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Radio 5 Live,1 min

Arnold Palmer was the 'Muhammad Ali' of golf

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Arnold Palmer, viewed as one of the greatest players in the history of golf, has died. He was 87 and had won more than 90 professional titles during his long career. James Corrigan, the golf correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, believes Palmer, "will be remembered as the godfather of golf" and was the sport's Muhammad Ali. Corrigan says Palmer took golf to the "mass audiences" and "everybody knew him".

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