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The best way to introduce the founder of BillyCasperOnline - Billy Casper - is with an exerpt from an article in Golf Digest by Johnny Miller.
By Johnny Miller Golf Digest
Uncommonly gifted,
highly underrated
When people think of golf in the 1960s, they think of the "Big Three" of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. To the public, it seemed then and seems now like no other pro golfers existed. It's been pointed out that, from 1965 through 1970, the Big Three combined for a total
of 35 victories on the PGA Tour. But Billy Casper won 23 all by himself.That says something about Casper, who in my mind is the most underrated golfer of all time, hands down. Casper won 51 times on the PGA Tour from 1956 to 1975. Only five players in the history of the game won
more, and Casper did it against some of the best golfers of any era. He won the U.S. Open twice, in 1959 and '66, and won the Masters in 1970. He played on eight Ryder Cup teams and captained another. He won the Vardon Trophy five times. He was sensational.
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By presenting a brief breakdown of his victories you can get a glimpse of his golf prowess.
Between 1956 and 1975, Casper won 51 times on the PGA TOUR, a figure surpassed by only Snead, Nicklaus, Palmer, Hogan and Nelson. During his career, he won national titles on three continents and is credited with more than 60 professional tournament championships. Among these titles are the U.S. Open, The Masters and the Canadian Open. He was a member of eight Ryder Cup teams, winning more points, 23.5, than any other American player. He won the Vardon Trophy five times, a record matched only by Tiger Woods and Lee Trevino.. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978 and the PGA Hall of Fame in 1982.

Most consecutive years winning at least one tournament

17 Jack Nicklaus (1962-78)
17 Arnold Palmer (1955-71)
16 Billy Casper (1956-71)

Most victories during career (PGA TOUR co-sponsored and/or approved tournaments only)

82 Sam Snead
73 Jack Nicklaus
64 Ben Hogan
62 Arnold Palmer
52 Byron Nelson
51 Billy Casper

PGA Player of the Year 1970, 1966

PGA Tour Leading Money Winner 1966, 1968

Five-time Vardon Trophy Winner 1968, 1966, 1965, 1963, 1960 (Tied with Tiger and Lee Trevino) for best all time.

Ryder Cup Team 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975

Record:    20 Wins     7 Halves     10 Losses

Ryder Cup Team Captain 1979

More than 80 Tournament Wins World Wide

PGA Tour wins:
• 1956 Labatt Open
• 1957 Phoenix Open Invitational, Kentucky Derby Open Invitational
• 1958 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship, Greater New Orleans Open Invitational, Buick Open Invitational
• 1959 U.S. Open, Portland Centennial Open Invitational, Lafayette Open Invitational, Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational
• 1960 Portland Open Invitational, Hesperia Open Invitational, Orange County Open Invitational
• 1961 Portland Open Invitational
• 1962 Doral C.C. Open Invitational, Greater Greensboro Open, 500 Festival Open Invitation, Bakersfield Open Invitational
• 1963 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, Insurance City Open Invitational
• 1964 Doral Open Invitational, Colonial National Invitation, Greater Seattle Open Invitational, Almaden Open Invitational
• 1965 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Western Open, Insurance City Open Invitational, Sahara Invitational
• 1966 San Diego Open Invitational, U.S. Open, Western Open, 500 Festival Open Invitation
• 1967 Canadian Open, Carling World Open
• 1968 Los Angeles Open, Greater Greensboro Open, Colonial National Invitation, 500 Festival Open Invitation, Greater Hartford Open Invitational, Lucky International Open
• 1969 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Western Open, Alcan Open
• 1970 Los Angeles Open, Masters Tournament, IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic, Avco Classic
• 1971 Kaiser International Open Invitational
• 1973 Western Open, Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
• 1975 First NBC New Orleans Open

Major championships are shown in bold.

Champions Tour wins
• 1982 The Shootout at Jeremy Ranch, Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Pro-Am
• 1983 U.S. Senior Open
• 1984 SENIOR PGA TOUR Roundup
• 1987 Del E. Webb Arizona Classic, Greater Grand Rapids Open
• 1988 Vantage At The Dominion, Mazda SENIOR TOURNAMENT PLAYERS Championship
• 1989 Transamerica Senior Golf Championship
Johnny Miller, Golf Digest Cont...
Casper wasn't the most flamboyant guy around, which is why he didn't get much attention from the press or much adulation from the public. But he was a golf genius, especially with the putter. As a young pro I played a lot of golf with Casper, and I saw him do things that were hard to believe. For example, if he missed a putt he thought he should have made, and was left with a 3-footer coming back, he would walk up and slam that 3-footer so hard it would hit the back of the hole, pop up in the air and then fall in. He did that all the time. If he ever missed one of those, the ball would have gone 10 feet by the hole. But he never did miss. And he was even better on long putts. On 30-, 40- and even 60-foot putts, he would roll the ball to within two feet, on average.
He was a magician with the long clubs, too. Casper loved to work the ball. He would fade the ball with his driver and then curve his approach shot either way.

Casper never choked. If you found yourself playing head to head against him, you were in very deep trouble. He had almost no ego. He didn't get nervous. He didn't care if you out-drove him or hit your second shot inside him. He would grind along in a very businesslike way, rarely making a mistake, and eventually he would beat you. Remember when Arnold Palmer blew the 1966 U.S. Open at Olympic to Casper by squandering a seven-stroke lead on the back nine? Well, people forget that Casper shot 32 over the final nine holes.
What he taught us: Casper's ability with the putter notwithstanding, much of his success was due to his considerable skill as a shotmaker. Shaping shots at will requires fine control of the clubface through impact, and Casper felt this was achieved through judicious use of the right hand. But he cautioned: "If you feel your right hand releasing before impact, then you probably released too soon."

Casper won 51 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including the U.S. Open (1959, '66) and the Masters (1970). He won the Vardon Trophy five times and played on eight Ryder Cup teams.
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