"Slammin' Sam" Snead could hit the ball a country mile with a swing that was the sweetest in golf. "It was a gift, something you can't teach," two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange said.

And honorary Masters starters Byron Nelson and Sam Snead did not disappoint the 500-plus early-risers who gathered to watch the touching and historic ceremony. The stunners. The cheers.

Look back at the flowing golf swings of legends Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, or other players of that era, and generally speaking, you won't see many players from that generation keeping much bend in ...

Sam Snead, the golfing great known as ``Slammin' Sam'' who used the sweetest swing in the game to win seven major championships and a record 81 PGA Tour events, died Thursday at age 89 ...

Sam Snead hits a shot near a sand trap on the second hole during the final round of the 1949 PGA championship held at Hermitage Country Club (now Belmont Golf Course).

Roger Watson, who gained national golf acclaim by beating Sam Snead and is a member of the NC Sports Hall of Fame, has died at 81.