Arnold palmer biography marriages
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Arnold Palmer with his wife, Winnie Walzer Palmer, in 1995. (Getty)
Legendary golfer Arnold Palmer died Sunday at the age of 87. He was predeceased by his first wife, Winifred “Winnie” Walzer Palmer, who died in 1999.
Arnold and Winnie were married for 45 years before her death at the age of 65.
Palmer had since remarried, and is survived by his second wife, Kathleen Gawthrop.
Here’s what you need to know:
1. They Met at a Golf Tournament in Pennsylvania & Were Married in 1954
Arnold Palmer, far left, and his first wife, Winnie. (Getty)
Arnold Palmer met Winifred Walzer at a golf tournament in their home state of Pennsylvania in 1954. She was a student at Brown University and he had recently won the state’s amateur golf tournament and was on his way to a professional career.
They were married that same year.
“I met him on Tuesday; he asked me to marry him on Saturday,” she once said, according to CBS News.
He wrote about that first meeting in his autobiography, “A Golfer’s Life,”according to the Golf Channel.
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Personal Biography
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Arnold Palmer
American professional golfer (1929–2016)
This article is about the American professional golfer. For the golf tournament, see Arnold Palmer Invitational. For the drink, see Arnold Palmer (drink). For the British real tennis player, see Arnold Palmer (tennis).
Arnold Palmer Palmer while in the U.S. Coast Guard, 1953
Full name Arnold Daniel Palmer Nickname The King Born (1929-09-10)September 10, 1929
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S.Died September 25, 2016(2016-09-25) (aged 87)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) Sporting nationality United States Spouse Winifred Walzer
(m. 1954; died 1999)Kathleen Gawthrop
(m. 2005)Children 2 College Wake Forest College Turned professional 1954 Former tour(s) Professional wins 95 PGA Tour 62 (5th all-time) European Tour 2 PGA Tour of Australasia 2 PGA Tour Champions 10 Other 21 Masters Tournament Won: 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 PGA Championship T2: 1964, 1968, 1970 U.S. Open Won: 1960 The Open Championship Won