Golf legend Sam Snead, 89
Posted: Saturday, May 25th, 2002 1:41 pm
Sam Snead, who used golf’s smoothest swing to win a record 81 PGA Tour events and about 70 other tournaments, died yesterday at his home in Hot Springs, Va. He was 89.
Snead had a series of small strokes during the past two months, his daughter-in-law Ann Snead said.
In the major tournaments, Snead won three Masters, three Professional Golfers Association Championships and one British Open, but never the United States Open, losing it once with a disastrous triple-bogey 8 on the final hole that left him two strokes back. It was the only blemish in an enduring career that awed other touring pros, past and present. …
In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Snead became famous for his talent, his straw hat and a backwoods philosophy honed during the Depression. … Read full obituary
