Sam Snead is without question one of the greatest golfers of all time. He is known for many things but most remember his smooth golf swing. Equally as impressive is his trophy case. He still shares the record for most wins on the PGA (82). In this episode of "Did I Tell You About My Albatross," host Albi introduces a new bonus series that delves deeper into the greatest golf stories and Slamming Sammy certainly owns one. On a beautiful day in 1962, Sam became the first and only Man to win an LPGA Tour Event. Albi dives deep to understand better who Sam Snead was, why he chose to compete in an LPGA, and why this was even a thing.
The crew will be back for another traditional episode of DITYAMA early next week.
Until then, enjoy the amazing tale of Sam Snead.
"Discover the untold stories of golf legend Sam Snead on this week's episode of Did I Tell You About My Albatross? 🏆🎙️ Tune in now!"
- Creators & Guests
- Brandon Redding, "ALBI" - Host
- Laken Fischer "Panda" - Host
- Billy Heiser "Shepherd", "Koala", "Mayor" - Host
Sources used to create this Podcast:
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Did I tell you about my albatross? A yo.
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Here we go. Come on.
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Welcome to another episode of did I tell you about my
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Albatross? I'm your host, Albie. This is the golf
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podcast for honest Degenerates. It's like teeing up with your
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favorite foursome every week and diving into the best stories
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in and around golf. You guys ready to tee off?
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Let's go.
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We added chillin on the right side of the green, sip a
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little,
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Something, and we working on
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welcome back, folks.
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We've got another episode of did I tell you about my Albatross? Landing later
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this week. But in the meantime, I'm thrilled to roll out
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a brand new bonus series for all of our listeners.
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Now, the reason I started this podcast is to ultimately
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celebrate the best golf stories in and
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around the sport. It's my favorite part about the game.
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As we cover more and more, we start to unravel layers
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beyond what we have time to really dig deep into during our primary
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show. For instance, let me set the scene here. In a
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recent stump the panda segment, I threw out what I thought
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would be a perfect question to stump our beloved panda. A man has won
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an event on the LPGA tour. True or
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false? True. Sam Snead.
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What?
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A man has won an event on the LPGA
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tour. What's the answer?
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Brandon?
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That makes no sense to me. True copycat.
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Dude, that is such a copycat move. And I have to drink.
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I have to do a shot for that's bullshit. Well, I got
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it right, too. Well done. Let's go. What's the
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answer, Sam? Sam snead 1962.
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Now, shockingly, his story is
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1000% true. No, not shockingly.
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Panda already knew the answer. We got to dive in, by the.
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Way, at some point in the future on why he knows all this golf trivia.
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It's insane. Now, admittedly, I'm not rain man like our boy
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panda here when it comes to golf history, but I'm a huge
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golfer. I mean, I started a podcast on the subject.
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I spend all of my haul passes, which I cherish, by
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the way, on guys golf trips. I also have a
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walk off albatross to win a two day golf tournament on the
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last shot. Happy to tell you more about that.
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Anytime, but I still had never heard.
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Of this story until I was researching.
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The questions to stump our beloved panda. I had to know
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more about it. So here we are.
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Now, as I start to peel this onion back more and more, there are many
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interesting layers to this story and many interesting layers
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to our budy slammin'sammy Sneed. Even
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if you know the story, hopefully you will get something additional out
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of this. So to understand the setup of the story, I think it makes sense to
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remind everyone just who we're talking about here.
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So let's start with the history and.
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Career of Sam Sneed.
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Sam Sneed, famously known, as slam and Sammy. Now,
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this moniker highlighted his powerful and effective golf swing,
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which was admired throughout the golf community, really, for its grace and
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fluidity. Snead swing was not only a significant
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component of his playing style, but also one of the
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most celebrated and analyzed in the history of
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golf. More on that in a minute, because his swing
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absolutely deserves it. Sam Snead,
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born Samuel Jackson Snead. I love
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that. On May 27, 1912, in
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Ashwood, Virginia. Now, by the way, I would argue that
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1912 could go down as one of the most important years for the
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game of golf. You have three of the
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greatest golfers to ever live born
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within six months of each other sam Snead,
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Ben Hogan, and Byron Nelson.
