Arnie's army remembers a most revered hero

The author is expressing his views on Golf

Arnold Palmer is not there anymore, but he is everywhere. Tens of thousands of patrons (spectators at the Masters) sported a large button which proudly declared “I am a member of Arnie’s army’. That army was a force multiplier to the primeval energy that was Arnie and egged him on to his famous ‘charge’ that caused him to win often, even against great odds. A great champion alright, but what made him a legend in his lifetime, honoured and revered by one and all, was his unfailing grace, courtesy, kindness and a smile for all players, to the thronging fans