Sam Snead
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Sneadwas an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events, including seven majors. He never won the U.S. Open, though he was runner-up four times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth27 May 1912
CityAshwood, VA
CountryUnited States of America
american-athlete greens hit hold putter
The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.
afford american-athlete golf hunt played
The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.
downhill rather
You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break? I'd rather see a rattlesnake.
Then I'll be back here when I'm 68.
afford american-athlete golf hunting played reason
The only reason I played golf was so that I could afford to go hunting and fishing.
brains figure practice puts
I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles.
greens harder
The greens are harder than a whore's heart.
fall golf fit
Good golfing temperament falls between taking it with a grin or shrug and throwing a fit.
golf player
I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.
golf play balls
But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.
golf thinking age
I hope I'll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don't think I will ever age that much.
ants green remember
I've been on some fairways that are as good as the greens we putted on back then. We had crab grass. I remember one green where I putted through ants.
Those who go along get along.
distance golf indifference
To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.