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Snead's journey with golf began in the hills of Virginia. He
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began caddying at age seven at the
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homestead's old course in hot springs. This
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is also crazy to me, age seven. I mean, I
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have a three and a five year old, and the idea that in two years my five year
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old be lugging around clubs, around any golf course
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is hilarious. But think about the era that we're talking about. It would have
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been 1919, when Sam was seven years old. This
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is before world war II. So many golf courses back
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then had caddy yards full of eager young caddies,
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many struggling just to help feed their families. Back then,
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caddying was how most pro golfers got their introduction to
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golf. A few examples include birth of your buddies
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hogan, Nelson, and Snead, and others include Arnold
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Palmer, gene Sarazan, and Lee Trevino. Now, Sarazan,
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he also began caddying at age seven. And then on this same
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note, I promise I'll leave this tangent, but I just think
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it's fascinating here that these young caddies you have
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steve Williams. All right, so before he famously looped for
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Greg Norman, tiger woods and Adam Scott, he got a start
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when he was just six years old in New Zealand.
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This is nuts to me.
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Absolutely ludicrous, the idea of a seven year old carrying around a
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bag for someone, but I guess it happened. Snead was one of these guys who
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reportedly never had a golf lesson, but was an absolute
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natural. In 1929, he worked as an assistant pro at
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the homestead at age 17. Now, think about this
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era here for a minute, because 1929 is the start of the great
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depression. Ashwood, Virginia, is positioned close to the
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northwest border of west Virginia, and as the economy
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toppled, so did, too, local coal mine industry.
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As a result, once bustling mines became ghost towns and
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thousands of families were impacted in this area of the country. So
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imagine any kid in that era and how difficult it
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must have been.
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To learn golf or afford a set of golf clubs.
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Snead he was creative, though.
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He learned to swing by watching and imitating his brother Homer.
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Homer and Sam, they'd take an old maple tree, they would
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take the maple limbs off of it and they would use that for the
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shaft, and then they would carve out rudimentary club
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heads out of the rest of the maple tree.
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Pretty impressive.
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Many golf historians say that the reason his
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tempo and swing was so smooth was because he grew up
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playing with these clubs made from tree limbs.
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So after being the assistant pro at.
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The Homestead in 1934, he had
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moved over to the Cascade Course. Sneed,
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after being denied a, dollar raise, decided
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he's going to turn pro. And in 1936,
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he was able to.
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Join the PGA Tour. That same year, he
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achieved immediate success by winning the West Virginia
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Closed Pro Tournament in a purse of $10,
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which really afforded him the opportunity to play.
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Full time as a professional. Once Sammy went
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pro, this dude never looked back.
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His career, dazzling and extensive, spanned
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over six decades.
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I'm going to pause there for a minute.
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Six decades, 60 years. The
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longevity piece with Sneed is crazy. He
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was a beast and a force into even his
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60s, where he continued to be a threat.
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He played second in
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1974 at the.
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Los Angeles Open at age 62, and in
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1983 at age 71, he
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shot.
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Around of 6012 under par at
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The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. In
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1997, at age 85
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this guy.
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Shot around of 78 at the old.
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White Course of Greenbriar
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in White. Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. So
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longevity wise, I mean, I don't think anyone
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can even compete with this guy.
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But let's just take a peek at.
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His trophy cabinet for a second.
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He won a record 82 PGA Tour.
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Events, tie with Tiger and about 70 others
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worldwide. Let's get into the
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majors. Let's starting with the Masters masters
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Tournament
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4952-5449.
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Snead was also it's interesting, he was also the first
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Masters Tournament winner to receive the now iconic
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Augusta green jacket, symbolizing the winner as an honorary
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member of Augusta National Golf Club. He also won the
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PGA Championship 42.
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49, and 51 and the Open
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Championship in 1946.
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Oh, and, let's not forget the US.
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Open. Well, I'm going to get back to that in a
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minute.
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So he was a member of the US. Ryder cup team
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eight times, including 1969, when he captained the
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squad but did not play, and was a member of the winning World
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Cup teams in 56, 61, and
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62, also winning the individual title in
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61. And if you're like me, I didn't know this
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part, but that was actually called the Canada Cup before
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1967. So for me, this
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next stat is.
