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He could be forgiven for thinking about Sam Snead’s four second-place finishes in U.S. Opens. Specifically Watson, the student of Open history, could have been reminded of the 1939 Open at ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There are plenty of private jets here in Charlotte for this week’s PGA Championship, but it’s a safe bet none of them were dished out like gimmes in a game of golf. “They ...
J.C. Snead, who knew he could never match the golfing success of his celebrated uncle Sam Snead but who nevertheless won a combined 12 tournaments on the PGA Tour and senior tour, died on April 25 ...
The two never let each other’s status get in the way of some uncle-nephew bonding. Sam Snead was always Uncle Sam for JC Snead. Even after winning his first tournament at the 1971 Tucson Open.
Snead won more than $7 million in his professional career. He finished runner-up in the 1973 Masters, was tied for second in the 1978 U.S. Open and was tied for third in the 1973 PGA Championship ...
J.C. Snead joined the PGA TOUR in 1968 at a time when the TOUR already featured another Snead, a player of some renown, someone who happened to be J.C.’s uncle.
Before we dip into how Tiger Woods can actually get awarded 14 extra PGA Tour wins, let us take a look at what Sam Snead’s criteria is all about. Sam Snead is one of the all-time greats of golf ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sam Snead once answered a man who hit 3-iron 150 yards with 10 words. The story comes via the “Kostis & McCord – Off Their Rockers” podcast.
Matsuyama made a birdie at 16 to make it interesting but Woods, dressed in his traditional red shirt on Monday and black Nike vest, hat and pants, finished in style, carding birdies at 14 and 18 ...
In October 2019, some 37 years later, Woods went wire-to-wire at the Zozo Championship in Chiba – his 359 th official start – and tied Snead in the record book. To this day, many of the players who ...