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
golf thinking numbers
Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.
golf andrew westminster-abbey
The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.
jesus mean golf
But, no, I don't feel my career has not been fulfilled because I didn't win the US Open. It's like the guy said: You going to crucify a man because he missed a putt to win a tournament? Does a three-foot putt mean his whole life? Another guy said, well, he couldn't win the big one. Well, Jesus, what do you call those others? What's big and what's small?
golf two feet
I've gotten rid of the yips four times but they hang in there. You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break? I'd rather see a rattlesnake.
eye golf years
Over the years I've studied the habits of golfers. I know what to look for. Watch their eyes. Fear shows up when there is an enlargement of the pupils. Big pupils lead to big scores.
golf thinking shoes
Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing.
hazards anticipation scared
Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
golf mind floating
I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.
sweet hurt nice
I give the ball some sweet talk. I tell it that this isn't going to hurt a bit. I'm a friend and all I'm going to do is give it a nice little ride.
golf arms
Golf is played with the arms.
real golf thinking
Most people who play golf have one big trouble: they think too much. To get any real mileage out of this game you've got to sit on your imagination.
sports real play
Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.
sports loss player
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
golf three-things lightning
The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.