Palmer, 'The King', leaves Arnie's Army in mourning

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Golfing great Arnold Palmer, who died at the age of 87 on Sunday, was very different. 'Arnie's Army' started marching in the late 1950s and continued throughout the 1960s and early 1970s in homage to one of the greatest players ever to pick up a club and surely the most charismatic. A seven-times major champion, Palmer had no peers as a fan favorite and always went to great lengths to ensure that every person waiting in line ended up with a cherished autograph, an approach that even today's generation of players tries to live up to.

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