Randy Hernly, director of golf operations at the Palmer Course at Stonewall Resort, remembers meeting golf legend Arnold Palmer at the resort’s grand opening day back in 2002.

 

“He knew how to treat people. That’s the thing that got me more than anything else. The day he was here for our grand opening, he interacted with everyone,” Hernly told MetroNews.

 

Palmer, nicknamed “The King” of golf, died Sunday in Pittsburgh of heart complications. He was 87.

 

He was one of four iconic golfers involved in the construction of a new golf course at the Greenbrier Resort. It was Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus who were all involved in a mountain course project in which they hoped to bring the US Open to While Sulphur Springs.

 

“It breaks all of our hearts at The Greenbrier to lose Arnold Palmer. What an incredible golfer, but more so, what an incredible human being – The King. I’m so proud that I had the chance to know him and work with him. We’re certainly going to miss him,” said Greenbrier Resort Owner Jim Justice in a news release.

 

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