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RIP Billy Casper... (Original Post) trumad Feb 2015 OP
His crack to Arnold Palmer... malthaussen Feb 2015 #1

malthaussen

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1. His crack to Arnold Palmer...
Sun Feb 8, 2015, 09:32 AM
Feb 2015

... during the latter's legendary breakdown at the 1966 US open was one of the better put-downs in sports history. As Arnie was busy throwing away a 7 stroke lead on the back 9 of the final round, Billy told him to putt ahead of him on one hole because "You're on a roll."

That was a tragic day for Arnie's Army, but kudos to Casper for playing well and taking advantage of Palmer's meltdown.

-- Mal

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