"Arnie's Army" on the march again.(Athletic Arena) From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: April 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Society for the Advancement of Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Long before the game of golf was given over to the immodest, foul-mouthed likes of Tiger Woods and his ilk, it was Arnold Palmer who almost singlehandedly popularized the sport with his mass appeal some 50 years ago. Palmers swashbuckling, go-for-broke style, combined with an aggressive, somewhat-failing swing, plus movie-star looks and charisma, immediately made him a star like no other.

"I always said if they put a flagstick on a limb of a tree, he'd figure out a way t...