DID THAT AND IT WAS FUN.

35:00 - I WOULDN´T DO IT AGAIN.

35:01 - BUT I ENJOYED IT.

35:02 - >> NOW, WHEN YOU WERE FIRST

35:04 - STARTING OUT, YOU USED TO DRIVE

35:07 - AROUND WITH A TRAILER AND LIVE

35:09 - IN A TRAILER?

35:10 - >> I HAD A TRAILER, BECAUSE

35:12 - THAT´S ALL I COULD AFFORD.

35:13 - I HAD TO USE WHATEVER

35:16 - CONVENIENCE I HAD.

35:18 - AND I COULDN´T AFFORD THE

35:19 - HOTELS, THEY WERE TOO EXPENSIVE.

35:21 - SO I HAD A CAR AND I HAD A

35:23 - TRAILER AND I HAD A WIFE.

35:26 - AND THAT´S HOW WE WENT.

35:27 - >> WHEN YOU -- WHEN YOU FIRST

35:29 - BECAME A PRO, WAS THE MONEY A

35:32 - STRUGGLE?

35:32 - >> ABSOLUTELY.

35:33 - I HAD NO MONEY.

35:34 - AND I BORROWED MONEY.

35:35 - AND I SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH

35:38 - WILSON SPORTING GOODS IN THE

35:40 - EARLY DAYS.

35:42 - AND THAT´S HOW I STARTED.

35:44 - AND I BORROWED SOME FROM MY

35:47 - FATHER AND MY FATHER-IN-LAW TO

35:50 - KEEP ME GOING.

35:50 - >> DID YOU EVER -- ONCE YOU HAD

35:53 - TURNED PRO, DID YOU THINK THAT

35:55 - IT WAS IT FOR GOOD, OR DID YOU

35:57 - EVER THINK, I MIGHT GIVE THIS UP

35:59 - AND IT MIGHT NOT WORK?

36:01 - >> I WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE IT

36:02 - WORK.

36:02 - I WAS GOING TO BE A GOLFER.

36:05 - AND WHATEVER COME -- WHATEVER.

36:06 - I WAS GOING TO PLAY GOLF.

36:08 - >> WHEN DID YOU WIN YOUR FIRST

36:10 - TOURNAMENT AS A PRO?

36:11 - >> I WON THE AMATEUR IN ´54.

36:14 - AND A YEAR LATER I WON THE

36:16 - CANADIAN OPEN, WHICH WAS MY

36:17 - FIRST PROFESSIONAL WIN.

36:19 - THAT WAS IN TORONTO, CANADA.

36:22 - AND THEN I STARTED WINNING WITH

36:26 - SOME REGULARITY FROM THEN ON.

36:28 - >> WAS THERE SOME MOMENT THAT

36:29 - YOU THOUGHT, I MADE IT?

36:34 - >> NO.

36:34 - NEVER WAS -- TOOK ANYTHING FOR

36:38 - GRANTED.

36:38 - I WAS ALWAYS GET READY FOR THE

36:39 - NEXT ONE AND GO MAKE IT WORK.

36:41 - >> HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU PRACTICE?

36:45 - >> EVERY DAY.

36:46 - DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

36:47 - >> HOW WOULD YOU PRACTICE?

36:50 - >> I´M NOT SURE --

36:51 - >> WOULD YOU -- DID YOU HAVE A

36:53 - ROUTINE THAT YOU STARTED DOING?

36:54 - >> WELL, SURE.

36:55 - >> AND THEN YOU DID SOMETHING --

36:57 - >> JUST PRACTICE.

36:58 - I START WITH WHAT MY FATHER

37:00 - TAUGHT ME, THE BASIC

37:02 - FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME.

37:03 - AND I USED THEM THROUGHOUT.

37:06 - AND MY FIRST YEAR ON TOUR, I

37:08 - PRACTICED SO MUCH MY SHOULDERS

37:09 - GOT SO SORE I COULDN´T PLAY.

37:12 - AND I HAD TO HAVE CORTISONE

37:22 - SHOTS IN THEM.

37:23 - AND THAT WORKED FORTUNATELY FOR

37:26 - A LONG TIME.

