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KEVIN McCALLUM: Golf’s unquestioned king will be missed at the Masters
The New York Times, that failing source of glorious fake news about the child president, included a South African in their list of players who, as a collective, would make up the legend that was the late Arnold Palmer.Included in the list ahead of the Masters this weekend is the "risk taker" (Bubba Watson), the "wrecking ball" (Henrik Stenson) and the "swagger" (Dustin Johnson), although Johnson may have less of a swagger after he fell down some stairs on Wednesday and damaged his back.The "pilot" in their composite group is Charles Schwartzel, former Masters winner and holder of a pilot’s licence since the age of 23."Palmer’s greatest passion besides golf was aviation. His fascination with flying could be traced to his childhood in Latrobe, where he watched planes trundle down the runway at the small airfield near his house that in 1999 would be renamed Arnold Palmer Regional Airport," wrote Karen Crouse for the Times.Schwartzel won his Masters in 2011, 69 days before Palmer flew h...
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