Best of: Sam Snead through the years

Portrait of American golfer Sam Snead (1912 - 2002) smiling with a golf club at the Metropolitan Open golf tournament in Bloomfield, New Jersey. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)

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July 1937: American golfer Sam Snead (1912 - 2002) at the British Open in Carnoustie, Scotland. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Circa 1949, Headshot of American golfer Sam Snead (1912 - 2002). (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)

Honorary starter Sam Snead of the US watches his opening drive off the 1st tee 11 April 2002, for the 2002 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, GA. The eighty-nine year old Snead has won three Masters titles. AFP PHOTO Roberto SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Arnold Palmer of the USA, Gary Player of the USA and Sam Snead of the USA talk tactics. (Photo by Brian Morgan/Getty Images)

Sam Snead (honorary Starter), Chairman Hord Hardin And Gene Sarazen (honorary Starter) On The 1st Tee At The 1984 Masters Tournament (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)

APRIL 1975: Sam Snead tees off before a large gallery during the 1975 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in April 1975 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)

Jack Nicklaus and Sam Snead during the 1978 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 6-9, 1978 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)

Sam Snead sits on the ground for a portrait during a 1930’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)

Sam Snead During The Presentation Ceremony Of The 1949 Masters Tournament (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)

Sam Snead talks with reporters in the Clubhouse during a 1950s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in April of the 1950s in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)

Samuel Jackson “Sam” Snead (1912 - 2002) takes a swing while playing at an unidentified tournament, ca.1960s. United States. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)

Sam Snead in his Green Jacket portrait during a 1960’s Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images)

Sam Snead hitting a tee shot

July 9, 1946-American Wins Open Golf Championship: Sam Snead, the American golfer, photographed with the cup after winning the Open Golf Championship at St. Andrews.

Caddies carrying Sam Snead on their shoulders after his victory in the driving contest at the Pittsburgh Field Club. Snead beat out the most powerful drivers in the game with an aggregate of 920 yards, 18 inches for three drives. The contest was a curtain raiser for the PGA tourney, which opened at Pittsburgh on May 24.

Sam Snead, of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, smiles over the sign that tells the story of the first day’s play of the U.S. Open Golf Championship. Snead turned in the low score of the day, a 68.

“Slammin” Sam Snead, of Hot Springs, Virginia, grins as he displays his medalist score, in the qualifying round of the 1941 PGA championship tournament, worked out in golf balls on the green.

Sam Snead (left) and Ben Hogan are shown in a handshake of good sportsmanship just before they came to grips in the playoff for the Masters golf crown at Augusta on Monday after they wound up in a tie on Sunday. Snead won the playoff, keeping alive the tradition of the Masters that no holder has successfully defended the title.

Second job: Sam Snead is the pro at swank Greenbrier Golf Club in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Golf pro Sam Snead, (L), who won his sixth Miami Open tournament December 11th, gets fly casting instructions from an expert, Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox star outfielder, during a barefoot session in Miami, December 12th. Both are executives of a fishing tackle company.

Target for Sam Snead in 1960 Greenbrier $10,000 Open will be hitting or breaking his record 11-under par 59 which he shot in the third round of last year’s tournament. Here, Snead takes aim at the fantastic 59 which he hopes to break this year.

Sam Snead (Photo by Mike Egerton/EMPICS via Getty Images)

Sam Snead lines up a putt during the Masters Tournament, but lost in the final round to Ralph Guldahl, Augusta, Georgia, 1939. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Sam Snead poses for a photo.(Photo by PGA of America via Getty Images)

Sam Snead poses in a Jaguar car in 1957.(Photo by PGA of America via Getty Images)

Sam Snead measures a driver.(Photo by PGA of America via Getty Images)

Sam Snead speaks with the press in 1957.(Photo by PGA of America via Getty Images)

Sam Snead speaks with a Chicago Cub.(Photo by PGA of America via Getty Images)

Sam Snead with the Round Robin Golf Championship Trophy which he has won three times to the date of the photo in 1954.(Photo by PGA of America via Getty Images)