Happy Birthday Arnie...and Thanks for the Rolling Rock!

There are millions of Arnold Palmer stories in the world of golf. Today, Arnie turns 80. He has met and touched the lives of so many people. Here's a memory from the late '70s when a young golf writer met up with Arnie: It was the late '70s and the old Citrus Open golf tournament in Orlando found a new home at the Bay Hill Club under the watchful eye of the legendary Arnold Palmer. Palmer was still an active player back then and made sure everything at Bay Hill was totally first class. Good friend Huges Norton of International Management Group, the heir to the IMG throne in those days, gave me a guest pass to the IMG hospitality tent. After a busy day of writing, interviewing, walking the course and other golf writer-tasks, it was time to head for the IMG tent, use the pass and perhaps enjoy a cold beverage, or two, or three. The IMG tent was first class. Everything you'd want, plenty of food, plenty of cold "beverages." An eight-foot by four-foot tub caug...