Hail to the King: Arnold Palmer Turns 80

(Image: GOLF CHANNEL)THE KING OF GOLF, Arnold Palmer turns 80 on Thursday and GOLF CHANNEL will pay special tribute all this week to the man who took golf to television and later co-founded the GOLF CHANNEL cable network.GOLF CHANNEL will have more than eight hours of programming to honor Palmer, who won 62 times on the PGA Tour, including seven major championships. Programming will include Top 10 Arnold Palmer Moments, Golf’s Heart and Soul: Arnold Palmer, and 1964 and 1960 Masters highlights. (Arnie won four Green Jackets, all in even years, from 1958 to 1964.)“As a founding father of GOLF CHANNEL, Arnold Palmer’s contributions to the growth of the sport and our company are innumerous,” GOLF CHANNEL President Page Thompson said in a statement.Definitely true. Whether it was mesmerizing a viewing audience in 1960 or having the seemingly crazy vision of a 24-hour golf cable channel, no one is more responsible for bringing televised golf into living rooms than Arnold Palmer.More Arno...