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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October 15, 1997
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Cancer doesn't stop Palmer
Passion for golf fans not affected
The voice on the telephone was unmistakably that of Arnold Palmer, as was the honesty and enthusiasm with which he spoke.
The Associated Press
"I am so against that," Palmer said about the idea of paying players in the Ryder Cup. "Our guys are making enough money."
Eight of the 12 members of the U.S. Ryder Cup team have won more than $1 million this year, and the team combined has earned more than $13 million.
"That's what the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup is all about -- playing for your country and being part of a team," Palmer said. "Paying the guys to play would take away from that mystique."
Palmer wasn't so sure about the claims that the Valderra course beat the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup.
"I think the course was a huge factor," he said. "And I think if we had spent two more days getting used to the course, we might have
"But it is not right to say the course beat us and not the Europeans," Palmer said. "They have some very gritty players, and they wanted it and they went out and took it."
won."
The final score of the Ryder Cup was really 15-13 — the 15-footer for the halve in the last match was conceded — and the Europeans put it away with some great play and terrific pressure putting on Saturday.
There is an easy, natural wisdom in Palmer that is rivaled only by the passion he has for golf, the affection he has for his fans and the sense of duty he feels to repay the game that has served him so well.
Although it has been only nine months since his cancer surgery, Palmer has been in 14 tournaments and shows no signs of slowing down.
"I would say if my game gets a little better and I start hitting the ball and having a little more fun, I might play more," Palmer, 68, said about his plans for next year.
Palmer, whose cancerous prostate was removed in January, sat out the bare minimum doctors demanded before returning to play the Bay Hill Invitational in March
followed by the Masters and the PGA Seniors' Championship all in less than a month.
Then came 11 more Senior PGA Tour events with one more to go before the year is out.
"Just because you have cancer, there is no reason you can't lead a good, fruitful life after that," Palmer said from California, where he was playing in The Transamerica tournament.
"I'm doing that. (Bruce) Devlin is doing that. (Jim) Colbert is doing that and he's fully, (Larry) Gilbert will be able to do that," Palmer said, naming the three other senior tour members whose cancer was diagnosed this year.
Palmer hasn't won on the PGA Tour since 1973 and on the Senior PGA Tour since 1988. Yet he still remains one of the most popular people in all sports.
Palmer has never lost sight of what golf has done for him.
"I don't find anything good about having cancer," he said. "But I think the fact that people are reading about it and I'm getting letters every day from everywhere from people asking all kinds of questions shows that people are more aware about the disease."
Bulls prepare for European tourney
The Associated Press
PARIS—Straight from an exhibition loss in Chicago and an overnight flight, the Chicago Bulls landed in Paris yesterday afternoon and immediately went to practice as they prepare for the McDonald's Championship this weekend.
The two-time defending NBA champions worked out lightly for one hour in Coubertin arena, an old facility on the west side of Paris.
After practice, about 20 local teens crowded near the team screaming for Michael Jordan, who might be more famous in France than the top French athletes. Bulls shirts, hats and jack-
"B on
jour. Bon
jour," Jordan said,
acknowledging the
crowd but not stopping to sign autographs. He was accompanied by his son, Jeffrey.
The Bulls, playing in Europe for the first time, are looking to continue the unbeaten streak NBA teams have in the McDonald's tournament. The Milwaukee Bucks won in 1987, followed by the Boston Celtics, Denver
Nuggets, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets. The title game is Saturday.
Even with Jordan, the Bulls don't expect to dominate the tournament. Scottie Pippen is out recovering from foot surgery, and Dennis Rodman has not yet joined the team because of bronchitis and pneumonia.
"To go to Paris and hang out for a week should be a great time," Chicago's Steve Kerr said Monday night. "Now the games, they might be pretty tough. I mean, we're playing some good teams, and we're not exactly in great shape, and we're not exactly playing that well. So we will have a lot of pressure on us to win."
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