Gary Player: “The Big Three came about because we won so many more Major championships than other people did. And then we were playing and travelling and we were constantly on television.”

Jack Nicklaus: “Arnold, Gary and I were always good friends and loved to compete against each other. Between Arnold and me, our rivalry has always been wonderfully competitive but never bitter. The friendship Gary and I forged is perhaps the closest I share with any golfer.”

Arnold Palmer: “Jack was a great striker of the golf ball and he had an ability…to go out on a golf course and play his game without…letting anything bother him. Gary…was very persistent. He never backed off a situation and never gave up.”