Comments on: Nine Holes with Sam Snead

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:29:28 +0000

Jo said on June 9, 2007:

I agree totally and I'm a huge Sam Snead fan.
For those who have never seen him swing, watch his old instructional or playing vids (I think amazon or ebay has some) and see it for yourself. Smooth as butter. No problems with a 1-iron there.
What makes his swing even more amazing for me is that he had no previous role models to model his swing on. No golfer before him had such grace and fluidity.
Just quoting one of my favourite lines of his swing, from 1965 PGA champion Dave Marr. "There have been a lot of so-called natural golfers over the years, but Sam is in a class by himself," he said. "Sam is supernatural."

How about Booby Jones? That was actually his favorite.....

By: BOB

BOB — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:20:07 +0000

I loved the story about Snead doing an old fashioned "exhibition" where he is hitting a butter knife 1iron onto a green 220 yards away and spinning the ball back. A member of the crowd asks him how does he put back spin on a 1 iron? "How far d'y'all hit a one iron?" he asks "Oh about 160 comes the reply". "Why on earth do you want to put back spin on it?"

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:50:44 +0000

I agree totally and I'm a huge Sam Snead fan.
For those who have never seen him swing, watch his old instructional or playing vids (I think amazon or ebay has some) and see it for yourself. Smooth as butter. No problems with a 1-iron there.
What makes his swing even more amazing for me is that he had no previous role models to model his swing on. No golfer before him had such grace and fluidity.
Just quoting one of my favourite lines of his swing, from 1965 PGA champion Dave Marr. "There have been a lot of so-called natural golfers over the years, but Sam is in a class by himself," he said. "Sam is supernatural."