Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead

The sound when Sam Snead hit an iron shot was like the sound of a Rolls Royce door slamming shut. The contact with the ball and the turf - which was absolutely simultaneous - had a rich sound unmatched in his day, or perhaps any other. With the driver, the sound was different; it had more of an explosive quality, the brisk but definitive report of a rifle shot.

Even today, 68 years after bursting onto the national scene, he remains the standard. The man with the most admired golf swing in t...