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Harry Simpson
May 23, 2017 | Buckeye, AZ
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Obituary
HOT SPRINGS, Va. (AP) – Sam Snead, the golfing great known as "Slammin' Sam" who used the sweetest swing in the game to win seven major championships and a record 81 PGA Tour events, died Thursday at age 89.
Snead died at 3:38 p.m. at his home in Hot Springs, Va., said Lynn Swann, a spokeswoman for the nearby Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Snead was pro emeritus at the resort and started working there as its head pro in 1936.
Snead was raised during the Depression in the backwoods of western Virginia and blessed with as much raw talent as anyone who played golf. He grew up playing in bare feet with clubs made from tree limbs, but his swing was a combination of grace and power.
The late Gene Sarazen once said of a young Snead, "I've just watched a kid who doesn't know anything about playing golf, and I don't want to be around when he learns how."
Copyright © 2002 The Associated Press
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Harry Simpson
May 24, 2016 | Buckeye, AZ
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Richard H. Herrick
April 21, 2007 | Costa Mesa, CA
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We've lost a legendary golfer and a legendary person that left an imprint on all of our lives! God bless you Sam and your loved ones in this time of sorrow! You will always be a hero to so many of us!
Keith Patterson
May 26, 2002 | Langhirano
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Am sure that his legacy will live on for many, many years. What wonderful memories you, the family, must have.
J. C. Ober
May 24, 2002 | Santa Fe, TX
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Here's to the sweetest swing of all !!
Bob Leonard
May 24, 2002 | Murrieta, CA
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To the Snead Family,
The Cattel family had the honor to meed Sam at the 2001 Canon Greater Hartford Open. As the Chairman for the tournament, it really gave me great pleasure to have met and talked with Sam. This is something my wife and I will always cherish.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Snead family on this very sad day.
Mark and Lauren Cattel
2001 Canon Greater Hartford Open Chairman
Mark & Lauren Cattel
May 24, 2002 | Rocky Hill, CT
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SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR LOSE.
MAY GOD BE WITH YOU.
Linda Green
May 23, 2002 | HOUSTON, TX
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