Arnold Palmer's name is synonymous with golf and refreshment.
The legendary duffer lent his name to his signature beverage after drinking the combination of iced tea and lemonade for years after hot days on the golf course in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, according to Palmer's website.
After a day in the late 1960s that Palmer spent designing a course in Palm Springs, California, that the drink became ensconced in popular culture.
A woman seated near Palmer asked for one after hearing him order the drink.
"The lady at the table said, 'I want an Arnold Palmer,'" Palmer told ESPN. "All of us turned our heads. What is she talking about? She said, 'I want what he ordered.' And she called it an Arnold Palmer. And from that day on it spread like wildfire."
However, Palmer rarely ordered the drink by name.
"I was embarrassed to ask for an Arnold Palmer," he said. "I always asked, 'Can I have an iced tea and put about a third of it in lemonade?' And they would say 'Oh, you want an Arnold Palmer.'"
In addition to a documentary, the famed drink was also the basis of an ESPN commercial.
The Arizona Beverage Co. started selling cans of the drink with Palmer's name and image on them in 2001.
The can says it is a half-and-half mix of iced tea and lemonade. Palmer's recipe calls for a majority of tea with about one-quarter to one-third lemonade.
"Iced tea has the dominant side; that dominates the drink. And if it doesn't, it isn't really right," Palmer said.
While there are some variations on the recipe, adding vodka to the beverage gives it another golfer's name: John Daly.
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