37:27 - AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO

37:28 - CARRY ON.

37:29 - >> IS THIS YOUR PLANE HERE?

37:31 - >> THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

37:34 - THAT WAS A CITATION 3.

37:35 - AND THAT WAS EARLY IN MY JET

37:38 - SERVICE.

37:38 - AND THEN, OF COURSE, I GOT TO UP

37:41 - TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH A 10,

37:44 - CITATION 10.

37:45 - AND IT´S A WONDERFUL AIRPLANE.

37:47 - IT´S -- I TAKE IT EVERYWHERE AND

37:50 - CAN GO ANYWHERE I WANT TO GO IN

37:52 - IT.

37:52 - >> THERE´S A PICTURE OF THE BLUE

37:55 - EAGLES OVER THERE.

37:56 - >> BLUE ANGELS.

37:57 - >> DID YOU APPLY WITH THE BLUE

37:59 - ANGELS?

37:59 - >> I DID.

38:00 - I´M A BLUE ANGEL.

38:02 - >> DID YOU PILOT IT OR --

38:04 - >> I FLEW THEIR AIRPLANE.

38:07 - I WASN´T IN THE SERVICE TO DO

38:09 - THAT, I WAS IN THE COAST GUARD.

38:12 - I FLEW WITH THE BLUE ANGELS AND

38:15 - THE THUNDERBIRDS.

38:16 - >> WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

38:19 - >> BOTH ACROBATIC TEAMS.

38:21 - WONDERFUL.

38:22 - I LOVE THEM AND THEY ARE GREAT

38:24 - PEOPLE AND THINGS THAT REPRESENT

38:26 - THIS COUNTRY SO WELL.

38:27 - >> WHEN YOU WERE IN THE COAST

38:29 - GUARD, DID YOU PLAY GOLF OR DID

38:30 - YOU GIVE IT UP FOR A FEW YEARS?

38:32 - >> NO, I PLAYED IN THE COAST

38:36 - GUARD.

38:36 - YES.

38:36 - WHATEVER CHANCE I HAD.

38:37 - YEAH.

38:37 - >> AND I WANT TO GO DOWN HERE.

38:39 - YOU HAVE A DISPLAY HERE OF GOLF

38:43 - BALLS SIGNED FROM MAJOR

38:48 - CHAMPIONSHIPS BY GARY PLAYER AND

38:51 - JACK NICKLAUS AND YOU.

38:52 - CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TWO OF

38:53 - THEM AND WHAT RELATIONSHIP YOU

38:54 - HAD WITH THEM?

38:56 - >> THESE ARE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

38:58 - THAT WE WON.

39:02 - AND, OF COURSE, NICKLAUS BY FAR

39:10 - OUTREACHES EVERYBODY ELSE.

39:11 - AND GARY PLAYER DID WELL TOO.

39:12 - AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY

39:13 - PUT TOGETHER FOR THE THREE OF

39:16 - US, AND MADE A LITTLE ENTERPRISE

39:18 - OUT OF IT.

39:19 - >> WERE YOU FRIENDS?

39:20 - >> OH, YES.

39:21 - VERY CLOSE FRIENDS.

39:22 - AND STILL ARE.

39:23 - >> HOW COULD YOU BE CLOSE

39:25 - FRIENDS WITH THEM AND STILL WANT

39:27 - TO WHOOP THEM WHEN YOU WERE

39:28 - PLAYING WITH THEM?

39:30 - >> THAT WAS EASY.

39:32 - WE WERE COMPETITIVE, ALL OF US.

39:33 - AND WE COMPETED AGAINST EACH

39:35 - OTHER AND IT WAS OUR LIVING.

39:37 - WE HAD NO CHOICE.

39:38 - >> YOU WERE ON THE TOP OF THE

39:39 - HEAP FOR YEARS BEFORE JACK

39:43 - NICKLAUS CAME ALONG, RIGHT?

39:44 - >> YEAH.

39:45 - >> WAS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU

39:47 - THOUGHT, UH-OH, HERE´S THE MAJOR

39:52 - COMPETITOR?

39:52 - >> IT WAS GOOD.

39:53 - IT WAS AS GOOD AS IT WAS

39:55 - THREATENING.

