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 of swings, winner of more PGA tournaments than any player in the history of the tour, but never champion of the U.S. Open, died May 23 in Hot ...

Sam Snead was a perfect foil for Ben Hogan ... like in the dust and dirt of Fort Worth, Texas. Snead wore the straw fedora hat and was outgoing, a hillbilly boy from the Blue Ridge Mountains ...

Sam Snead, known as "Slammin' Sam" because ... he needed someone else to tee up the ball. Snead was famous for his straw hat, cocky grin and homespun humour. The late Gene Sarazen once said ...

Sam Snead, who also was among the best to have played ... Ejected for a ‘Political’ Hat: A man was kicked out of a Toronto Blue Jays’ opening game for wearing a cap that read “Canada ...