Sam Snead
Retail Price:
$825.00
Title: Sam Snead 1937 Met
Open
Frame: 2.5” Antique Gold
Pewter
Mat: Grey Marble &
Black
Framed Dimensions: (31" W x 27"
H)
All Frames include high-quality,
framing-gauge glass and Certificate of
Authenticity.
All Double
Matted.
Product Code:APC-015
Sam Snead (“Slammin Sam”) was
blessed with a beautifully smooth swing. He still
holds the record of 84 victories on the PGA Tour and
a further 80 worldwide. Amazingly the US Open always
eluded him - he finished second four times between
1937 and 1949.
The son of a poor Virginian backwoods farmer, Snead lived a
childhood typical of any boy growing up amidst the heavily
wooded Virginian mountains. Days were spent hunting,
fishing and in Snead's case, caddying at the local resort
hotel in order to supplement his family's income. Snead's
older brother, Homer, was a fan of golf so he decided to
try it. To his surprise, he found the technicalities quite
easy to master. However his boyhood dream of being a
football star held form and it was only when a back injury
forced him to re-assess his ambition that Snead began
considering the prospect of a golfing career.
In 1979, he
became the first player to score below his age; he shot 67
and 66 in the Quad Cities Open at the age of 67. Other
notable achievements include victories in the Masters in
1949, 1952 and 1954 plus the PGA Championship in 1942, 1949
and 1951. Eight times on the Ryder Cup squad, once as
non-playing captain. Two years after retiring
from the Tour in 1979, he was actively involved in the
creation of the Senior Tour, now known as the Champions
Tour.
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