The tournament hadn't even started and Bill Lowen has already had a visit from an emergency medic. In the Birmingham boat yard this morning, preparing for practice, Lowen closed his livewell lid and a small piece of gravel popped up and lodged in his eye. BASS staff called an ambulance and they quickly got it out. At takeoff this morning Lowen said the vision in that eye was still a little blurry but he thought he'd be fine. "Wish I'd had my Vicious Fishing sunglass on at the time," said Lowen with a smile.