LATROBE, Pa. — An hour up the road from Oakmont Country Club, down the long hallway of a white ranch house on the outskirts of an old steel town, Arnold Palmer’s bathroom sits frozen in time ...

The world of golf has changed in the decades since. Nicklaus received $17,500 for winning the 1962 U.S. Open; the champion Sunday will take home $4.3 million. But at Oakmont, the affection for Palmer ...

“I didn’t realize that, as a 22 year old might not, that I was in Arnold Palmer’s backyard,” Nicklaus said. Palmer, of course, is from Latrobe, Pa., roughly an hour south of Pittsburgh.

And for Palmer, from nearby Latrobe, Pa., this was a home game. "I finished second (at the U.S. Open) in ‘60 and fourth in ‘61 and I sort of felt like this was my Open," Nicklaus said.

The Shop 'n Save Westmoreland International Airshow is set to take place, rain or shine, this Saturday and Sunday.

Palmer, age 64 at the time, was playing in his last tournament in the 1994 U.S. Open, and Carriage Limousine transported Palmer from his home to Oakmont every day by helicopter during the week.

Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer were rivals after Nicklaus won in a playoff at the U.S. Open in 1962. But over the years the two created a strong bond on and off the course.

Arnold Palmer was in his prime in his home-state 1962 U.S. Open, ... He also knew Oakmont, only 40 miles from Latrobe, intimately, having played more than 100 rounds there since the age of 12.

Next week, Oakmont Country Club will host its 10th U.S. Open championship. This week at “Breakfast with Benz,” we are flashing back to memories of each of the last five U.S. Opens that have ...