Huck Finn in a hat. Mark Twain would have loved him. Sam Snead, coonskin golfer. We shall not see his like again. A legend past his time.

Sam Snead, the Virginia hillbilly with the sweetest ... character--a well-dressed hillbilly with a thick twang and a straw hat, who was tight with a dollar, quick with a yarn or an off-color ...

Easy to spot in his Panama hat, Sam Snead learned the game in the hills of southwestern Virginia and became one of golf's legends.Sam Snead possessed one of the sweeting swings in golf ...

Sam Snead, whose picture-perfect golf swing carried ... Dressed in his trademark straw hat and always quick with a one-liner, Snead was one of the first golfers to draw overflowing galleries ...

Sam Snead does not have as many major wins as the ... Snead was considered a quirky character. He wore a straw hat and was said to have played several tournaments in his bare feet.

No one won more than Sam Snead, and not many looked better ... "I was never amazed at anything he ever did," Byron Nelson said. Snead was famous for his straw hat, cocky grin and homespun humor.

RELATED: Chasing Sam Snead's 82: The PGA Tour win record Tiger ... Sam loved to remove his hat and shoes and pad around in his socks, telling the stories behind the numerous exotic animals mounted ...

All of us who knew Sam enjoyed his sense of humor and his great stories.” He was also famous for wardrobe aesthetics, specifically his straw hat. Snead’s oft-aching back and inconsistent ...