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Samuel Jackson "Sam" Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of 4 decades. He and two others of the greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, were born within 6 months of each other in 1912. He won a record 82 PGA Tour events and about 70 others worldwide. He won seven majors: three Masters, three PGA Championships and one British Open. In spite of his great achievements, his reputation has always been slightly tainted by his failure to win a U.S. Open. Snead shares the record for most second-place finishes in that championship with four, along with Bobby Jones, Jack Nicklaus, and Phil Mickelson.
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Sam Snead was the kind of man who captured the imagination of the early golfing fraternity. He was a real character, which brought an edge to the serious US Tour, but was a true champion. He won a record 82 PGA Tour events, seven Majors and 70 other tournaments worldwide.
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Sam Snead won 81 PGA Tour events, and is credited with as many as 185 victories by independent record keepers. Slammin' Sam became the oldest champion of an official PGA Tour event when he won the 1965 Greeter Greensboro Open at age 52. In 1949, Sam Snead was awarded Player of the Year honors. A 7-time Ryder cup member, Slammin' Sam ... served as Captain in 1951, 1959 and 1969. Sam Snead is a member of the PGA Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame. Sam's seven major championship wins include three PGA Championships an 1942, 1949 and 1951, three Masters in 1949, 1952 and 1954 and the 1946 British Open.
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Sam Snead visited the Poplar Grove property several times. Jack and Carton drove him around in an SUV, getting out to inspect green sites. Back home in Hot Springs, Virginia, Snead looked at diagrams and offered design suggestions. And in the spring of 2001, on his annual drive from his winter home in Florida to the Masters, he and Carton talked about design. Carton recorded parts of the conversation.
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Known as 'Slammin Sam' because of his lengthy drives, Sam Snead was ... blessed with a beautifully smooth swing. It brought him an outstanding 84 victories on the American tour and a further 80 worldwide. Amazingly the US Open always eluded him - he finished second four times between 1937 and 1949.
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According to an edition of the Book of Sports Lists, Snead made a commercial for Bromo-Seltzer in which he said, "On the day of atonement, I cannot afford to be sick." It was a while before the Jewish part of the audience realized Sammy was not referring to Yom Kippur, but "could not pronounce 'tournament' like other white folk."
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