AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP)-- Sam Snead gambled with the "graveyard of the Masters," the tortuous thirteenth hole, and beat Ben Hogan by a stroke in an 18-hole playoff for the Masters golf title Monday.

Sam Snead, after hitting three beautiful 3-irons, was asked a question about them. So he hit again, but again he was asked. He then hit a fifth time — and was asked a third time. This response ...

Sam Snead doesn’t get the credit he deserves. It’s a curious statement, but true. Lost tribes in Brazil know Jack Nicklaus won a record 18 major championships, but poll patrons at a PGA Tour event and ...

SportsCentury profile of Sam Snead, who won a record 81 PGA Tour events. Feel cheated you never got to see Dempsey punch, Grange run, Jesse Owens jump, Nagurski block? Like to have seen Jones putt ...

No one won more than Sam Snead, and not many looked better doing it. Despite his record 81 victories on the PGA Tour and an ageless game that kept him competitive into his 60s, "Slammin' Sam," who ...

He knew he could never match the success of the great Sam Snead, but he won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour and four more on the senior circuit. By Richard Sandomir J.C. Snead, who knew he could ...

The Par 3 Contest at the Masters has been a Wednesday tradition dating back to 1960 with the inaugural competition won by Sam Snead. Tournament participants as well as all past champions are ...