Regardless of which club he was hitting there is absolutely zero urgency in transition from back swing to downswing...just a buttery smooth move that is simply beautiful to watch. Total control of that swing with all clubs. We all should watch this for twenty minutes each day to try and ingrain that tempo.
Sam is 64 at the time, one month away from his 65th birthday. His third (& final) Master's Win came in 1954. He would shoot 83 this day and withdraw after round one. Sam went on to play & win in the first "Legends of Golf" tournament which later evolved into today's "Champion's Tour". Considering all his accomplishments in golf over six decades of competition, I'd have to rank him #1 GOAT.
He is one of the greats for sure, and one of the sweetest swings of all time. I can't put him as the GOAT though. Zero US Opens. That title has to go to Nicklaus. 18 majors plus the US Amateur twice. But I would rather watch Snead hit balls over Nicklaus.
@@ThePearl2004 that would mean this was the 1967 masters then. It this is 1977, and the fact that the Masters is in the 2nd week of April, he was born in May of 1912 so he is right, he was 64 at the time
wonderful players both, but i reckon if you were to ask either of them, they wouldn't say their beautiful rhythm came naturally, but from countless hours of hard work and experimentation. because the golfswing isn't a natural movement - for example, Sam says: "your body swings your arms" th-cam.com/video/RZ1b79epY1c/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=djhbrown yet almost all the people i play with swing their arms before their body, because that's the natural way to do it.
Awesome video, awesome swing even at 64. That looks like Andy Bean in the background. I got to see each other play an exibition match in Lakeland, FL three years later and Sam shot 69, Andy 71.
Regarding rhythm, I remember Snead commenting in a number of articles that he likened it to chopping wood; swinging an ax, you don't think of how fast or slow you swing it -- just let the momentum do the work.
Followed Snead at the 1973 PGA Championship. He had an effortless fluid swing. He shot four straight 71s that week and tied for 5th. He was 61 years old. Nicklaus won. He was 33. If Snead could have putted like when he was 33, he probably would have won the tournament.
Back in those days driving ranges had people out on the range to collect the balls and bring them back to the players. They had to be alert on a busy day!
I could watch this video, on a loop, all day long! Snead looks like someone gave the best athlete in the city (and he was great athlete) a set of clubs, and tell him "just take it back, and be smooth getting to your left side". I noticed he has a trigger with this right knee before each swing, similar to Gary Player's, but not as pronounced. That backswing is only shoulder high, club shaft is parallel to the target line, and such a smooth, powerful swing. It's cool to see Andy Bean watching Snead toward the end of the video, then Snead watches Seve. Classic.
This is just after he published his "Swing Keys" book. Snead appears to be following just what he wrote in his book. But you have to get the book to find out.
Nothing Rushed, always smooth supple and great natural movement of legs body and arms. He learned that from Bobby Jones at the movies then dug it from the west virginny soil.
The modern golf swing is for the young, athletic, and flexible individuals. Too many injuries occur when all that torque is placed in the lower back. Sam allowed his lower body to be the engine and was able to outlast most of the competition in his days. It will be interesting to see how long Dechambeau lasts.
@@BayouHotBoy1 Yep...while there could be a lot of reasons for hand and hip problems, his swing certainly doesn't help. I have had a ton of negative feedback from his fans and the supporters of restricted lower body movements found in the modern golf swing. I try explain that there is no denying the success it can bring. I'm just saying that as an old duffer, if it can injure young, strong, and athletic players, I would break down so quickly!
wow I thought they were just re-playing the same swing at first, lol Love the LOOPERS out in the range shaggng balls.. we had to do the same thing in South Africa PGA in 93-94 season
As a caddy in the 50s and 60s we too were the "pin" the aiming stick for the practicing player as here. It's the only way to practice smart. A positive aiming point with the exact distance knowledge.
@@shofey I play in South Africa in 1993/94 on the PGA SunShine Tour and that is how we ALL warmed up before a tournament…. It was a crazy seen when you aren’t used to that sort of thing…
I saved this to my Lee Trevino channel. I tried the Trevino outside loop and it worked well in theory and into the golf net, but out on the range, it all went to sh5t. So now I'm gonna try to imitate Sneads swing. Or at least hsi tempo.
try for a balance between the two. you aren't Sam Snead or lee Trevino. probably better to take it away "too far" outside of plane than to far inside. get an instructor so you have a set of trained eyes to guide you. What you are trying could possibly lead to bad habits which could take YEARS to correct....
That's so nice to watch let's the club fall in front through making the lead side turn away, so much simpler from today's nonsense front hips first, stupid lag that has to catch up with lead side accelerating even quicker to square the club, and no massive side bend either with sam, very elegant
Has anyone seen his cameo role in the 1957 Phil Silvers Sgt Bilko episode. Col Hall is totally useless at golf, but Sam Snead makes a guest appearance on the show, pretending to be totally useless at playing golf, and he makes a very convincing attempt at it as well. The episode is called " The Col breaks Par".
did anyone ever make swinging a golf club look so easy? Should have won the US open at least 4 times, Hogan said if he could have caddied for him he would have won many more tournaments, regarded by many of the Nicklaus/palmer player era as the best swing ever, he was a tremendous physical specimen, wat ch the Shell game v Hogan and note his musculature, he looks frighteningly strong
Wow my swing looks literally 98.5% like his swing. I honestly have no idea where that other 1.5 % is besides the more modernish swing. His swing looks very modern though
Don't look at the swing on my channel it is very bad, I was having a bad day and wanted to see my swing. Now when I look back at it it is horrible. I'll make a new video
Those “people standing on the range” are the player’s caddies. Player’s would go to range with a shag bag of balls & their caddy. Caddy would dump balls onto ground & go out to wedge distance or whatever distance player wanted to hit. Player would then hit balls in vicinity of caddy & he’d pick em up & put em back in the shag bag. I guess caddies had to have good eyes but after one or two shots they’d have the distance gauged & would simply move back a couple more paces so they were just out of range.
