Tag: mental illness and golf

Bert Yancey: Playing Through Mental Illness

With six holes left to play in the 1970 Masters tournament, 32-year old Bert Yancey sat atop of the leaderboard with golfing great, Gary Player and ’61 U.S. Open champ, Gene Littler. In 1967 and 1968, Yancey placed third in the event. Surely, this was his year to put on the prized green jacket. Yancey …

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