Sam Snead was a perfect foil for Ben Hogan during a glorious era in golf. Like brothers born too close together, they were polar opposites. Snead’s swing seemed like a heavenly gift. It was so ...

Sam Snead gambled with the "graveyard of the Masters," the tortuous thirteenth hole, and beat Ben Hogan by a stroke in an 18-hole playoff for the Masters golf title Monday.

That’s the year he won 18 PGA Tour titles, a staggering 11 in a row. While critics have scoffed that the titles came against depleted fields in the war years, history shows Snead and Hogan played in ...

Sam Snead's Oak Grill & Tavern is finding a new home along 501 in Carolina Forest in good company with other new restaurants. Skip to content. Submit a Tip. Submit a Photo. This is Carolina.

EDITORS' NOTE—This story was first published in May 2019, shortly after Tiger Woods amazed us all once more by winning the Masters for a fifth time in his career. It was his 15th major victory ...

Sam Snead turned 88 on May 27, yet remains one of golf’s most irascible and irreplaceable figures. He still has nearly the same ability to swing, and zing.

In 1974, Snead finished third in the US PGA championship behind Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus. He was 62. By the time of his retirement, Snead led the all-time PGA victories table with a staggering 81 ...

Sam Snead, whose picture-perfect golf swing carried him to a record 81 PGA Tour victories including three Masters -- and earned him a reputation as one of the most gifted athletes to play the game ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Sam Snead participated in his 62nd straight Masters on Thursday, hitting a ceremonial first tee shot that flew right into the gallery and broke a spectator's glasses. Snead, 89, is ...

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.