Arnold Palmer's legacy not only includes his legendary status as a man who transformed the world of golf, he's being remembered for his charitable work across Central Florida.

Ashley Mosely said the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children saved the life of her 8-year-old daughter, Jade.

“They actually gave her the comfort, the care and the medical needs and everything she ever desired,” Mosley said.

Palmer pushed for and helped fund the hospital, along with the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies, named for his wife of 45 years, Winnie. It was their way of giving back to a community the couple lived in during the winters.

His charm and compelling high-risk, high-reward approach to golf made him and his sport famous. He’d golfed with presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama.

Palmer also had a big impact on what we drink. His ice tea-lemonade drink is readily available at stores. He also owned the Bay Hill Club and Lodge golf resort in Orange County.

Members at the club Monday said "The King," who died from heart problems Sunday afternoon at 87, was always approachable when he was there.

“We were talking just this morning about him, how he was always sitting at his table in the winter time," Pete Jurgen said. "You could go up to him with all the respect in the world. You just wanted to shake the man’s hand for what he’s done for kids and the sport.”

Another golfer there said he felt like family.

“I just can’t tell you how sad I am. He was an amazing person," Elaine Axelrod said. "We’ll miss him. He was a humanitarian. He cared about all the people here. We felt like his family, and I feel like someone in my family has passed.”

The Arnold Palmer Invitational, held every year in the spring at Bay Hill, raising money for charity, will go on. So will the work at his namesake hospital.

“It is kind of sad he passed away, but what he has got going on here, it actually helps out a whole lot of people and their families,” Mosley said.