- The golf champ used to fly his own twin-engine, seven-seater plane to golf tournaments In 1973 he became the first golfer to win more than $100,000 in one year
- The Arnold Palmer Award is presented annually to the medallist at the NCAA Championships in Divisions I, II and III.
- Underwent surgery for prostate cancer.
- Daughters Peggy (26 February 1956) and Amy (4 August 1958); granddaughters Emily (27 November 1981), Katherine Anne (2 September 1982), Anne Palmer (14 September 1984) Saunders; grandsons, Samuel Palmer Saunders (30 July 1987) and William Gray Palmer Wears (16 October 1994).
- Chairman of the Board of The Golf Channel.
- His remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered in his hometown at Latrobe Country Club.
- Inducted into the Citation Jet Pilots Hall of Honor in 2014.
- Named "Athlete of the Decade" (1960s) by the Associated Press.
- His father, Milfred, was the golf pro and greenskeeper at Latrobe (PA) Country Club, which Palmer now owns.
- The Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women is located in Orlando, FL. The daughter of his agent, Mark McCormack, was born there.
- When he won his last major, the 1964 Masters, Palmer was golf's career money leader. Four years earlier, he had become golf's first career millionaire.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush [June 2004].
- Married Kathleen Gawthrop in an intimate, beachside ceremony on O'ahu, Hawai'i. They were at the Turtle Bay Resort because he was playing in the Champions Tour that weekend.
- He first broke 100 when he was seven years old.
- Brother of Lois Jean Tilley.
- Authorized to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by Public Law 111-65, 30 September 2009 (123 Stat. 2003). The award ceremony took place 12 September 2012.
- Inducted into the Wake Forest University Sports Hall of Fame in 1971.
- Inducted into the Western Pennsylvania Golf Hall of Fame in 2013 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame in 2009.
- Won fourth green tournament jackets during his career.
- Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.
- In 2006, he donated $2 million to the Arnold Palmer Foundation ultimately to benefit the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
- Recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation in 1986.
- The putter he used to win the 1964 Masters sold at auction for $97,691.[April 2017].
- At the time of his death, his estimated net worth is $675 million.
- Pictured on a USA nondenominated commemorative postage stamp, issued 4 March 2020. Price on day of issue was 55¢.
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