Classic period - Palmer
The early sixties were dominated by the glamorous swashbuckling Arnold Palmer. His emergence was in perfect timing with the development of television media and sport interest helping to boost a major boom in golf participation.
By the mid-sixties a three way dominance had developed comparable to the great triumvirate of the nineteen hundreds. Arnold had now been joined by Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as the main contenders of most events.
