My Memories of Arnie, the King!
By Herb Appenzeller
I remember the day I first saw Arnold Palmer hitting practice balls on the back nine of the old Wake Forest golf course. It was 1946, having just completed a rugged spring football practice, I picked up three clubs from the fieldhouse to play a few holes. There was this new student hitting ball after ball, but never playing a single hole at the course. I couldn’t imagine why someone would just hit balls without playing the course. After not winning an ACC golf tourna