39:57 - THE FACT THAT HE CREATED AN

39:58 - OBJECT OF SOMETHING TO GET

40:00 - BETTER AT AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO

40:03 - PLAY.

40:04 - HE WAS GOOD.

40:04 - HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE BEST EVER.

40:07 - HE DID VERY, VERY WELL.

40:10 - NOW YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING.

40:11 - YOU CAN SEE MY FAMILY.

40:15 - MY DAUGHTERS.

40:17 - MY WIFE.

40:18 - GEE, EVERYBODY IS IN HERE.

40:20 - THIS IS -- SOMETIMES I HAVEN´T

40:22 - BEEN IN HERE AND LOOKED AROUND.

40:24 - BUT IT´S GOOD I´M DOING IT NOW.

40:25 - BECAUSE I´M ENJOYING REMINDER OF

40:31 - SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED

40:33 - OVER THE YEARS.

40:34 - >> YOU HAVE GO DAUGHTERS?

40:36 - >> TWO DAUGHTERS, YEAH.

40:37 - >> AND GRANDCHILDREN?

40:39 - >> I HAVE SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND

40:42 - SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

40:43 - >> HOW MANY OF THEM ARE AROUND

40:46 - LATROBE?

40:46 - >> WELL, ONE FAMILY IS HERE.

40:48 - AND ONE FAMILY IS IN FLORIDA AT

40:51 - BAY HILL, WHICH IS MY PLACE DOWN

40:54 - SOUTH.

40:55 - >> WHAT IS THIS HERE?

40:59 - >> THESE ARE GRADUATION

41:04 - CEREMONIES WHEN I RECEIVED

41:07 - DOCTOR DEGREES, THAT´S WHAT I

41:08 - WORE.

41:08 - AND I WOULD SPEAK AT THE

41:15 - GRADUATION CEREMONIES.

41:17 - >> HOW MANY DOCTORATE OR

41:19 - HONORARY DEGREES DO YOU HAVE?

41:21 - >> I THINK ABOUT 12 OR 16.

41:24 - >> A REAL QUICK STOP HERE.

41:25 - YOUR COLLECTION OF LIGHTERS?

41:27 - >> CIGARETTE LIGHTERS, YEAH.

41:29 - THAT WAS SOMETHING I COLLECTED

41:31 - BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE

41:32 - INTERESTING.

41:33 - ZIPPO MADE A LOT OF THOSE

41:35 - LIGHTERS AND THEY WERE PART OF

41:36 - MY COLLECTION.

41:37 - AND I THINK IT´S GREAT TO HAVE

41:38 - THEM.

41:38 - >> DID YOU WEAR DIFFERENT SHOES

41:40 - FOR EVERY TOURNAMENT?

41:42 - >> NO.

41:43 - WHY THERE ARE SO MANY SHOES HERE

41:46 - IS THAT THROUGH THE YEARS WHEN I

41:49 - STARTED OUT, I WAS WITH A SHOE

41:51 - COMPANY.

41:52 - AND THEY WOULD SEND ME SHOES.

41:55 - AND, OF COURSE, SOMETIMES THEY

41:57 - SENT ME MORE SHOES THAN I WAS

41:58 - REALLY ABLE TO WEAR, SO I KEPT

42:00 - THEM IN CASE I, YOU KNOW, NEEDED

42:05 - THEM.

42:05 - AND IT WOULD GO AND THEN I WOULD

42:07 - SIGN WITH ANOTHER SHOE COMPANY

42:08 - FOR -- AND THEY WOULD DO THE

42:10 - SAME THING.

42:11 - AND IT JUST BUILT UP AND BILLION

42:15 - AND BILLION.

42:16 - AND I JUST DECIDED IT WOULD BE

42:18 - FUN TO KEEP THEM.

42:20 - AND, OF COURSE, I GAVE AWAY MORE

42:22 - SHOES THAN YOU´RE LOOKING AT

42:23 - HERE TO PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO

42:24 - WEAR THEM OR COULD WEAR THEM.

42:26 - AND THAT WAS PART OF THE FUN OF

42:28 - DOING IT.

42:29 - >> HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE SHOES

42:30 - TO THE GAME?