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Near and dear to my heart.
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I grew up about 35 minutes or so away from Greensboro,
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North Carolina, in Winston Salem. That's home of
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CP Three, by the way. Shout out CP Three.
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And so what Sam did to this Greater Greensboro
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open, I just love. He holds two major
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PGA Tour records that still hold to this
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day. He won it in three eight.
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4649-505-5566.
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He won it eight times. The first to ever win a PGA
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Tour event eight times. Now, when he won it
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in 65, Snead was
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52 years old, 311 days, making him the oldest
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player to ever win a PGA Tour event. Now let's get back
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to one major I skipped over in his trophy case the US. Open.
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In spite of his great achievements, his reputation
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has always been slightly tainted by his failure to win a US.
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Open.
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But there's more to the story. I mean, the guy finished second a
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lot. And there's one story in particular I'll share.
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In 1939. The US. Open was held at the Philadelphia
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Country Club.
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Snead found himself in a tight spot. All he needed was a
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par on the 18th hole to win. Now, there's two
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different sides of this story.
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Snead says he made a mistake in counting his strokes,
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but it's also been reported that someone was
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a spectator on the 18th tee told him that he
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needed a birdie.
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Go for the green, Sammy. You need a birdie.
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And he decided to go for the green, but landed in the
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bunker, ultimately making a triple bogey eight.
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He finished second four times between
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37 and 49.
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All right. And as we conclude our tour
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of Sam Snead's trophy case, let me just share with
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you the records he still holds. Most PGA Tour
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victories 82.
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Debated by some historians, by the way, for Tiger.
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Most PGA Tour victories at an event.
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Eight, as I mentioned before, at the Greater Greensboro Open.
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Oldest player to win the PGA event. That's also at
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the Greater Greensboro Open.
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As I had mentioned, us.
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PGA Tour player to shoot his age.
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He's the first one to do it.
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Shot 67 in the second round of the
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1979 Quad Cities Open.
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Oldest player to make a cut on the PGA Tour.
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The player age at date of cut.
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67 years, two months, and 21
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days.
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That's crazy to me.
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But records and victories only tell half the tale for
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Sam. His swing is what
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most people remember about the guy. Gary Player once said, I
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don't think there's any question in my mind that Sam Snead
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had the greatest golf swing of any human being
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that ever lived. That's a strong statement. Jack Nicholas
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said, Snead's swing was so.
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Perfect, it was renowned for
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smooth, natural.
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A poetic motion that seemed as effortless.
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As it was effective.
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He timed his swing to align with classical music
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when he was starting to learn. Snead had arguably the greatest
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golf swing in history.
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It looked effortless to all that watched.
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Now, if you visit to this day, if you visit Ashwood,
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Virginia, there is a Sam Sneed
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Tavern. And on one of the walls
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in one of the corners is a picture
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of Slam and Sammy at the 1953
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Ryder Cup. And in small caption at the bottom of the
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photo is a quote that sums his swing up.
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Best to watch Sam practice golf was like
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watching a fish practice swimming.
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For those golf nerds out there who may have forgotten what his swing
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looks like, I highly recommend checking it out. When researching
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this podcast. My ADHD kicked in extremely high
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gear, usually does, and I watched a slow motion video
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loop of his swing probably 200 times.
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It's absolutely mesmerizing.
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Now, I love this part of his story because this is really where
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the similarities between Sammy and Albie begin
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and pretty much end.
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He famously employed an unorthodox
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method of.
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Putting in order to counteract problems caused.
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By a twitch known in our golfing world
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as, the. Yips. Love that.
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I've been there, Sammy. In fact, I'm there right now. Now, when I say
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unorthodox, I mean.
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This guy putted with a croquet style putting
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stroke, and he got so good at it that the PGA made him
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stop.
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So that's the history of Sam Sneed. Now, I think in
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order to really paint a full picture before we dive into
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why Sam Sneed played a bunch.
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Of women for money, I think it.
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Makes complete sense to share with you a couple of stories that really kind.
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Of tell you the sort of character this guy had.
