On This Day  1958 -- A missed two-foot putt cost Palmer a shot at winning the Baton Rouge Open. His second place check is for $1,350. Years later, the memory of the missed putt still stings as Palmer tells reporters, “I won’t say I was angry, but they never did find that putter.” |
 What is AP Experience? The Experience section of ArnoldPalmer.com is more than a website. It's an interactive museum.
Researchers can read the scores of every round Palmer's ever shot in competitive play. Fans can study Palmer's contributions to aviation history -- he set a 1976 speed record by flying around the world in just 58 hours. They can spend time with the old master in his workshop. They can get swing tips, advise on how to sink pressure putts, straighten out a slice, and grill a tasty ribeye on the backyard barbecue. The AP Experience takes a lifetime of published Palmer stories, photographs and facts and distills them into a searchable website that will let amateur biographers and fans delve into the Arnold Palmer that interests them the most. What's New Palmer's Past Repeats ItselfEvery golf tournament wants him in its field. Every sponsor wants him in their tournament or their commercials. Every television broadcast hopes to focus its cameras on him. That might sound like the career of Tiger Woods, the brightest - and some say the only - star in golf today. But it happened 15 years before Woods was born, and the player in demand was Arnold Palmer. Palmer, golf's biggest and most successful star at the dawn of the television age in the late 1950s, may be the only golfer who can grasp the kind of external pressure Woods is receiving from fans and media these days. They want Woods to play more PGA Tour events, revive lagging television ratings and generally push the sport to greater heights. It was no different in Palmer's heyday. Interact Tales from the Ranks My Meeting with 'Uncle' Arnie Larry Bohannan The Desert Sun Arnold Palmer opens the door of his home and is kind of surprised to see a visitor standing there. "Most people just walk in," Palmer said, completely serious but with a twinkle in his eye... submit your story Mailbox Check the Mailbox for the latest letter to Mr. Palmer or use the link below to submit your own message! submit your story Trivia Each month we run a trivia contest where we give away a unique Arnold Palmer item. For every question you answer correctly you'll receive one entry into the drawing. Take the quiz | Timeline 
For a complete day-by-day account of Arnold's life view the Timeline.  19th Hole  I'll have an "Arnold Palmer" please!
If you don't already know that's half parts lemonade & iced tea. Or maybe a fine glass of Arnold Palmer Wine is your cup of tea.
Visit the 19th Hole Exhibits A key feature of the experience will be the exhibits that highlight significant aspects of Palmer's legendary life.
We begin our exhibits with Palmer's Aces.
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