42:31 - >> VERY IMPORTANT.

42:32 - VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

42:34 - AND, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE A LOT

42:37 - TO DO WITH YOUR BALANCE AND YOUR

42:40 - SWING.

42:40 - AND THAT´S VITAL TO PLAYING GOOD

42:43 - GOLF.

42:43 - ONE THING YOU DIDN´T DO IS, SOME

42:47 - OF MY AIRPLANES ARE HERE.

42:49 - THESE ARE SOME OF THE OLD

42:54 - AIRPLANES THAT I FLEW IN THE OLD

42:56 - DAYS.

42:56 - I FLEW THE -- I HAD THE

42:57 - OPPORTUNITY TO FLY THE LEFT SEAT

42:59 - OF A 747 WHEN IT WAS BEING

43:01 - DELIVERED TO JAPAN AIRLINES.

43:04 - AND THAT WAS FUN.

43:06 - AND, OF COURSE, I HAD AN

43:09 - OPPORTUNITY TO FLY A LOT OF

43:12 - MILITARY AIRCRAFT BECAUSE OF THE

43:14 - FACT THAT I WOULD DO SHOWS,

43:18 - CLINICS AND THINGS FOR THE AIR

43:21 - FORCE, AND ARMY AND NAVY.

43:25 - AND IN RETURN, THEY DIDN´T PAY

43:27 - ME BUT THEY WOULD LET ME FLY ONE

43:29 - OF THEIR AIRPLANES.

43:30 - >> SO YOU DIDN´T JUST SIT IN THE

43:34 - COPILOT SEAT, YOU ACTUALLY FLEW?

43:36 - >> OH, KNOW, I FLEW.

43:38 - >> YOU DID NOT GET TO KEEP THE

43:40 - GREEN JACKETS FROM AUGUSTA?

43:41 - >> WELL, YOU DO.

43:43 - BUT THE GREEN JACKET STAYS AT

43:44 - AUGUSTA.

43:44 - >> SO YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE AND

43:46 - WEAR IT, BUT YOU CAN´T BRING IT

43:48 - HOME.

43:49 - >> THAT´S RIGHT.

43:52 - >> WELL, LET´S GO BACK -- WELL,

43:58 - UP HERE ARE A LOT OF BAGS.

43:59 - >> THOSE ARE BAGS.

44:01 - OF COURSE, THE SAME THING WITH

44:04 - SHOES, THE VARIOUS COMPANIES

44:06 - THAT I WAS WITH, ARNOLD PALMER

44:07 - GOLF COMPANY, WILSON I WAS WITH.

44:12 - AND PRO GROUP.

44:12 - AND THAT´S ABOUT IT.

44:13 - THESE ARE ALL -- AND RYDER CUP.

44:18 - AND RYDER CUP BAGS.

44:21 - AND THAT SORT OF THING.

44:21 - >> WHAT DID IT MEAN TO PLAY IN

44:24 - THE RYDER CUP?

44:25 - >> WELL, YOU´RE REPRESENTING

44:27 - YOUR COUNTRY.

44:29 - AND THAT WAS A BIG THRILL FOR ME

44:31 - TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES

44:32 - OF AMERICA IN ANYTHING.

44:35 - AND DURING THAT, THE RYDER CUP

44:38 - OR THE PRESIDENT´S CUP WERE

44:43 - GREAT THILZ.

44:44 - -- THRILLS.

44:46 - I ALSO COLLECT BOOKS.

44:47 - AND THESE ARE ALL BOOKS THAT

44:48 - I´VE COLLECT THE OVER THE YEARS.

44:51 - AND I´VE READ A LOT OF THEM, BUT

44:53 - THERE´S A LOT I HAVEN´T READ

44:55 - TOO.

44:55 - BUT THAT WAS FUN.

44:55 - I ENJOYED THAT AND I ENJOY THE

44:57 - BOOKS.

44:57 - I´M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS.

45:00 - THIS IS ONE OF MY BOOKS.

45:03 - AND THIS IS "THE TURNING POINT."

45:06 - AND THIS IS WHEN I WON THE

45:08 - NATIONAL AMATEUR AND DECIDED TO

45:11 - TURN PRO, I DID THIS BOOK.

45:16 - AND THAT´S IT.

45:17 - SO --

45:18 - >> WELL, THANK YOU.

45:18 - >> -- IT´S YOURS NOW.

45:21 - >> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT

45:22 - ABOUT THE CHARITIES THAT YOU´VE

45:24 - BEEN INVOLVED WITH?

45:25 - >> WELL, MY HOSPITAL IN ORLANDO

45:27 - IS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE.

45:32 - AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE

45:34 - THROUGHOUT, AS MY CHILDREN AND

45:39 - MY -- AND MY FAMILY ARE INVOLVED

45:43 - IN KEEPING THE HOSPITAL GOING.

45:46 - IT´S A MEDICAL CENTER NOW.

45:50 - AND IT´S FOR WOMEN AND BABIES

45:52 - AND IT´S WONDERFUL.

45:54 - IT´S DOING VERY, VERY WELL.

45:56 - IT´S ONE OF THE TOP CHILDREN´S

46:00 - HOSPITALS IN AMERICA.

46:02 - SOMETHING THAT WE DO A LOT OF

46:04 - WORK WITH AND WILL CONTINUE TO.

46:07 - AND THESE CLUBS, OF COURSE, IF

46:12 - YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR 60 YEARS,

46:16 - I´VE BEEN COLLECTING GOLF CLUBS

46:21 - AND PLAYING GOLF.

46:22 - AND THESE CLUBS ARE A RESULT OF

46:25 - IT.

46:25 - AND, OF COURSE, YOU SAY, GEE,

46:27 - WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH

46:28 - THOSE?

46:29 - WELL, I´LL GIVE THEM AWAY AT

46:30 - SOME POINT IN MY LIFE.

46:31 - BUT FOR THE MOMENT, I´VE GIVEN

46:34 - AT LEAST AS MANY CLUBS AS YOU´RE

46:36 - LOOKING AT AWAY TO PEOPLE TO

46:38 - PLAY GOLF WITH.

46:39 - >> WHY SO MANY?

46:42 - >> EXPERIMENT.

46:44 - I ENJOY IT.

46:45 - I LOVED IT.

46:46 - I LIKE TO PLAY THE GAME AND I

46:49 - LIKE TO MAKE THE CLUBS.

46:50 - AND I MADE THEM -- I FIGURED IF

46:53 - I MADE A PERFECT GOLF CLUB, I

46:55 - COULD MAKE A PERFECT SWING AND I

46:59 - THAT´S -- THAT´S WHAT IT´S ALL

47:02 - ABOUT.

47:02 - >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MAKING A

47:05 - CLUB, WHAT´S -- WHAT´S INVOLVED?

47:06 - >> WELL, OF COURSE THE EARLY

47:10 - DAYS IT WAS WOOD AND STEEL AND

47:15 - SO ON, LEATHER.

47:18 - AND UNDERLISTINGS.

47:20 - AND THAT´S NEVER CHANGED.

47:22 - BUT IT´S BECOME MORE

47:25 - SOPHISTICATED.

47:25 - THEY DO SO MANY THINGS NOW AND

47:29 - THEY FORGE GOLF CLUBS.

47:30 - NOW THEIR CASTING THEM.

47:31 - THEY´RE USING WHAT THEY CALL A

47:36 - SOPHISTICATED LOST WAX PROCESS,

47:37 - WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HAS

47:38 - GROWN OVER THE YEARS.

47:40 - AND IT´S A FORM OF CASTING.

47:43 - AND THAT´S HOW GOLF CLUBS ARE

47:45 - MADE PRETTY MUCH NOW.

47:46 - YOU SEE ALL OF THESE WOODEN

47:51 - SHAFT OR WOODEN GOLF CLUBS HERE,

47:55 - WOODEN HEADS, THEIR PERSSIMON.

48:01 - AND, OF COURSE, NOW THEY DON´T

48:05 - MAKE THEM ANYMORE.

48:08 - PERSIMMON IS A THING OF THE

48:09 - PAST.

48:10 - THEY´VE NOW GONE TO METAL,

48:13 - TITANIUM.

