Images and analysis of 82-time PGA Tour winner ‘Slammin’ Sammy’ Snead’s driver swing, circa 1961. As a senior in high school, Golf Academy lead coach Skip Guss had the good fortune of running into Sam ...

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, played in ...

J.C. Snead, an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and ’80s and four-time winner on PGA Tour Champions, died April 25 from complications with cancer in Hot Springs, Va. The nephew of World ...

"Frigidaire" promotional golf ball signed by Sam Snead. Perhaps no golfer’s swing has been as influential as that of “Slammin’ Sammy” Snead’s. Called “perfect” by later professionals such as Jack ...

History says ole Sam told stories that would turn Milton Berle a sharper hue. History says Sam was a backwoods country boy who had a God-given gift for golf. History is right, but history is just ...

He knew he could never match the success of the great Sam Snead, but he won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour and four more on the senior circuit. By Richard Sandomir J.C. Snead, who knew he could ...

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. Throughout his life, Sam Snead, the ...

On April 25, 2025, PGA Tour golfer Jesse Carlyle Snead passed away. The 84-year-old has had a long career with the PGA before retiring in 2012 after the PGA Tour Championships. For the forty-eight ...