Player toasts Palmer as public memorial service set

Worldwide tributes continued Monday for Arnold Palmer, the golf icon who died Sunday at age 87 as a public memorial was scheduled for next week in his hometown. Palmer's grandson, PGA player Sam Saunders, announced a private ceremony will be held for "The King" this week while a public memorial service will be staged on October 4 at St. Vincent's College Basilica in Palmer's hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Alastair Johnston, the chairman of Arnold Palmer Enterprises, said the decision was made to delay the public ceremony until after the Ryder Cup so it does not overshadow the biennial US-Europe men's team golf matches being staged Friday through Sunday at Hazeltine.

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