Sport: Two Aces and a King

On the same hole, in the same way, Palmer strikes twice

Golf is still grinning. Arnold Palmer had a hole in one last week, and a day later he did it again. The same hole, the same club, the same unorthodox swing, the same natural grace. Palmer will turn 57 this week, but he remains the mind's eye and the heart's idea of a golfer.

On Maryland's new Tournament Players Club at Avenel, in the company of old comrades the likes of Gary Player, with a five-iron to the 187-yd. third hole, Palmer corked, uncorked and recorked this vintage year that saw Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd and Bob Murphy win the Masters,...

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