Masters champion Bob Goalby, who won after scorecard error, dies at 92

Bob Goalby gets the green jacket as Masters champion in 1968, from the previous year’s winner, Gay Brewer. Goalby died Wednesday at age 92. | AP

Bob Goalby, who won the 1968 Masters without having to go to a playoff when Roberto De Vicenzo infamously signed for the wrong score, has died. He was 92.

Goalby’s death Wednesday in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois, was confirmed by the PGA Tour and by Bill Haas, his great nephew.