The former 27-hole 3M facility at Tartan Park re-opened as The Royal Club in 2018 with a new 18-hole layout comprising of an Annika Sorenstam-designed front side called the “Queen’s” and a back nine called the “King’s” which was laid out by Thad Layton of Arnold Palmer Design.
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The former 27-hole 3M facility at Tartan Park re-opened as The Royal Club in 2018 with a new 18-hole layout comprising of an Annika Sorenstam-designed front side called the “Queen’s” and a back nine called the “King’s” which was laid out by Thad Layton of Arnold Palmer Design.
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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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