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Sam Snead

SamSnead

USA

United States

BirthdateMay 27, 1912
PassedMay 23, 2002 (89)
Turned Pro1931
BirthplaceAshwood, VA
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Career Wins82
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Sam Snead

Achievements

Events Played

585

PGA TOUR WINS

82

International Wins

6

Cuts Made

527/585

Runner Up

57

Third Place Finishes

49

Top 5 Finishes

241

Top 10 Finishes

330

Year Joined Tour

1936

Official Money

$713,155

PGA TOUR WINS

82

1965

1

1965 Greater Greensboro Open

1961

1

1961 Tournament of Champions

1960

2

1960 Greater Greensboro Open

1960 De Soto Open Invitational

1958

1

1958 Dallas Open Invitational

1957

2

1957 Dallas Open Invitational

1957 Palm Beach Round Robin

1956

1

1956 Greater Greensboro Open

1955

4

1955 Miami Open

1955 Insurance City Open

1955 Palm Beach Round Robin

1955 Greater Greensboro Open

1954

2

1954 Palm Beach Round Robin

1954 Masters Tournament

1953

1

1953 Baton Rouge Open

1952

5

1952 Eastern Open

1952 All American Open

1952 Inverness Round Robin Invitational

1952 Palm Beach Round Robin

1952 Masters Tournament

1951

2

1951 Miami Open

1951 PGA Championship

1950

11

1950 Miami Open

1950 North & South Open Championship

1950 Reading Open

1950 Inverness Four-Ball Invitational

1950 Colonial Invitational

1950 Western Open

1950 Greater Greensboro Open

1950 Miami Beach Open

1950 Texas Open

1950 Bing Crosby Pro-Am

1950 Los Angeles Open

1949

6

1949 Western Open

1949 Dapper Dan Open

1949 Washington Star Open

1949 PGA Championship

1949 Masters Tournament

1949 Greater Greensboro Open

1948

1

1948 Texas Open

1946

6

1946 Miami Open

1946 World Championship of Golf

1946 The Open Championship

1946 Greater Greensboro Open

1946 Jacksonville Open

1946 Virginia Open

1945

6

1945 Tulsa Open

1945 Dallas Open

1945 Jacksonville Open

1945 Pensacola Open Invitational

1945 Gulfport Open

1945 Los Angeles Open

1944

2

1944 Richmond Open

1944 Portland Open

1942

2

1942 PGA Championship

1942 St. Petersburg Open

1941

6

1941 Henry Hurst Invitational

1941 Rochester Times Union Open

1941 Canadian Open

1941 North & South Open Championship

1941 St. Petersburg Open

1941 Bing Crosby Pro-Am

1940

3

1940 Anthracite Open

1940 Canadian Open

1940 Inverness Invitational Four-Ball

1939

3

1939 Miami Open

1939 Miami-Biltmore Four-Ball

1939 St. Petersburg Open

1938

8

1938 White Sulphur Springs Open

1938 Westchester 108 Hole Open

1938 Canadian Open

1938 Chicago Open

1938 Palm Beach Round Robin

1938 Inverness Invitational

1938 Greater Greensboro Open

1938 Bing Crosby Pro-Am

1937

5

1937 Miami Open

1937 Nassau Open

1937 St. Paul Open

1937 Bing Crosby Pro-Am

1937 Oakland Open

1936

1

1936 West Virginia Closed Pro

International Wins

2

1940

1

Ontario Open

1941

1

Center Open

Additional Wins

42

1936

1

West Virginia Open

1937

1

West Virginia Open

1938

1

West Virginia Open

1940

1

Ontario Open

1941

1

St. Augustine Pro-Am [with Wilford Wehrle]

1942

1

St. Augustine Pro-Am [with Wilford Wehrle]

1948

1

West Virginia Open

1949

3

North and South Open

National Celebrities Open

West Virginia Open

1952

4

Julius Boros Open

West Virginia Open, Greenbrier Pro-Am

Seminole Pro-Am, Julius Boros Open

Greenbrier Pro-Am

1953

2

Greenbrier Pro-Am

Orlando International Mixed Best-Ball [with Betty MacKinnon]

1955

1

McNaughton Pro-Am

1956

2

World Cup [with Ben Hogan]

Boca Raton Open

1957

1

West Virginia Open

1958

2

West Virginia Open

Greenbrier Invitational

1959

2

Sam Snead Festival

El Dorado Professional [tie, with Doug Ford]

1960

2

West Virginia Open

World Cup [with Arnold Palmer]

1961

3

West Virginia Open

Sam Snead Festival

World Cup [with Jimmy Demaret]

1962

2

Royal Poinciana Plaza Invitational

World Cup [with Arnold Palmer]

1964

2

Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome [with Shirley Englehorn]

World Senior Championship

1965

1

World Senior Championship

1966

1

West Virginia Open

1967

1

West Virginia Open

1968

1

West Virginia Open

1970

1

West Virginia Open

1971

2

PGA Club Professional Championship

West Virginia Open

1972

1

West Virginia Open

1973

1

West Virginia Open

Playoff Record

1958

Defeated Julius Boros, John McMullen, Gary Player, Dallas Open Invitational

1956

Defeated Fred Wampler, Greater Greensboro Open

1955

Defeated Tommy Bolt, Miami Open

1954

Defeated Ben Hogan, Masters Tournament

1953

Lost to Earl Stewart, Greater Greensboro Open

1952

Lost to Doug Ford, Jacksonville Open

1950

Defeated Ben Hogan, Los Angeles Open

Lost to Jim Ferrier, St. Paul Open

1949

Defeated Lloyd Mangrum, Greater Greensboro Open

1947

Lost to Lew Worsham, U.S. Open Championship

1946

Virginia Open

1945

Defeated Byron Nelson, Gulfport Open

Lost to Byron Nelson, Charlotte Open

1940

Defeated Harold McSpaden, Canadian Open

1939

Defeated Henry Picard, St. Petersburg Open

1938

Defeated Harry Cooper, Canadian Open

1936

West Virginia Closed Pro

National Teams

1937, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1959, 1955

Ryder Cup

1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962

World Cup

1951, 1959, 1969

Ryder Cup Captain

R2
Complete

PGA Championship

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