Sam Snead

Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was one of the top golfers in the world for most of 4 decades. He won a record 82 PGA Tour events and about 70 others worldwide. He won seven majors: three Masters, three PGA Championships and one British Open. In spite of his great achievements, his reputation has always been slightly tainted by his failure to win even a single U.S. Open.

Career

In 1937, his first year on the Tour, he won five events, including the Oakland Open in California.

Related Topics:
1937 - Oakland Open

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In 1938, he first won the Greater Greensboro Open, which he won eight times, the Tour record for victories at an event, concluding in 1965 at the age of 52, making him the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event.

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1938 - Greater Greensboro Open - 1965

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1939 was the first of several times he failed at crucial moments of the U.S. Open, the only major event he never won.

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He won 11 events in 1950. No one has since won more.

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In 1974, at age 62, he shot a one-under-par 279 to come in third (three strokes behind winner Lee Trevino) at the PGA Championship at Tanglewood in Clemmons, North Carolina.

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1974 - Lee Trevino - PGA Championship - Clemmons, North Carolina

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In 1978 he won the first Legends of Golf event, which was the impetus for the creation two years later of the Senior PGA TOUR, now known as the Champions Tour.

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1978 - Legends of Golf - Two years later - Champions Tour

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In 1979 he was the youngest PGA Tour golfer to shoot his age (67) in the second round of the 1979 Quad Cities Open. He shot under his age (66) in the final round.

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1979 - Quad Cities Open

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In 1983, at age 71, he shot a round of 60 (12-under-par) at the Homestead in Hot Springs.

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1983 - Homestead in Hot Springs

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In 1997, at age 85, he shot a round of 78 at the Old White course of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

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1997 - The Greenbrier - White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

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In 1998, he received the fourth PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award.

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1998 - PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award

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From 1984 to 2002, he hit the honorary starting tee shot at The Masters. Until 2001, he was joined by Byron Nelson, and until 1999, by Gene Sarazen.

Related Topics:
1984 - 2002 - The Masters - 2001 - Byron Nelson - 1999 - Gene Sarazen

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