SportsBusiness Daily — Sports Business Resources — your sports business news and information source. Learn More
Advanced
Home About Us Advertise With Us Marketplace/Classifieds College & University Program Subscribe/Trial My Account

Thursday
March 13, 2008
Print This Issue


 
MOST VIEWED STORIES
  1. Franchise Notes
  2. Boras, Manfred Talk About Finances Escalate
  3. San Diego State AD Jeff Schemmel Resigns
  4. Ticket Package Offered For Flyers, 76ers
  5. Will Handball Harm Henry's Marketability?
View the top 20 stories
 
Recent Issues
Leagues & Governing Bodies

Arnold Palmer Says Neatness Counts When Signing Autographs

Palmer Feels Pros Should Work On Penmanship
Arnold Palmer believes that PGA Tour players "should sign autographs, and neatness should count," according to Garry Smits of the FLORIDA TIMES-UNION. Palmer yesterday  at Bay Hill Club prior to this weekend's Arnold Palmer Invitational said:  "I don't know where a player comes off ... being asked to give an autograph, and he scribbles something down there that you can't read. Well, who in the hell knows what it is? Why take the time to do it? Why not make it legible?" Smits notes there "never has been a case of a fan not being able to read" Palmer's "large, loopy signature,'' and Palmer also noted that fellow HOFers Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player have "very legible signatures." PGA Tour players playing at this weekend's tournament "chuckled at Palmer's peeve about penmanship and said it was symbolic of his relationship with fans." Golfer Joe Ogilvie: "Peter Jacobsen got on me about my signature when I first got up here, and I know he did because Arnold got on him once. That's typical Arnold: Not only will he give thousands of autographs, but he wants each one of them to be readable. He cares that much about the fans" (FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, 3/13).

Print This Article

Get A Free Trial To SportsBusiness Daily

Reader Comments

To post comments on this article, log in or register for a free trial.

Related Stories By Company Related Stories By Sport
Quail Hollow Named PGA Tour Best Event
November 19, 2009 : SportsBusiness Daily

Michelle Wie's First Win Lifts LPGA
November 17, 2009 : SportsBusiness Daily

Still No Sponsor For San Diego PGA Event
November 13, 2009 : SportsBusiness Daily

Players Championship Free For Military
November 10, 2009 : SportsBusiness Daily

PGA Tour Working To Grow Golf In China
November 9, 2009 : SportsBusiness Daily

ALSO IN THIS SECTION


Go To Franchises

A Publication of Street & Smith's Sports Group.
Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (REVISED 2009-06-23) and Privacy Policy (REVISED 2009-06-23).

© 2009 Street & Smith's Sports Group and its licensors. All rights reserved.
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Street & Smith's Sports Group.