| 1970 Masters | |
Gene Littler and Billy Casper were born one year apart in San Diego, Calif., played junior and amateur golf together, played the PGA Tour together, were lifelong friends. Both wound up in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
At the 1970 Masters, Casper and Littler were tied after 72 holes at 9-under, so the two friends went into a playoff for the Green Jacket. And it was an 18-hole playoff, the last time an 18-hole playoff was used in The Masters. Casper emerged victorious in the Monday playoff, beating his old friend 69 to 74.
Casper won 51 times on the PGA Tour in his career. This was the 45th of those wins, and was the last of his three major championship victories. For Littler (who won 29 times om the PGA Tour), this was the first of two losses in playoffs at majors; he lost the 1977 PGA Championship to Lanny Wadkins in a sudden-death playoff.
Future two-time champion Tom Watson played The Masters for the first time in 1970, missing the cut as an amateur.
Results from the 1970 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (x-won playoff; a-amateur):
| x-Billy Casper | 72-68-68-71--279 | $25,000 |
| Gene Littler | 69-70-70-70--279 | $17,500 |
| Gary Player | 74-68-68-70--280 | $14,000 |
| Bert Yancey | 69-70-72-70--281 | $10,000 |
| Tommy Aaron | 68-74-69-72--283 | $6,667 |
| Dave Hill | 73-70-70-70--283 | $6,667 |
| Dave Stockton | 72-72-69-70--283 | $6,667 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 71-75-69-69--284 | $4,500 |
| Frank Beard | 71-76-68-70--285 | $4,000 |
| Bob Lunn | 70-70-75-72--287 | $3,500 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez | 70-76-73-68--287 | $3,500 |
| Charles Coody | 70-74-67-77--288 | $3,000 |
| Bert Greene | 75-71-70-72--288 | $3,000 |
| Tony Jacklin | 73-74-70-71--288 | $3,000 |
| Don January | 76-73-69-70--288 | $3,000 |
| Takaaki Kono | 75-68-71-74--288 | $3,000 |
| Bob Charles | 75-71-71-72--289 | $2,700 |
| Howie Johnson | 75-71-73-71--290 | $2,500 |
| Dick Lotz | 74-72-72-72--290 | $2,500 |
| Orville Moody | 73-72-71-74--290 | $2,500 |
| Miller Barber | 76-73-77-65--291 | $2,250 |
| Terry Wilcox | 79-70-70-72--291 | $2,250 |
| Deane Beman | 74-72-72-74--292 | $2,020 |
| Julius Boros | 75-71-74-72--292 | $2,020 |
| a-Charlie Coe | 74-71-72-75--292 | |
| Bob Murphy | 78-70-73-71--292 | $2,020 |
| Sam Snead | 76-73-71-72--292 | $2,020 |
| Tom Weiskopf | 73-73-72-74--292 | $2,020 |
| Yung Yo Hsieh | 75-75-69-74--293 | $1,650 |
| Jimmy Wright | 75-72-71-75--293 | $1,650 |
| George Archer | 73-72-74-75--294 | $1,650 |
| Gay Brewer | 78-70-72-74--294 | $1,650 |
| Bruce Devlin | 72-74-78-70--294 | $1,650 |
| Larry Hinson | 72-72-71-79--294 | $1,650 |
| Ken Still | 74-73-74-73--294 | $1,650 |
| Arnold Palmer | 75-73-74-73--295 | $1,575 |
| Dan Sikes | 70-77-71-77--295 | $1,575 |
| Maurice Bembridge | 77-72-70-77--296 | $1,575 |
| Bruce Crampton | 75-71-75-75--296 | $1,575 |
| Dale Douglass | 76-74-72-74--296 | $1,575 |
| a-Vinny Giles | 78-72-72-74--296 | |
| Grier Jones | 73-75-73-75--296 | $1,575 |
| a-Steve Melnyk | 73-76-71-77--297 | |
| Bob Rosburg | 77-73-75-73--298 | $1,500 |
| Al Geiberger | 73-77-74-75--299 | $1,500 |
| George Knudson | 73-72-78-76--299 | $1,500 |
| R.H. Sikes | 70-75-77-78--300 | $1,500 |
| Dean Refram | 76-74-78-75--303 | $1,500 |
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