Arnold Palmer Still on Top of Tournament Organization Despite Shoulder Injury

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Published: March 18, 2015

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There’s a tradition on the PGA Tour that active players, even legends, do not have tournaments with their names in the title. So when Arnold Palmer considered himself retired in 2007, he put his name on what had been the Bay Hill Invitational. It became the Arnold Palmer Invitational, complete with his recognizable script as the tournament logo.

However, that didn’t change his involvement with the event. He’s always been a hands-on host, looking for ways to improve each season. This year, though, he’s been slowed down a bit by a dislocated shoulder.

“I was going to speak at the Father/Son, and I slipped on a carpet in my house and did a 360, landed on this shoulder (the right one),” Palmer explained about the accident. “I’ve been doing physical therapy ever since.”

Palmer said he can almost raise his arm up over his head, but not quite. As soon as he is able, he will get back into the gym. (He has skipped his regular workouts for eight weeks.) After that, he will most likely return to the golf course.

“I’ve always exercised from the day I started playing golf,” the legendary golfer continued. “I have every intention of keeping in shape and you know, I’ll be old one of these days.”

The injury has not stopped Palmer from planning some course renovations at Bay Hill. Bulldozers will take to the course in two months.

“I have every intention of—on May 16—closing the golf course and redoing all 18 greens,” he explained. “The course will be closed most of the summer, and we’ll have nine holes open, which is the Charger 9.” Golfers will have to play the nine-hole course twice to get in 18.

When Bay Hill returns to play, the greens will not be overseeded for the winter. That is a trend that gained steam in Florida when the PGA Tour elected not to overseed TP...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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