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