Arnold Palmer's daughter calls Donald Trump 'disrespectful' after comments about her father

Peg Palmer Wears, nan girl of precocious play fable Arnold Palmer, responded to Donald Trump’s caller comments astir her father, which she considered "disrespectful" and "inappropriate."

Trump campaigned successful Palmer’s hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, wherever nan erstwhile president held a rally astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport Saturday. 

During his speech, Trump claimed to person competed against Palmer connected nan play course, though nan seven-time awesome champion was good past his prime. But aft talking astir his clip pinch Palmer connected nan play course, Trump discussed nan play legend’s manhood and really different players would respond to Palmer successful nan showers. 

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Four-time Masters champion Arnold Palmer (Michael Madrid/USA Today)

"He was each man," Trump said astir Palmer. "This man was truthful beardown and tough, and I refused to opportunity it, but erstwhile he took showers pinch nan different pros, they came retired of there; they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.' I had to opportunity it.

"I had to show you nan ablution portion of it because it's true."

Wears said those comments from Trump were "unacceptable."

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"Being astatine nan airport, which is named for my dad, wherever he flew retired of to spell to activity each time aliases each week, you know, to travel location and talk astir … hackneyed anecdotes from nan locker room … seemed disrespectful and inappropriate to me," Wears told ABC News Monday. 

"The group coming to these rallies merit constituent astir plans Trump has arsenic a candidate, if he could elucidate connected immoderate of nan threats he’s made to people. I mean, these are important issues that should beryllium discussed for group erstwhile they’re getting fresh to vote, and utilizing my dada to screen complete nan important things conscionable seems unacceptable to me."

Wears added that Trump was "appropriating personification he admires to bolster his ain image," adding, "people merit better."

Wears said she will beryllium voting successful this year’s statesmanlike election, though she did not disclose to ABC News who she plans to ballot for. 

Former President Trump, nan Republican statesmanlike nominee, speaks astatine a run rally Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport successful Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

While discussing his clip connected nan play people pinch Palmer, Trump said he felt bully hitting his shot past "The King’s" during a match. 

"I sewage to cognize him erstwhile he was 69 years old, and I played beautiful overmuch pinch him, a batch of him," Trump said. "And arsenic he sewage older — you know, erstwhile you get older, you commencement to suffer a point called distance, and I'm a bully golfer, not for illustration that, but I'm a bully golfer. And I felt truthful bully because I was hitting it a small spot longer than Arnold, but he was, by this time, 75, 76, and I'd deed it four, 5 yards past him.

"I said ‘Arnold, fto maine inquire you: Thirty years ago, 40 years ago, was I longer than you?’"

Trump besides noted Palmer’s financial occurrence during his life, calling him a "very rich | man."

Trump made his measurement done occidental Pennsylvania complete nan weekend, opening successful Latrobe pinch his rally and heading to a section McDonald’s for a astonishment "shift" successful Feasterville-Trevose earlier attending nan Pittsburgh Steelers-New York Jets "Sunday Night Football" crippled astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh to extremity nan weekend’s festivities. 

Palmer was a four-time Masters champion, a two-time Open champion and he won nan U.S. Open successful 1960 during his illustrious play career. His 62 PGA Tour wins rank 5th all-time. 

Former President Trump, nan Republican statesmanlike nominee, participates successful a Fox News Town Hall pinch Sean Hannity astatine nan New Holland Arena Sept. 4, 2024 successful Harrisburg, Pa. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Palmer died successful Pittsburgh Sept. 25, 2016, astatine property 87.

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