Arnie's Army gathers once more

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The golf was merely an excuse to celebrate the man.\nArnold Palmer began what will be his final go-around at the Masters Thursday with his army mustered behind him once more. They lined every fairway, tee to green. Grizzled veterans who joined decades ago stood shoulder-to-shoulder with new recruits eager for what might be their only glimpse of the King.\n"I started coming here when I was 3 with my dad. He always told me, 'Root for Arnold Palmer. You follow Arnold Palmer,'" said Blanton Phillips, who this year brought his own 3-year-old, Sam.\n"I'd like him to see Arnie here on his last trip around," Phillips said, nodding at his son. "When he's my age, he'll be able to look at his pairing sheet and say he was here when Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus were all playing in the Masters at the same time"