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Sam Snead

1912 - 2002

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Samuel Jackson Snead (; May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades (having won PGA of America and Senior PGA Tour events over six decades) and widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Snead was awarded a record 94 gold medallions, for wins in PGA of America (referred to by most as the PGA) Tour events and later credited with winning a record 82 PGA Tour events tied with Tiger Woods, including seven majors. He never won the U.S. Open, though he was runner-up four times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Snead has received more than 1,958,934 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Snead is the 11th most popular golfer (down from 9th in 2019), the 9,418th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,430th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Golfer.

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  • 19

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  • 1.74

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  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GOLFERS

Among golfers, Sam Snead ranks 11 out of 61. Before him are Gary Player, Ben Hogan, Walter Hagen, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Bernhard Langer, and Lee Trevino. After him are Greg Norman, Annika Sörenstam, Tom Watson, George Lyon, Byron Nelson, and Nick Faldo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Sam Snead ranks 328. Before him are Tibor Berczelly, Roger Michelot, Dorothy Brookshaw, Cliff Bastin, Sarah Palfrey Cooke, and Josef Streb. After him are Francisco Cabañas, Rudolf Stahl, Eleazar de Carvalho, Zoltán Várkonyi, James Algar, and Ettore Giannini. Among people deceased in 2002, Sam Snead ranks 284. Before him are Gregorio Fuentes, Mikhail Krug, Katrin Cartlidge, Vladimir Romashkin, Jack Shea, and Sylvia Rivera. After him are Kaifi Azmi, Francisco Cabañas, Desmond Hoyte, Davey Boy Smith, Geoffrey Crossley, and Pauline Chan Bo-Lin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Snead ranks 9,418 out of 18,182. Before him are Sally Menke (1953), Kay Francis (1905), John Casper (1943), Danny Carey (1961), Debra Monk (1949), and Brian Van Holt (1969). After him are David Koechner (1962), Calvin Smith (1961), Roky Erickson (1947), Dean Cundey (1946), Jonathan Richman (1951), and Len Wiseman (1973).

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Among GOLFERS In United States

Among golfers born in United States, Sam Snead ranks 8. Before him are Arnold Palmer (1929), Tiger Woods (1975), Ben Hogan (1912), Walter Hagen (1892), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911), and Lee Trevino (1939). After him are Tom Watson (1949), Byron Nelson (1912), Phil Mickelson (1970), John Daly (1966), Fred Couples (1959), and Bubba Watson (1978).

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