They took their seats in a congregation which included golfers spanning multiple decades, including Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson and Nick Faldo. US Ryder Cup stars Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson were also among the crowd. Fowler and Watson arrived clutching the Ryder Cup, which the USA wrested back from Europe last weekend after three consecutive defeats. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem admitted he had found it hard to put his sadness at Palmer's passing to one side. "I got the same instructions which were to make this an uplifting celebration but I can tell you it's really, really hard to do that because we come here with heavy hearts," Finchem said.

Source: Daily Nation October 04, 2016 17:03 UTC