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
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.
sports golf knives
If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.
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.