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 ...

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.

Sam Snead didn’t have the mystique of Ben Hogan ... Wearing his trademark straw hat, he was a unique character. Snead was as proud of his down-home humor as he was of his golf and was known ...

No one won more than Sam Snead. 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 ...

Sam Snead did it twice. RELATED: Players, caddies to wear yellow hats in honor of Lyle at Wyndham First, he took a 4-iron and became the first person to ever clunk one off the scoreboard.