North Carolina, United States
With more than half the holes affording views of Albemarle Sound, the course at Occano is an Arnold Palmer design that’s been described by one commentator as “the Jewel of the Inner Banks”.
With more than half the holes affording views of Albemarle Sound, the course at Occano is an Arnold Palmer design that’s been described by one commentator as “the Jewel of the Inner Banks”.
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Arnie teamed up with Ed Seay in 1972, forming the Palmer Course Design Company which was later renamed Arnold Palmer Design Company when the firm moved to Orlando, Florida, in 2006.
Arnold Palmer’s father Deacon was the head professional and green keeper at Latrobe Country Club in Pennsylvania so the young Arnie grew up in a golfing environment, helping his father about the club. He attended Wake Forest College in North Carolina but left in 1951 to enlist with the US Coast Guard, where he served for three years.
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