The only time Billy Casper embarrassed himself at the Masters is when he refused to take credit for his record-setting folly. That’s when the 73-year-old former champion went bush league. When Casper “no-carded” -
declined to submit his scorecard - electing to disqualify himself rather than write his 34-over-par 106 into Augusta’s record books, he became the worst kind of sports baby.
Casper effectively turned himself into Jose Hernandez, the forgetably bad baseball player who sat rather than break the major league strikeout record, in 2002. From a man who showed such class in posting that 106, including the 14 on ...
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