Arnold Palmer will be honored during Ryder Cup

CHASKA, Minn. — Details are being finalized by the PGA of America, but the life of Arnold Palmer will be celebrated at this week’s Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club.

The celebration as of now will include a video tribute and a moment of silence during the Opening Ceremony. During the matches, the players will pay tribute to Palmer, who died Sunday at age 87, which could include wearing a special logo, button and pin. Palmer will also be paid tribute on the first tee.

“He loved the Ryder Cup, once saying he cherished his relationship with the event. To quote him, ‘The game brings out the best in us, and the best will always bring out their games at the Ryder Cup,’” PGA of America president Derek Sprague said Monday. “He certainly did. No one in U.S. Ryder Cup history has won more than his 22 matches, and he was a perfect 2-0 as a Ryder Cup captain. It is sportsmanship that is the core value of the Ryder Cup, and the game has never known a more enthusiastic sportsman than Arnold Palmer. So it is fitting that we pay tribute to Mr. Palmer during the 41st Ryder Cup, to celebrate it in a very special way, the life of an unforgettable champion and gracious ambassador of the game.”

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Europe captain Darren Clarke and U.S. captain Davis Love III said Palmer will be on the minds of the players during the matches.

“The respect that we are all going to pay him this week is something that the man commands and deserves,” Clarke said. “He was a global superstar, in not just our sport. He transcended our sport. Arnie's Army was known worldwide, and we are as shocked and saddened over Arnold's passing as everybody else in here, I'm sure, is.”

Added Love: “His legacy will live on forever, especially through The Ryder Cup. … Darren and I had a little chat right when he arrived, and you know, as everything we've done over the last year and a half, we've agreed that we're going to do the right thing for the game, and certainly this one for the Palmer family. But both of our teams want to honor the Palmer legacy in the same way. I think you'll see us all honoring him all week, I think is the best way to put it.”

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