Arnold Palmer remembered at Ryder Cup
The passing of Arnold Palmer this week rocked the golf world, so fittingly the center of the golf world this weekend would pay tribute to Palmer on.
On the first tee at Hazeltine National, where Friday morning the Ryder Cup teed off, sat a bag baring Palmer’s name. According to Golf Digest, the bag is the one Palmer used in the 1975 Ryder Cup.
The King's Ryder Cup bag on first tee. @RyderCupUSA @pgaofamerica pic.twitter.com/YIwk7FKCU7
— Peter (@CEOPGA) September 30, 2016
U.S. players also sported Palmer’s signature umbrella pin on their collars.
But it wasn’t just the United States players remember Palmer.
#Respect Mr Arnold Palmer… ???????? pic.twitter.com/fJ3ikK7NQJ
— Ian Poulter (@IanJamesPoulter) September 30, 2016
And the crowd at the first tee paid tribute to Palmer, too.
#ArnoldPalmer pic.twitter.com/CSWZ72e9y5
— Ben Everill (@BEverillPGATOUR) September 30, 2016
Palmer was remembered during Thursday’s opening ceremony at Hazeltine. Back in Latrobe, Pa., where Palmer called home, his ashes were spread over Latrobe Country Club. Shortly thereafter, this appeared:
Check out this rainbow over Latrobe. They're calling it Arnie's Rainbow. pic.twitter.com/h9vfwffLBm
— Gerry Dulac (@gerrydulac) September 29, 2016