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, 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, 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.

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.

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 ...

Sam Snead, the golfing great known as ``Slammin ... Snead was famous for his straw hat, cocky grin and homespun humor. A three-time Masters champion, Snead had been an honorary starter since ...