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Even as he aged out of his prime, Sam Snead retained one of the sweetest swings in golf. His putting stroke was another story. By 1966, when Snead was in his fifties, his struggles with the flatstick ...
Sam Snead, after hitting three beautiful 3-irons, was asked a question about them. So he hit again, but again he was asked. He then hit a fifth time — and was asked a third time. This response ...
"Slammin' Sam" Snead could hit the ball a country mile with a swing that was the sweetest in golf. "It was a gift, something you can't teach," two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange said. "His ...
Roger Watson earned national golf acclaim by beating the legendary Sam Snead, but became one of North Carolina’s best-known and respected golf figures. Watson, who died this past week at 81, played in ...
J.C. Snead, an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and ’80s and four-time winner on PGA Tour Champions, died April 25 from complications with cancer in Hot Springs, Va. The nephew of World ...