
(Reuters) - The late Arnold Palmer was given a moving, highly emotional and often humorous tribute by leading figures from the golf world on Tuesday during a lengthy memorial service in his former hometown of Latrobe in Pennsylvania. Fellow golf great and long-time friend Jack Nicklaus described Palmer as a man who "managed to remove the 'i' from icon" while International Golf Federation president Peter Dawson said the American had been golf's most successful ambassador. Palmer, one of golf's greatest players whose immense popularity drew a legion of fans known as 'Arnie's Army', was honored during a memorial service at the Saint Vincent Basilica Parish in Latrobe that lasted two hours and 20 minutes.
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