ARNOLD PALMER - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: PAUL AZINGER, SAM "SLAMMING SAMMY" SNEAD - HFSID 172360

ARNOLD PALMER, SAM SNEAD and PAUL AZINGER
Three golfing greats sign a first day cover honoring Francis D. Ouimet.
First Day Cover signed: "Arnold Palmer", "Sam Snead" and "Paul Azinger", 6½x3½. FDC honoring Francis D. Ouimet, 25-cent stamp affixed, postmarked Brookline, Massachusetts, June 13, 1988, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. ARNOLD PALMER, the first to capture four Masters titles (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964) in 48 consecutive Masters starts, also competed in 19 international tours, winning the British Open in 1961 and 1962. Palmer, the first golfer to earn more than $1,000,000 in PGA tournament money, had 60 wins on the PGA Tour and ten additional victories on the Senior Tour.Credited with popularizing professional golf during the late 1950s and 1960s, his large and enthusiastic following of fans became known as "Arnie's Army". "Slammin' Sammy" SAM SNEAD (1912-2002) won both the Masters and the PGA three times and the British Open once. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1953. In 1965, Snead became the oldest player (52 years and 10 months) to win a PGA tournament (the Greater Greensboro Open). PAUL AZINGER has won 12 PGA tournament events (1987-2000). After winning the PGA Championship in his finest season ever (1993), he was diagnosed with lymphoma. His book, Zinger, describes his successful struggle against cancer and his golf comeback. Palmer and Snead signatures overlap at "P" of Palmer and "S" in Sam. Fine condition.