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So at the 1952 Jacksonville Open,
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snead forfeited rather than play an 18 hole playoff
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against Doug Ford after the two golfers finished in, a tie
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at the end of regulation play, the forfeit stemmed from
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a ruling Sneed received during the tournament's second round of play.
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On the 10th hole, Snead's drive landed.
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Behind an out of bound stake, while.
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Chuck Harbert, who was playing with Snead, thought the ball was out of
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bounds. A rules official ruled differently due to the
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starter not telling the players that the stakes had all been moved
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after.
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The previous day's play had ended.
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Afterwards, Snead explained why he forfeited.
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Even though Ford suggested that they play.
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Sudden death to the title.
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He said, I want to be fair about it. I don't want anyone to think I
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took advantage of the ruling.
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Yeah, even like I'm anonymous degenerate. But this
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is not something I see myself doing. If the rules official said
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it's in.
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Play, it's absolutely in play. This cost him a
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golf tournament.
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In December 1959, Sneed took part in.
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A controversial match against Mason Rudolph
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at the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda.
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Snead decided to deliberately lose the televised
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match played under the World Championship Golf
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Series during its final holes after he.
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Discovered on the 12th hole that he had too many clubs in
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his bag.
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Players limited to 14 clubs during competitive.
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Rounds, the match was tied. At that stage, the
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extra club in.
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His bag of fairway wood sneed had.
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Been experimenting with in practice would have.
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Caused him to be immediately disqualified according to the rules of golf,
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even though he did not use it during the round. After the match
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was over, Snead explained the matter and said he did not
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disqualify himself in order not to spoil the show. The
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problem did not become known outside a small circle
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until the show was.
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Televised four months later. After the
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incident came to light, the sponsor canceled further
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participation in the series.
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So now we know the myth, the
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legend. Let's jump into the story.
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So we know Slam and Sammy is one of the greatest goffers
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of all time. That's without question.
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So how in the world do we find out that out
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of all the tournaments and accolades, he would deem it
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necessary to add an LPGA Tour event to his
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stacked trophy cabinet, too? Well, let's start with the
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tournament itself. It was an official LPGA Tour
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event, true, in 61 and in
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62. And it was played at the Palm Beach Golf Club
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in Palm Beach, Florida. Now, here is one of the most important pieces
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of this puzzle. It was a par three
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course. The tournament was one of the first
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in its professional golf, featuring a battle of
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the sexist concept with a parth recourse that
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neutralized power and emphasized precision
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golf. Now, this course, it was
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2688 yards. The
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longest hole measured 215 yards. The shortest
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was 105. The parking lot could accommodate
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150 vehicles. Telephones give you an idea
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of the time. The telephones at this time were still
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dialed by two letters followed by five numbers.
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Now, another interesting point. Sam won the tournament in
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62, but this was the second time he played
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it. He lost the previous year in the.
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Same tournament and in 61. The field consisted of 24
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men and.
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Women, both amateurs and professionals.
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The tournament was 54 holes and won by
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Louise Suggs by one stroke over.
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Local pro dubbed Pagan.
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Sam Snead was third, two shots behind. Now, here is where the
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story takes.
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An interesting twist, in my opinion.
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So Sammy loses in 61, signs up again to
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play the event in 62.
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In 62, the battle of the sexist.
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Concept was changed to 14 LPGA
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professionals.
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Versus one man, PGA of America
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superstar Sam Snead.
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The tournament was played over 72 holes.
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Snead won by five strokes over future hall of
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Famer Mickey Wright, making him the only man
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to win an official LPGA Tour
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event. Now, here's another, I think, eerie and
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interesting fact.
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Mary Catherine.
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Mickey Wright, the golfer that he
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beat.
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She became a member of the Tour.
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In 55 and won 82
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LPGA Tour career events.
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So, for those of you paying attention here, mickey Wright won the
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same number of LPGA Tour events as
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our budy.
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Sammy won PGA Tour events. I just thought that was
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extremely ironic.
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Now, when I first heard the story, I figured Sam
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Snead was doing this for publicity or
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he was doing it for money. But the grand prize for this thing was
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only $1. Now, I get it 1962, one
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$500. A lot is a lot more than it is today.
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But keep in mind at this point.
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Sam Snead was already one of the.
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Most famous, if not the most famous.
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Golfers of his generation. At that point in time.
