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Samuel Jackson Snead
"The Slammer" and "Slammin' Sammy"
Professional Golfer
May 27, 1912
Hot Springs, Va.
May 23, 2002
Hot Springs, Va.
Family cemetery on a farm in Hot Springs, Va.
6 feet
185 lbs.
Brown
Gray/green
Protestant
Audrey Karnes
Sam, Jr.; Terrance
John Wayne
Steak, shrimp cocktail, salad, country fried steak, apple pie, ice cream
BMW and Mercedes
Fishing, hunting, cards, gardening and watching sports
. Sam holds the world record of 82 PGA Tour victories
. Sam turned professional in 1934 and joined the tour in 1937
. Sam is the winningest golfer of all time, with 185 professional victories
. He finished in the top-10 358 times and in the top-25 473 times
. He made an ace with every club in the bag except the putter
. He had 42 holes-in-one and four double eagles
. Sam set more than 164 course records, three of which were at The Greenbrier
. He won tournaments in six decades
. Sam was the 1949 and 1950 PGA leading money winner
. Sam won the G.G.O. for the first time in 1938 and for the eighth time in 1967 - a span of 27 years
. At the age of 73, Sam shot a 60 at the Lower Cascades in Hot Springs, Va. It remains a course record
. At the age of 67, he became the youngest PGA Tour player to shoot his age
. From 1984 to 2002, Sam hit the honorary starting tee shot at the Masters
. Sam was the leading money winner in 1938, 1949 and 1950
. Sam Snead's Tavern operates in Canada, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Pennsylvania and Indiana
. According to the PGA Tour points system, Sam is the No. 1 golfer of all time
. In the book "The Game I Love," Sam cites 1950 as his best year. That year he won 11 tournaments, won the Vardon Trophy and beat Ben Hogan in the playoff at Riviera in the L.A. Open
. Sam played the Tour from 1936 through 1976 - Longer than anyone else in golf history. |
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