The Walker Cup starts next week at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, and in preparation for its title defense, the U.S. team spent some time with "The King."
U.S. captain John "Spider" Miller took his 10-man squad to Latrobe, Pa., to visit with golf legend Arnold Palmer, a longtime friend of Miller’s who spends his summers at his boyhood home in western Pennsylvania.
The two-day trip included tours of Palmer’s home and golf at Latrobe Country Club and Laurel Valley, plus dinner with Palmer. It also gave Miller's players time to get to know one another as they attempt to extend a dominant U.