I quit flying myself last year and that was difficult for me because I enjoy it as much as playing golf. It was an adjustment sitting in the back of the plane, rather than at the controls, but I've grown accustomed to it and enjoy reading a book, doing some work or challenging my wife to a game of dominos.

Palmer is also credited by many for securing the status of The Open Championship (British Open) among U. Palmer was convinced by his business partner Mark McCormack that success in the Open -– to emulate the feats of Bobby Jones Walter Hagen Sam Snead and Hogan before him –- would truly make him a global sporting star not simply a leading American golfer. Palmer's design partner was Ed Seay.

He is part of "The Big Three" in golf along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player who are widely credited with popularizing and commercialising the sport around the world. Arnold Daniel Palmer (born September 10 1929) is an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf.