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Thankds OB left. Always thought Snead was the best. Majors were looked at different back in the day. Just had trouble with US open. Also was not revered like some. Like Hogan, who was my idol as a kid.

Think I know what you mean about the majors back then.

Im 50 now. I bought Five Lessons as a kid and marveled at the drawings and prose but Snead was my man back then. Him and Trevino. I played Wilson blades 'cause of him. I saw the Slammer play several times at the Canadian Open. One time playing with John Schlee in Montreal. He was really old to me, heck maybe 50 ish. Wish I could kick the top of a door jam right now, Im having trouble getting my shoes on. Anyways his swing was so smooth , he made it look easy, still hit it long. The side saddle putting seemed such a cruel betrayal, he hit it so well form tee to green.

He won on tour in his 50's but probably could have won a lot more if not for the putting thing. Counting the seniors he won tournaments in six different decades. Oldest winner on the regular tour ever. Shot his age on tour.

I regret never traveling down to meet him. Would have loved to been his pigeon for a few bucks. Should have done it with Moe too. Shucks.

There was a US Open late in Snead's career where he was in the hunt on saturday.......man was I screaming at the tv set. His record number of wins might be Tigers last frontier. But he always maintained he won about 20 more than the record shows ...... I dont know Tiger, you might need to get a little more "oily" to last that long!

Slammin Sammy Snead. God bless him.


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