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Timeline
1912 - Born in Hot Springs, Va.
1934 - Turns pro at The Homestead
1936 - Earns his first PGA Tour victory by winning the West Virginia Closed Pro.
1937 - Joins the PGA Tour
    - Plays on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team
    - Wins the first Bing Crosby Tournament
1938 - Wins his first Greensboro Open title
1940 - Marries his high school sweetheart, Audrey Karnes
1943 - Wins his first PGA Championship
1944 - Sam Snead, Jr. is born
1946 - Wins the British Open
    - Wins his second Greensboro Open title
1947 - Plays on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team
1949 - Wins his second PGA Championship
    - Wins his first Masters Tournament, becoming the first recipient of the green
     jacket
    - Wins his third Greensboro Open title
    - Plays on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team
1950 - Wins his fourth Greensboro Open title
1951 - Wins his third and final PGA Championship
    - Plays on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team (Team Captain)
1952 - Wins his second Masters Tournament
    - Terrance Snead is born
1953 - Plays on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team
1954 - Wins his third and final Masters Tournament
1955 - Wins his fifth Greensboro Open title
    - Plays on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team
1956 - Wins his sixth Greensboro Open title
    - Member of the winning World Cup Team
1959 - Plays on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team (Team Captain)
1960 - Wins his seventh Greensboro Open title
    - Member of the winning World Cup Team
1961 - Member of the winning World Cup Team
    - Wins the individual World Cup Title
1962 - Member of the winning World Cup Team
1964 - Wins his first PGA Seniors Championship
    - Wins his first WorldSeniors
1965 - Wins his eighth Greensboro Open title at 52-years old, making him the
    oldest player to win on the PGA Tour
    - Wins his second PGA Seniors Championship
    - Wins his second WorldSeniors
1967 - Wins his third PGA Seniors Championship
1969 - Team Captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team
1970 - Wins his fourth PGA Seniors Championship
    - Wins his third WorldSeniors
1972 - Wins his fifth PGA Seniors Championship
    - Wins his fourth WorldSeniors
1973 - Wins his sixth PGA Seniors Championship
    - Wins his fifth WorldSeniors
1974 - Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
1978 - Wins the Legends of Golf with Gardner Dickinson
1979 - Becomes the youngest PGA Tour player to shoot his age (67) in the Quad
    Cities Open
1980 - Wins the Golf Digest Commemorative
1982 - Wins the Legends of Golf with Don January
1998 - Receives the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award
2002 - Passes away in Hot Springs, Va.
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