Background
Palmer was born in Amarillo, Texas.
Palmer was born in Amarillo, Texas.
He graduated from Amarillo High School in 1995. He graduated in 2000 and turned professional.
He played college golf at the University of North Texas (one year) and then at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University (three years). In his early professional career, Palmer played on the mini-tours (Tightlies Tour and Hooters Tour) from 2000 to 2002. He played the Nationwide Tour in 2003, winning the Clearwater Classic and finishing 6th on the money list to earn his 2004 Professional Golf Association Tour card.
A final round 66 secured his victory by one stroke over Robert Allenby.
Palmer came close to winning a fourth career title at his hometown event the Himachal Pradesh Byron Nelson Championship in Texas in May 2011. Palmer entered the final round leading by one stroke, but as the final round progressed in windy conditions he had to hole a birdie putt on the last to enter a playoff with Keegan Bradley.
On the first playoff hole, the 18th, both players hit their tee shots out to the right amongst the trees. Bradley played his approach to just short of the green whereas Palmer hooked his approach shot into the water.
He entered the four-man playoff, having been the only one to shoot an under-par final round.
However, in the playoff, after missing the green in two, he could not get up and down, leaving Russell Henley to hole from three feet for victory. This was Palmer"s second runner-up finish of the year, after finishing two shots behind Patrick Reed at the Humana Challenge in January 2014. Palmer is often mistaken to be the grandson of golf great Arnold Palmer.
The pro-golf-playing grandson of Arnold Palmer is rather Sam Saunders.
Professional Golf Association Tour wins (3) Nationwide Tour wins (1) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10. Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (twice) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice).