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The Legend
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- Won more US Tour events than any other golfer
- Made a hole-in-one with every club in the bag
except the putter, 37 in total!
- Shot the first ever tournament 59.
- The oldest golfer to win on the US Tour, aged
52 at the Greater Greensboro Open.
- Finished 3rd in the USPGA when he was 62.
- The first player to score below his age, 67 and
66 in the Quad Cities Open at the age of 67.
- Won the Greater Greensboro Open 8 times - the
most wins ever in one Tour event.
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The Facts
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The Quotes
- "I've just watched a kid who doesn't know anything about playing
golf and I don't want to be around when he learns how."
Gene Sarazen
- "He brought so much to the game with his great swing
and the most fluid motion ever to grace a golf course."
Jack Nicklaus
- "I don't think there's ever been a swing as
aesthetically pleasing
as Sam Snead's."
Phil Mickelson
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- Name - Samuel Jackson Snead
- Born - May 27 1912
- Died - May 23 2002
- Turned Pro - 1934
- First Pro victory - Oakland Open 1937
- Last victory - Legends of Golf 1982
- Masters - 1949, 1952, 1954
- US Open - Runner-up 1937, 1947, 1949, 1953
- The Open - 1946
- USPGA - 1942, 1949, 1951
- US Tour wins - 81 (63 times runner-up)
- Total wins - 182
- Top tens - 358
- Official US Tour Earnings - £344,744
- Holes-in-one - 37
- Ryder Cup appearances - 7
- Ryder Cup record - P13, W10, L2, H1
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