"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 ...

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 ...