Sports
It’s midday in the desert, and the sun is hot enough to melt the straw hat on Sam Snead’s head.
March 22, 1996
The most money he made on the golf course in a year was $55,562, good for 49th on the list.
Feb. 27, 1992
Sam Snead, whose picture-perfect golf swing carried him to a record 81 PGA Tour victories including three Masters--and earned him a legendary reputation as one of the most gifted athletes to play the game--died Thursday at his home in Hot Springs, Va.
May 24, 2002
Tiger Woods ties Sam Snead’s PGA Tour record of 82 victories with his triumph in the Zozo Championship in Japan.
Oct. 27, 2019
Every time I see Sam Snead play golf, I’m 25 years old again. The years roll back.
April 20, 1995
A consumer’s guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise.
June 11, 1997
Golf: Sam Snead still has one of game’s smoothest swings. Just this month he shot a 73.
June 29, 1997
It’s saying a lot, but Bobby Locke, the golfer who died Tuesday in his native South Africa, might have been the strangest character who ever walked golf links.
March 12, 1987
If you had a swing like Sam Snead’s, what else would you need?
July 3, 1986
“I just told a couple guys here that I’d give ‘em three shots a hole, but you gotta beat me at every hole for 18 holes.”
May 5, 1989