Natural Golf: How to Play Winning Golf Your Natural Way.

SNEAD, Sam.

Item Number: 62032

New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1953.

First edition of this work by Snead, which gives a year by year record of his tournament victories. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Lengthily inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, To Gilbert Hahn a wonderful fellow and a long knocker. Stay the hell-out of those sand traps. Sam Snead.” The recipient, Gilbert Hahn Jr. was a prominent lawyer and civic leader who chaired the District of Columbia City Council. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Edited by Tom Sheehan.

Sam Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events, including seven majors. He never won the U.S. Open, though he was runner-up four times. Snead's nickname was "Slammin' Sammy", and he was admired by many for having the so-called "perfect swing," which generated many imitators. Snead was famed for his folksy image, wearing a straw hat, and making such statements as "Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt."[1] He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974, and received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.