The Day Arnold Palmer Was Blackballed At The Fairwood Golf And Tennis Club

July, 1966

Harry! A bourbon and water. And this time don't drown it ... Well, you fellows can do whatever you want to ... I don't pretend to be the only man on the Greens Committee, but if you ask me, I'd ban every single one of these touring professionals from Fairwood right now. Who thought up this ridiculous idea of a two-ball tourney with professionals, anyway? I mean, that pro-am tournament Bing Crosby runs at Pebble Beach really cuts it thin enough. But my God! When you set up a tournament where a pr...