This Day in Arnie Golf--Sept. 8

Now through what would have been Arnold Palmer's 88th birthday on Sept. 10, This Day in Golf will look at lesser-known Arnie dates: It likely didn't take long for Arnie to realize the impact he was having on golf crowds and how his success was bringing popularity to the game. You can see in his scheduling that he tried to get to a variety of locales to bring attention to the tour. It said a lot that four years after his final tour victory and 22 years after he joined the tour, he made his one and only stop at the small-market B.C. Open in 1977. The first round was on Sept. 8, and Palmer fired a 65, likely feeling he should have come to Endicott, N.Y., earlier. But things slipped from there and his full line was 65-69-75-74—283, which tied him for 22nd and earned $1,780. But he had delivered some high-powered publicity to the area.