Allen: "It's probably going to be the first time I'm going to be extremely nervous teeing off."

Bill Fields on 53-year-old Champions Tour player Michael Allen finally getting his crack at Olympic, one of the many great stories heading into Thursday's first round.

But Allen's link to Olympic goes back further than that. As a 7-year-old attending the 1966 Open, he got Arnold Palmer's autograph and picked up a couple of practice balls that had flown the range. He noted that the media center is where an old practice ground used to be, where "I have spent many, many hours sweating on, even in this cold temperature."