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NPR's 'Only a Game': 1969 Masters Champion George Archer and a 50-Year Secret

FROM "ONLY A GAME" last December, here's a revealing story about George Archer, the 1969 Masters champion. Archer stood 6 feet 6 inches. I remember him as a good putter.

An excerpt:

[George Archer's] pro career spanned five decades. His wife Donna and their two daughters often joined him on tour. They were a close family. And they needed to be. Because George Archer had a secret they all had to keep.

(Archer was dyslexis. He couldn't read.)

On the tour, to keep his secret, George Archer had to find a way around that wall.