Billy Casper
FameRank: 4

"Won": 1970 Masters Tournament/1970

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/ open = 4th: 1968 Open Championship/1968

/ pga = 2nd/T2: 1958 PGA Championship/1958, 1965 PGA Championship/1965, 1971 PGA Championship/1971

/ wghofid = billy-casper

/ wghofyear = 1978

/ award1 = PGA Player of the Year

/ year1 = 1966, 1970

/ award2 = PGA Tour#Money winners and most wins leaders/PGA Tour

leading money winner

/ year2 = 1966, 1968

/ award3 = Vardon Trophy

/ year3 = 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968

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"William Earl Casper, Jr." (June 24, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s.

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Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities -patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.

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He congratulated me, ... and I put my arm around him and said, 'I'm sorry.' At a time like that, you really feel for a fellow competitor. People still focus on the total collapse of Arnie, but they don't realize I shot 32 on the back nine to force that playoff. There were only 15 rounds under par at Olympic in '66, and I had four of them.

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I think they had to carry him up the stairs the last couple years. But you see, he wants to be there.

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I hope this doesn't stop my momentum.

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As long as you're not shouting and hollering.

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Think ahead. Golf is a next-shot game.

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Play every shot so that the next one will be the easiest that you can give yourself.

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The air was so fresh and nice and pure. (But) it was difficult to put on enough clothes to stay warm. No matter how many layers you had on, that wet air had a tendency to penetrate whatever you were wearing.

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Try to think where you want to put the ball not where you don't want it to go.

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