Arnold Palmer still hitting balls, staying busy (The Associated Press)

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LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -- Arnold Palmer didn't make a live television appearance at Bay Hill. For the first time, he didn't hit the ceremonial first tee shot at the Masters. He struggles with mobility, which kept him from attending the U.S. Open.

Just don't get the idea Palmer is slowing down entirely.

The day after the U.S. Open, he drove his golf cart up to the back entrance of his office across from Latrobe Country Club. The 86-year-old Palmer had just returned from hitting balls. And he was as frustrated as ever.

''I'm just not making very good contact,'' Palmer said. ''I'll get there.''

Palmer, who lost in a playoff at Oakmont in 1962 and played in his final U.S. Open there in…