ARNOLD PALMER: Actually, the way it turned out was a little bit ironic because it looked like Tony was maybe stacking the last four players, putting his strong guys down there at the bottom, and I had not that intention at all. I kind of matched the people that I thought would be good matches from the top. Mine kind of fell the way it did as much accidentally as on purpose, because I felt that any one of my guys, and rightly so, could handle the situation, whether they be at the top or the bottom. So I didn't worry about that.
Q. Arnold, with Faldo and Strange and Langer and Irwin, maybe some more up there, but did you have some old Ryder Cup rivalries in mind when you put those together or were you just dropping them in a hat? Be honest.
ARNOLD PALMER: I can be honest, you know that. I don't have a problem with that. When I saw the opportunity to put Hale where I did, I welcomed it because I thought it was kind of ironic that it fell into that situation. And most of them, whether it put Colin and Watson or whatever, that wasn't something that I preplanned, it was something that I happily had happen to me, that I could do that. That's pretty much it, Furman. I think that's as honest as I can be about it.
Q. Arnold, the second year in a row that this tournament has been here at Sea Island, and there has been a lot of praise of the job Sea Island has done hosting this. What are your thoughts about this coming back here again?
ARNOLD PALMER: I suppose I personally had some doubt as to whether it would come back here. As we stand at the moment, I am just totally thrilled with the thoughts that it might very well come back here again next year. I thought that would be wonderful. I don't think that they'll have any problem getting the players that were here this year. I think they would welcome the chance to come back. Of course Bill Jones and company here seem very thrilled with what has happened, the large crowds, the way that the matches went, the Golf Channel picking it up and carrying on as they have. All the things -- you know, it's sort of a match made in heaven. I don't know that we'll ever be lucky enough to have it happen quite as nice as it did this week.
As you know, last year it was great, but the weather got stinky and we had a lot of problems. But now it looks like there is a good chance that we might have another shot next year and I welcome that very much. The venue couldn't be better.
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