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[Untitled] He became the 15th president of the PGA of America in 1965, serving three years during tumultuous times that reshaped the organization. With tour pros feeling their needs were not being met, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus led a move to create a separate division, which eventually became the PGA Tour.

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