Arnold Palmer's daughter calls Donald Trump 'disrespectful' after comments about her father

Peg Palmer Wears, the girl of precocious play fable Arnold Palmer, responded to Donald Trump’s caller comments astir her father, which she considered "disrespectful" and "inappropriate."

Trump campaigned successful Palmer’s hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, wherever the erstwhile president held a rally astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport Saturday. 

During his speech, Trump claimed to person competed against Palmer connected the play course, though the seven-time large champion was good past his prime. But aft talking astir his clip with Palmer connected the play course, Trump discussed the play legend’s manhood and however different players would respond to Palmer successful the showers. 

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Four-time Masters champion Arnold Palmer (Michael Madrid/USA Today)

"He was each man," Trump said astir Palmer. "This antheral was truthful beardown and tough, and I refused to accidental it, but erstwhile helium took showers with the different pros, they came retired of there; they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.' I had to accidental it.

"I had to archer you the ablution portion of it due to the fact that it's true."

Wears said those comments from Trump were "unacceptable."

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"Being astatine the airport, which is named for my dad, wherever helium flew retired of to spell to enactment each time oregon each week, you know, to travel determination and speech astir … hackneyed anecdotes from the locker country … seemed disrespectful and inappropriate to me," Wears told ABC News Monday. 

"The radical coming to these rallies merit substance astir plans Trump has arsenic a candidate, if helium could elucidate connected immoderate of the threats he’s made to people. I mean, these are important issues that should beryllium discussed for radical erstwhile they’re getting acceptable to vote, and utilizing my dada to screen implicit the important things conscionable seems unacceptable to me."

Wears added that Trump was "appropriating idiosyncratic helium admires to bolster his ain image," adding, "people merit better."

Wears said she volition beryllium voting successful this year’s statesmanlike election, though she did not disclose to ABC News who she plans to ballot for. 

Former President Trump, the Republican statesmanlike nominee, speaks astatine a run rally Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport successful Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

While discussing his clip connected the play people with Palmer, Trump said helium felt bully hitting his shot past "The King’s" during a match. 

"I got to cognize him erstwhile helium was 69 years old, and I played beauteous overmuch with him, a batch of him," Trump said. "And arsenic helium got older — you know, erstwhile you get older, you commencement to suffer a happening called distance, and I'm a bully golfer, not similar that, but I'm a bully golfer. And I felt truthful bully due to the fact that I was hitting it a small spot longer than Arnold, but helium was, by this time, 75, 76, and I'd deed it four, 5 yards past him.

"I said ‘Arnold, fto maine inquire you: Thirty years ago, 40 years ago, was I longer than you?’"

Trump besides noted Palmer’s fiscal occurrence during his life, calling him a "very affluent man."

Trump made his mode done occidental Pennsylvania implicit the weekend, opening successful Latrobe with his rally and heading to a section McDonald’s for a astonishment "shift" successful Feasterville-Trevose earlier attending the Pittsburgh Steelers-New York Jets "Sunday Night Football" crippled astatine Acrisure Stadium successful Pittsburgh to extremity the weekend’s festivities. 

Palmer was a four-time Masters champion, a two-time Open champion and helium won the U.S. Open successful 1960 during his illustrious play career. His 62 PGA Tour wins fertile 5th all-time. 

Former President Trump, the Republican statesmanlike nominee, participates successful a Fox News Town Hall with Sean Hannity astatine the New Holland Arena Sept. 4, 2024 successful Harrisburg, Pa. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Palmer died successful Pittsburgh Sept. 25, 2016, astatine property 87.

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