Master's Trophy won by Arnold Palmer, 1958-1960
date: label: Date made
content: 1960
name: label: recipient
content: Palmer, Arnold
label: associated institution
content: Augusta National Golf Club
label: maker
content: Augusta
label: maker
content: Augusta National Golf Club
notes: label: Description
content: Trophy, given to golfer Arnold Palmer by the Augusta National Country Club to commemorate his 1958 and 1960 Masters victories.
label: Description
content: Arnold Palmer (1929-2016) revolutionized the sport of professional golf. Beloved for his aggressive style and everyday origins, the charismatic son of a former Pennsylvania country club greenskeeper began his assault on golf's record books just as televised sports were emerging as a national sensation.
label: Description
content: A state champion in high school, Palmer played collegiately at Wake Forest University (1947-1951) and served in the U.S. Coast Guard (1951-1954,) winning two NCAA individual championships and the US Amateur Championship before joining the Professional Golf Association (PGA) in 1955.
label: Description
content: Over the following decades, Palmer won 62 PGA events, 92 in total. Highlights included a 1960 U.S. Open victory and the 1961 and 1962 (British) Opens, where he was considered a groundbreaker for playing as an American. Palmer is perhaps best remembered for winning The Masters four times, 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1964.
label: Description
content: With a following of devoted fans known as <i>Arnie's Army</i> Palmer was one of the most marketable athletes of his generation. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 and a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. Widely credited with popularizing the sport of golf in the United States, Palmer is seen as one of America's most influential sportsmen.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia, Augusta
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Georgia, Augusta
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Golf
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Trophies
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Arnold D. Palmer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0664.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0664.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: golf trophy
label: Object Name
content: trophy, golf
label: Object Name
content: golf, trophy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 13 1/4 in x 3 in; 20.955 cm x 33.655 cm x 7.62 cm