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Article: Palmer talks about legacy, game of golf today
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- September 6, 2009
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Only days before his 80th birthday, Arnold Palmer is as vigilant
as ever about his work. He is among the first to arrive at a museum-
like office atop a hill at the end of a winding Legends Lane in
Unity.
He doesn't play much golf nowadays, save an occasional charity
event. But he continues to invest plenty of sweat equity in a dimly
lit workshop -- a repository of priceless antiquated woods, irons
and putters, many of which were crafted by his steady hands.
For a man whose travels have taken him around the world and back
many times over, Latrobe Country Club remains his place of refuge.
Palmer's professional life is an open book, and each page
reflects the evolution of a golfer who parlayed ...