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He was already the holder of three master champion green
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jackets, three PGA championships.
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And one open championship.
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He was 48 years old going into the event, and from
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everything we've learned so far, 48 for Sam Snead.
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The guy was in his prime. He had already had a very
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comfortable living, and he was also known as being one of the most frugal
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people on the planet. So I don't really see
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that being the case here. I don't think he was trying to do it for money
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or publicity.
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I actually think it's the opposite.
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This guy respected the heck out of women's golf. In
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fact, after he won the tournament, he was quoted
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as saying, mickey should be on the PGA tour. Like,
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she's just as good as any of us. So, I mean, as much as I'd love to
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hate this guy, especially when.
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I first heard the story, I just can't.
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Like, this guy is the real deal. Now, one thing I've noticed about people like
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Sammy snead top of their game, top of their industry, top of
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the world, basically, and whatever they do, it's that they're
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extremely competitive.
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Snead was no different.
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In fact, a lot of people said he had a feud with Hogan. And I think
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this quote kind of sums it up best. A lot of things this is from Sam
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Sneed a lot of things that.
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Were written in those days just weren't true. Snead said
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freddie Cochrane used to be a writer who quoted me and a lot of the other
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guys in those days, and sometimes he would get the right quote
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with the wrong guy. For instance, one thing he wrote was that
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I only feared three things
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lightning, a, downhill putt, and Ben
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Hogan. That was a great quote, but it
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wasn't me who said it. Freddie should have known better than to say
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that about me. Anybody who knows me knows I'd never say
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something like that. When my game was on, I feared no
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man.
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Snead acknowledges that his competitive juices flowed more freely
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when he had a chance to go head to head against Hogan, which was only
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three times.
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I played him three times and beat him every time, Sneet
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said. The first was in a match play tournament in San Francisco,
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then in the La. Open, and then in
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1954, masters. And he did
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beat me on shell's wonderful world of golf. But I took
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that on short notice and didn't have time to prepare.
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But even when he gives a shout out to Hogan for beating him, he still
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throws in the little jab. Oh, but I took it on short.
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Notice and didn't have time to prepare. I love that.
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This guy's super competitive.
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As we wrap today's episode, let's take a
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fleeting glance back through the fairways and greens traverse in this
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iconic life of Sam Sneet, we've wandered through a
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labyrinth of compelling tells. From his early days caddying at age
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seven, honing his natural, fluid swing in the hills of
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Virginia to amassing a treasure trove of
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accolades, including seven major championships,
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82 PGA Tour events, and records still etched in
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gold in the anals of golf history. Through the highs and
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lows, the magnificent victories and painful near misses like
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the heart wrenching incident at the 18th hole
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during the 1939 US. Open, we've
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seen Snead's unyielding perseverance and
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determination, which carved a legacy as grand and enduring as the
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man himself. But of all the tales unfurled
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today, perhaps the most intriguing is Snead's unprecedented
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victory in an official LPGA Tour
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event in 62. Why would one of the greatest golfers,
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amidst a plethora of achievements, decide to
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participate and ultimately win an
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LPGA Tour event? I think it reflects just
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how competitive slamming Sammy was. Part of me
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thinks that he wanted to be known as the most precise.
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Golfer that ever lived, man or woman.
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In participating in the LPGA Tour event, he
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not only showcased his versatility and mastery, but perhaps
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also extended an unspoken acknowledgement and
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respect towards the women who shared his passion and
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dedication to the sport. It's a wink across the
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greens, a subtle nod of camaraderie to every athlete,
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male or female, who has ever picked up a
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club. Whether that golfer picked up the club at the local
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golf store or he or she carved it out of an
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old maple tree. What I love about his
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story is golf has at least shown
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me that anything truly is possible,
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including a walk off albatross to win a golf
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tournament. And Sam Snead's story
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fits that mold perfectly.
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I mean, a man won an LPGA Tour
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event. Like anything's possible. I love this
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game.
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So this is Brandon, better known as Albie. And
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you've been listening to did I tell you about my albatross? Where the
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game is beautiful, the story is unforgettable, and where legends like
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Sam.
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Snead, they live on forever.
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Many sources to create this episode. I'll cite them all in the
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