Billy Casper
Billy Casper
William Earl Casper, Jr.was an American professional golfer. He was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth24 June 1931
CountryUnited States of America
character golf men
Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame.
golf thinking games
Think ahead. Golf is a next-shot game.
play giving next
Play every shot so that the next one will be the easiest that you can give yourself.
love men gentleman
Recently I gave a lecture and a gentleman came to me and asked how I'd like to be remembered, i'd never been asked that before, so I thought for a few seconds. And I said I want to be remembered that I had a great love for my fellow man.
furniture aging problem
Like a lot of fellows around here, I have a furniture problem. My chest has fallen into my drawers.
sports world golfers
Golfers are the greatest worriers in the world of sport.
looks means phil
It really means a lot, to see this, to be here. Phil is going to just get better. He looks like he's got the right things going on.
air clothes difficult fresh layers matter nice stay tendency wet whatever
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.
carry couple last stairs wants
I think they had to carry him up the stairs the last couple years. But you see, he wants to be there.
against clothed dedicated family generating good income mattered playing record rest stacked
I was so dedicated to generating income to keep my family housed and clothed and schooled. That mattered to me. And playing good golf mattered to me. The rest of the things, like how my record stacked up against others, never made that much difference.
I was in the Navy and saw, first-hand, the effects of front-line combat.
believe hard hitting kid mexico
It's hard to believe a kid hitting golf balls in the cow pastures of New Mexico could have accomplished what I have accomplished.
bad change early happens hit learned move next
I learned something very important early on: You accept what happens and move on. In other words, if I hit a bad shot, I can't change it. There is only the next shot. That was a big lesson.
believe best dry grew
I grew up on black sand greens. The best tees were old, dry cowpies, believe it or not.