48:13 - AND METAL HEADS ARE ABOUT ALL

48:16 - THERE IS IN THE GAME TODAY.

48:18 - BUT THAT´S THE RESEARCH AND

48:20 - DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE YEARS

48:22 - THAT HAS CAUSED ALL OF THIS

48:23 - CHANGE.

48:23 - >> ARE CLUBS -- DID YOU YOU HAVE

48:26 - CLUBS THAT WOULD WORK GREAT FOR

48:28 - YOU ONE DAY AND NOT AT ALL THE

48:29 - NEXT DAY?

48:29 - >> WELL, SURE.

48:31 - THAT´S LIKE ANYTHING.

48:35 - BUT -- YOUR CLUBS ARE KIND OF

48:40 - YOUR SIGNATURE.

48:40 - THEY´RE WHAT YOU USE AND WHAT´S

48:43 - GOOD.

48:43 - AND WHEN YOU GET A GOOD ONE, YOU

48:45 - HANG ON TO IT AND YOU USE IT

48:50 - THROUGHOUT.

48:50 - BUT THEY´RE -- THEY´RE VERY,

48:53 - VERY IMPORTANT.

48:54 - AND THE WEIGHTS AND BALANCES AND

48:57 - ALL OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO

49:00 - MAKING A GOLF CLUB ARE WHAT YOU

49:02 - LEARN TO USE.

49:04 - AND THAT´S WHAT CREATES WHAT YOU

49:05 - DO ON THE GOLF COURSE.

49:07 - >> HOW WOULD YOU -- HOW WOULD

49:08 - YOU TINKER WITH THEM?

49:10 - IF YOU PLAY IT AND THINK IT

49:12 - NEEDS A LITTLE MORE OF THIS.

49:13 - >> YOU CHANGE THE LOFT AND THE

49:16 - LIE.

49:17 - THAT´S FROM THIS TO THIS TO THIS

49:19 - TO THAT.

49:19 - AND THAT´S HOW YOU DO IT.

49:22 - AND, OF COURSE, YOU GET A

49:24 - CERTAIN LOFT OR LIE THAT YOU

49:26 - LIKE, YOU USE THAT.

49:28 - A CERTAIN STIFFNESS IN THE

49:31 - SHAFT.

49:31 - THE SHAFTS ARE NOW, THEY GO FROM

49:36 - GRAPHITE TO STEEL TO, OH, MY,

49:41 - ALUMINUM.

49:41 - EVERYTHING.

49:42 - AND THEN, OF COURSE, THROUGH THE

49:43 - YEARS I´VE USED ALL OF THEM.

49:45 - >> DO PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS NOW

49:47 - DO THAT KIND OF HAND WORK WITH

49:49 - THEIR OWN CLUBS?

49:51 - >> SURE.

49:51 - OH, YES.

49:52 - BUT THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED.

49:55 - AND, OF COURSE, IT´S MUCH MORE

49:57 - POPULAR NOW TO STAY CURRENT WITH

49:59 - THE MODERN STUFF, LIKE TITANIUM

50:03 - AND THE VARIOUS METALS ARE

50:04 - BECOMING MORE AND MORE A PART OF

50:06 - THE GAME.

50:07 - >> HOW HAVE BALLS CHANGED OVER

50:08 - THE YEARS?

50:09 - >> SAME WAY.

50:10 - WHEN WE STARTED PLAYING, WE HAD

50:15 - A BALL THAT WAS WITH A CENTER

50:21 - THAT WAS LIQUID.

50:23 - AND, OF COURSE, TODAY, THAT HAS

50:26 - ALL CHANGED.

50:27 - NOW IT´S A SOLID COVER, SERLEN

50:32 - COVER AND IT´S A SOLID BALL.

50:36 - WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD BE

50:37 - USING ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE

50:38 - ARE NOW.

50:40 - >> IS THE TECH NOJ ALL BETTER

50:43 - NOW?

50:43 - >> IT GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR.

50:46 - >> AND YOU KEEP ADOPTING THE NEW

50:50 - THINGS?

50:50 - >> I ADOPT THE NEW STUFF.

50:52 - >> HOW OFTEN DO YOU PLAY NOW?

