Book Signing by Legendary Golfer Billy Casper for His Autobiography “The Big Three and Me”

Pete Carlson’s Golf & Tennis will host legendary PGA champion, Billy Casper, who will sign his autobiography, “The Big Three and Me.”  Billy Casper played in 556 PGA Tour events during his career. His resume includes 380 top 25 finishes and 51 wins including winning the Masters in 1970. He went on to play in 293 Champions Tour events and finished with 152 top 25s and 9 wins. Casper’s many celebrated wins ranks him among the top 20 players ever.

Casper with writers James Parkinson and Lee Benson provides a fascinating insider’s view with “The Big Three and Me” of the early days beginning in 1956 of being on the road as a pro golfer pre-PGA Tour days. Jim Nantz of CBS Sports said, “A nostalgic walk through what many call golf's most glorious era. And in that era, the unsung hero was Billy Casper. If you love golf, and are fascinated by the remarkable men who play at its highest levels, you won't be able to put this book down."

In “The Big Three and Me” Casper tells how professional golf returns to its romantic, and considerably thriftier, roots – before the PGA Tour evolved, as Casper writes, "from house trailers to jets." Casper's descriptions of Arnold Palmer, and his shot-by-shot account of their legendary showdown at the 1966 U.S. Open, where Casper made up a seven-stroke deficit on the final nine on Sunday and then won in the next day's playoff, serve as the focal part of the book. He also pays special attention to Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, the other members of the legendary "Big Three" that he battled toe-to-toe with throughout his career.

His life story is a road trip of simple beginnings that, like the Tour itself, reached unimagined dimensions. Both went from rags to riches. Casper's history is golf's history. When he drove down Magnolia Lane to play in his first Masters, he shook Bobby Jones' hand. In his final Masters, Tiger Woods was the winner.

Jamie Diaz, Senior Writer with Golf Digest/Golf World describes Casper as, “quietly, neatly, gracefully, like a pool hustler running the table and calmly leaving with everyone's money, Billy Casper's glide through golf history was too subtle and too stoic to be properly appreciated. The truth is, the public probably had less idea who Billy Casper was than any great golfer of the second half of the century. He is arguably the best golfer who never got his due.”

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