On Sunday, June 5, 1966, Eugene Cernan stepped out of the Gemini 9A spacecraft orbiting the Earth. Strapped to his back was a Buck Rogers-like space pack. For the first time, an astronaut would travel in space outside of a capsule and untethered. Unfortunately, Cernan encountered complications, and his helmet visor fogged. Unable to see, he had to return to the capsule without accomplishing that part of the mission. On Earth, 168 miles below, millions watched the drama unfold on television, among them Bert Yancey, a 27-year-old PGA Tour professional. Six weeks earlier, Yancey had won the Azalea Open in Wilmington, North Carolina, a small-purse PGA Tour event held opposite the Tournament of Champions. Although the Azalea had a modest field, it was his first win and proved he could compartmentalize his mental-health issues – issues about which few were aware – to play at a high level. Now, though, Yancey was watching the spacewalk in his room at a Ramada Inn in Memphis when he was supposed to be at the Colonial Country Club for the fina...