Honorary starter Arnold Palmer gestures after hitting a drive to begin the 2007 Masters golf tournament on the first tee at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, U.S. on April 5, 2007. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
(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.
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