Ed Sneed

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Ed Sneed
Personal information
Full nameEdgar Sneed Jr.
Born (1944-08-06) August 6, 1944 (age 80)
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Palm Harbor, Florida, U.S.
Career
College Ohio State University
Turned professional1967
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour4
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T2: 1979
PGA Championship T28: 1979
U.S. Open T8: 1980
The Open Championship T26: 1979

Edgar Sneed Jr. (born August 6, 1944) is an American professional golfer, sportscaster and course design consultant, who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.

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Sneed was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Ohio State University and was a member of the golf team. [1] He turned pro in 1967. He worked briefly at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, the same golf course where Jack Nicklaus learned to play golf.

Sneed won four PGA Tour events during his career. His first professional win, however, was in Australia. On October 14, 1973 he won the Australian Tour's New South Wales Open by two strokes over Australian Bob Shearer. One shot back of Shearer on the 17th, Sneed finished eagle-par to defeat Shearer by two shots. [2] The very next week, on October 21, 1973, he won his first PGA Tour tournament at the Kaiser International Open Invitational. He defeated U.S. Open runner-up John Schlee in a playoff. [3] A year later he was a wire-to-wire winner at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Sneed was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1977. He had 46 top-10 finishes in his career on the PGA Tour. [4]

Sneed is best known for his performance at the 1979 Masters Tournament. He began Sunday's round with a 5-stroke lead. He had a 3-stroke lead with three holes to play but bogeyed them all. He went into a sudden-death playoff with Tom Watson and Fuzzy Zoeller, but lost to Zoeller on the second hole. [5] This was the first time the Masters used a sudden-death format to decide the Championship.

He finished runner-up on the European Tour's 1979 Irish Open and won the unofficial 1980 Morocco Grand Prix over Lee Trevino. Sneed's last win was at the 1982 Michelob-Houston Open. Like his first official win, defeated Bob Shearer down the wire (this time in a playoff).

Sneed made his debut on the Senior PGA Tour in 1994 upon reaching the age of 50. His best finish in this venue is a T-5 at the 1995 Bell Atlantic Classic.

Sneed worked for eight years as a golf broadcaster for ABC television and was with CNBC in 2001. He has also done some course design consulting. He lives in Palm Harbor, Florida. He plans on providing golf instruction with director of golf, Larry Dornisch, at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Oct 21, 1973 Kaiser International Open Invitational −13 (68-66-69-72=275)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg John Schlee
2Jul 6, 1974 Greater Milwaukee Open −12 (66-67-71-72=276)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Grier Jones
3Apr 17, 1977 Tallahassee Open −12 (68-70-68-70=276)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lon Hinkle
4May 9, 1982 Michelob-Houston Open −9 (64-70-71-70=275)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Shearer

PGA Tour playoff record (3–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1973 Kaiser International Open Invitational Flag of the United States.svg John Schlee Won with par on first extra hole
2 1977 Tallahassee Open Flag of the United States.svg Lon Hinkle Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 1979 Masters Tournament Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson, Flag of the United States.svg Fuzzy Zoeller Zoeller won with birdie on second extra hole
4 1982 Michelob-Houston Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Shearer Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Oct 14, 1973 New South Wales Open −5 (70-71-70-72=283)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Shearer

Other wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament19721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988
Masters Tournament 43CUTT18T2T44CUTCUT
U.S. Open CUTCUTT29T46T11T8CUTCUT
The Open Championship CUTT26CUTCUTCUT
PGA Championship T35CUTT54T57T36T64T28T55T70T61T80
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 01011274
U.S. Open 00001284
The Open Championship 00000051
PGA Championship 0000001110
Totals0101243119

See also

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ Boswell, Thomas (April 15, 1979). "Sneed Takes 5-Stroke Lead in Masters". Washington Post.
  2. ↑ "N.S.W. Open Won by Ed Sneed". Canberra Times. October 15, 1973. p. 14. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sneed Wins Kaiser Golf in Playoff". New York Times. UPI. October 22, 1973.
  4. ↑ "Ed Sneed – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Golf Major Championships".
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