The King Attempts to Regain His Crown

Arnie's Army was in full force in a desert campaign 50 years ago this weekend

INTRODUCTION from The Sports Time Traveler™

I have always been an Arnold Palmer fan. However, I was too young to experience his heyday in the early 1960s, when he dominated the PGA TOUR winning 29 tournaments in the first 4 years of the decade.

In one sensational stretch of 11 majors, beginning with the Masters in 1960, he finished either 1st or 2nd a …