<img title="Former US&acirc;u00c2u0080u00c2u0088golfer Jack Nicklaus during Arnold Palmer's memorial service on Tuesday. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/oct/6Jack-Nicklaus-1.jpg" alt="Former US&acirc;u00c2u0080u00c2u0088golfer Jack Nicklaus during Arnold Palmer's memorial service on Tuesday. Pic/AFP" /> Former US&acirc;u00c2u0080u00c2u0088golfer Jack Nicklaus during Arnold Palmer's memorial service on Tuesday. Pic/AFP 
Pennsylvania: Jack Nicklaus fought back the tears in an emotional tribute to his long-time friend and great rival at the memorial service for Arnold Palmer in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
Palmer, a seven-time major winner, died aged 87 in Pittsburgh on September 25 due to complications of heart problems. Nicklaus said: "Arnold came when golf needed him most. When TV first embraced golf, it had a swashbuckling hero in Arnold as the game's face. He was the everyday man's hero.
<img title="Arnold Palmer" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/oct/6Arnold-Palmer-1.jpg" alt="Arnold Palmer" /> Arnold Palmer
"I knew Arnold had my back and I had his... I may have had to battle 'Arnold's Army' early on, but I never had to battle Arnold Palmer... He was 'The King' of our sport, and he always will be."
Fighting back tears, Nicklaus said: "Today I hurt just like you hurt. You don't lose a friend of almost 60 years and not feel an enormous loss, but my wife often says 'memories are the cushions of life'."

Jack Nicklaus fought back the tears in an emotional tribute to his long-time friend and great rival at the memorial service for Arnold Palmer in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Tuesday

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Jack Nicklaus fought back the tears in an emotional tribute to his long-time friend and great rival at the memorial service for Arnold Palmer in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Tuesday

Jack Nicklaus pays teary tribute to friend Arnold Palmer

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