AKRON, Ohio (AP) Firestone Country Club will honor the late golf legend Arnold Palmer by naming a stone bridge after him at the signature 16th hole he dubbed ”The Monster.”
The Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/2tQsGBH ) reports the Arnold Palmer Bridge will be dedicated with a plaque Aug. 2 before the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, in northeast Ohio.
The 16th hole on Firestone’s South Course is 667 yards with a pond in front of the green. Palmer dubbed it ”The Monster” in 1960 after carding a triple-bogey 8 during the PGA Championship that year.
Palmer won three times at Firestone.