Reuters) – The PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year honour has been renamed after the overdue Arnold Palmer, one of golf’s finest players whose huge reputation drew a legion of enthusiasts to the sport.
The Arnold Palmer Award will be provided to the circuit’s most outstanding rookie, as voted on by using the Tour’s membership.
“Arnold Palmer changed into golfing’s best ambassador together with his move-for-broke style of play, his charitable endeavours and his true passion and respect for the sport and its lovers,” PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan stated in a announcement on Monday.
“A thumbs up, a wink, a carefully signed autograph, a thank you – simple gestures like these handed on with the aid of Mr Palmer to countless young gamers helped form their individual, on and rancid the golf path.
“The Arnold Palmer Award will now mirror those contributions in honouring the Tour’s most remarkable rookie.”
Palmer, whose great popularity drew a legion of lovers to the sport on the sunrise of the age of televised sport, died in September 2016 of coronary heart complications aged 87.
He nevertheless ranks 5th at the PGA Tour list of all-time match wins with 62, together with seven foremost championships.
