A Trio of Books. Palmer, Arnold. The Turning Point. ProGroup, Inc., 1983.
A trio of identical commemorative hardcover volumes titled The Turning Point: The 54th Amateur Championship of the United States Golf Association - 1954 - Winner: Arnold D. Palmer. Published in 1983 by ProGroup, Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee, these books chronicle Arnold Palmer's victory in the 1954 U.S. Amateur. Each volume is bound in black pebble-grained boards with gilt-stamped lettering on the front covers. The interior features black and white photographic illustrations, reproductions of contemporary newspaper headlines including Palmer's engagement to Winifred Walzer, and a list of previous winners from 1895 to 1953. The copyright page identifies the publisher as ProGroup, Inc., 99 Tremont Street, Chattanooga, TN 37405. These small-format books were issued without dust jackets.
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