Walter Bingham

Born Fort Worth, Texas

I am not old enough to have watched the man play, but your story on Bill Russell gave me goose bumps—Steve Rubin, Boulder, Colo.

As everyone from Pebble Beach to Augusta knows, the AT&T National Pro-Am was canceled after 36 holes because one hole—the 16th at Spyglass Hill—was deemed unplayable. But should a final 18 have been played? SI's...

In September 1983, assistant managing editor Walter Bingham received a concerned call from his cousin, Larry Norton. "Is everything all right with you?" asked Norton.

It's a tribute to Walter Bingham's versatility that his ascent of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S masthead has resembled that of a climber on Everest, his steady movement upward having been interrupted by frequent traverses as...