50:53 - >> WELL, I DON´T PLAY VERY MUCH.

50:55 - I STILL LOVE IT AND I STILL

50:58 - PARTICIPATE, BUT I DON´T PLAY

50:59 - VERY MUCH.

51:00 - >> THIS IS THE WINNIE PALMER

51:05 - WALL?

51:05 - A LOT OF PICTURES OF YOUR FIRST

51:07 - WIFE HERE?

51:09 - >> YEAH.

51:10 - I MET HER AT SHAWNEE ON THE

51:21 - DELAWARE.

51:21 - AND SHE WAS A FAVORITE OF FRED

51:23 - WEARING.

51:23 - YOU PROBABLY DON´T KNOW WHO HE

51:25 - IS.

51:26 - >> WELL, I DO.

51:29 - FRED WAS A PENNSYLVANIIAN.

51:32 - >> SHE WAS SORT OF AN ADOP TIFT

51:35 - DAUGHTER OF FRED AND HIS

51:36 - DAUGHTER WERE VERY CLOSE

51:37 - FRIENDS.

51:37 - >> AND THIS PICTURE BEHIND US,

51:40 - CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS PICTURE?

51:43 - WELL, THAT´S -- THAT´S WHEN I

51:45 - WON THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.

51:47 - AND I GAVE YOU THE BOOK.

51:49 - SO WHEN YOU READ IT, YOU´LL

51:51 - UNDERSTAND THAT PICTURE.

51:52 - BUT THAT´S MY MOTHER, MY FATHER,

51:56 - AND I WHEN I WON THE AMATEUR IN

51:59 - DETROIT IN 1954.

52:01 - >> DID YOU KNOW THEN THAT THIS

52:02 - WAS GOING TO BE YOUR LIFE?

52:05 - >> I WAS HEADED IN THAT

52:08 - DIRECTION, YES.

52:09 - OR I WAS HOPING.

52:12 - >> WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING MORE

52:16 - YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

52:18 - >> OH, I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE

52:21 - DOING WHAT I´M DOING AS FAR AS

52:24 - CHARITY.

52:25 - I DO A GREAT DEAL OF CHARITY

52:30 - WORK.

52:31 - AND I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH

52:36 - HELPING THE ARNOLD PALMER

52:37 - MEDICAL CENTER IN ORLANDO.

52:38 - I´M CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE

52:42 - LATROBE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION,

52:44 - WHICH IS A GREAT HOSPITAL AND A

52:47 - GREAT BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC.

52:49 - AND THOSE THINGS, I WILL

52:51 - CONTINUE TO DO.

52:53 - AND TRY TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR IN

52:57 - HELPING CURE CANCER.

52:59 - I HAVE A PALMER PAVILION, WHICH

53:02 - IS A CANCER TREATMENT CENTER

53:04 - HERE IN LATROBE.

53:05 - AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME

53:08 - THAT THAT CONTINUES TO HELP

53:11 - PEOPLE GET TREATED FOR CANCER.

53:14 - AND, OF COURSE, IT´S A -- IT´S

53:16 - SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN´T EVER

53:18 - WALK AWAY FROM.

53:19 - IT´S SOMETHING THAT YOU CONTINUE

53:21 - TO DO AND YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE

53:25 - CONTRIBUTIONS TO IT AND DO

53:29 - THINGS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CURE

53:31 - CANCER.

53:31 - >> WELL, ARNOLD PALMER, THANK

53:33 - YOU VERY FOR YOUR TIME.

53:34 - >> WELL, THANK YOU.

53:35 - I HOPE -- I HOPE THIS IS

53:38 - ENCOURAING TO PEOPLE AROUND THE

53:40 - STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA OR

53:42 - WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE SHOWN.

53:44 - AND I HOPE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND

53:46 - THAT THIS IS -- THIS IS A LABOR

53:48 - OF LOVE.

53:49 - THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE

53:51 - BEEN FORTUNATE IN MY LIFE TO BE

53:53 - ABLE TO HAVE PLAYED GOLF AND TO

53:56 - CREATE THE THINGS THAT I´VE

53:57 - CREATED THROUGH THE GAME OF

53:58 - GOLF.

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