Arnold Palmer, the champion golfer whose full-bore style of play, thrilling tournament victories and magnetic personality inspired an american golf boom, attracting a large following known as “Arnies army” and made him one of the most popular athletes in the world, died recently in Pittsburgh. He was 87.  

Doc Griffin, a spokesman for Palmer’s business interests, said that the cause was complications of heart problems. Paul Wood, a spokesman for the university of Pittsburgh medical center, said that Palmer died at UPMC Shadyside Hospital, about 40 miles from his home in Latrobe, PA,

          From 1958 through 1964 Palmer was the charismatic face of profesional golf and one of its most dominant players, In those seven seasons, he won seven titles: four Masters, one United States open, and two British opens with 62 victories on the pga tour he ranks fifth, behind Sam Snead, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus  and Ben Hogan. He won 93 tournaments worldwide, including the 1954 United States Amatuer. Arnold even had a drink named after him that become beloved worldwide, a mixture of iced tea and lemonade known as the “Arnold Palmer”.

          Palmer’s ashes were spread Thursday in his native Pennsylvania, shortly before a beautiful  rainbow apparently stretched over the town where the golf icon was born.