@@briano6268 Actually, it was a very boring job, so we would have fun catching the balls with either a baseball glove, or in my case I would fold the towel used to wipe the ball and use that.
@@timshears2099 the ball shaggers for hogan said they never had to move more than a few feet left or right depending on the shot shape he was hitting. I totally believe that....
How the game has changed, today’s Pro golfers are nearly all fitness fanatics,and that and the advances in golf equipment makes Sam Snead in his twilight years look like a good low handicap seniors player.
Wow.....what a negative takeaway to get, from a gem of a video which provides the best insight into what all Snead's and followers of the game have repeatedly conveyed about this swing. Find something uplifting to say or just shut up man.
you are a freaking ignoramus. Snead made the cut two years later at the PGA Championship. Snead would compete with ANY modern-day player. Couples swings smooth and easy and he's still playing great. Snead would have been no different (better). The guy would be going low well into his 70's... just like he did in his era. "Low handicap senior." smh/laughable. One of the dumbest comments I've ever read.
if you have "sucked" for that long...it's because of/lack of proper fundamentals. That sets up and is key for the whole swing. Watch Jack's video Golf My Way and Watson's lessons of a lifetime over and over again. All anyone needs are contained in those two DVD's. Golf has been made to be way to complicated. GRIP, AIM, SET UP. Those are the keys to a good golf swing.
Look at all the job's golf provided back in the day before automation! Shag man I picked this job for the security. Not going anywhere they need us. Wait! What is that? That's a new range picker,one man can do the work of 12 men. Range picker I picked this job for the security. Wait what is that? The new robo picker, It's going to replace all the staff. It's a one robot show. Welcome to the future. I 👃 💩 coming.
Regardless of which club he was hitting there is absolutely zero urgency in transition from back swing to downswing...just a buttery smooth move that is simply beautiful to watch. Total control of that swing with all clubs. We all should watch this for twenty minutes each day to try and ingrain that tempo.
that's what Nicklaus said he tried to learn from Snead during their time together on the tour.
oh the classic swings of yesteryear. So much more pleasing to the eye. IMO
I could watch that swing all day. Sweetest smoothest swing in golf history 👍👍👍
Sam watching Seve…awesome
Sam is 64 at the time, one month away from his 65th birthday. His third (& final) Master's Win came in 1954. He would shoot 83 this day and withdraw after round one. Sam went on to play & win in the first "Legends of Golf" tournament which later evolved into today's "Champion's Tour". Considering all his accomplishments in golf over six decades of competition, I'd have to rank him #1 GOAT.
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He is one of the greats for sure, and one of the sweetest swings of all time. I can't put him as the GOAT though. Zero US Opens. That title has to go to Nicklaus. 18 majors plus the US Amateur twice. But I would rather watch Snead hit balls over Nicklaus.
He was born in 1912, he was 55 here
@@ThePearl2004 that would mean this was the 1967 masters then. It this is 1977, and the fact that the Masters is in the 2nd week of April, he was born in May of 1912 so he is right, he was 64 at the time
@@alexanderjefferies7740 my bad. Thanks for the correction
Beautiful Rhythm ,you can learn a lot just by watching this video
I wasn’t gonna golf today, but now I have to
RIP Slammin' Sammy, you are sorely missed.
Simply incredible footage/video. Geez
A work of art!
It was once noted that to watch Snead practice Golf was akin to watching a fish practice swimming.
Yep, a classic quote...and true.
he was a physical freak, his entire body was double jointed !
Sam Snead had natural rythm like Seve Ballesteros, you can watch them together during 35 seconds in this film. Two of the greatest swings ever.
This was Seve's first Masters too! He tied 33rd, very impressive...
wonderful players both, but i reckon if you were to ask either of them, they wouldn't say their beautiful rhythm came naturally, but from countless hours of hard work and experimentation. because the golfswing isn't a natural movement - for example, Sam says: "your body swings your arms" th-cam.com/video/RZ1b79epY1c/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=djhbrown yet almost all the people i play with swing their arms before their body, because that's the natural way to do it.
That's some priceless footage. Thanks!
If this is 1977 he would have been 65 here! What an amazing swing at 65!
Golf is timeless
Awesome video, awesome swing even at 64. That looks like Andy Bean in the background. I got to see each other play an exibition match in Lakeland, FL three years later and Sam shot 69, Andy 71.
Wow, good call. Yeah, I'd say either Andy Bean or JC Snead, Sam's nephew.
@@TSK24692 Andy Bean
Beautiful footage. Thank you for posting.
Snead watching Seve practice at 4.20. Priceless!!
@e james Good catch, missed Hale. Should have spotted the spectacles.
That was Seve’s first Masters.
Regarding rhythm, I remember Snead commenting in a number of articles that he likened it to chopping wood; swinging an ax, you don't think of how fast or slow you swing it -- just let the momentum do the work.
Once said going to the course his thought rhythm was a waltz. Rhythm and balance personified in this man.
that makes sense, too bad it isn't that easy.
this is gold!! thanks for posting!!
This is priceless .
Look at Andy Bean, just watching Snead, Andy was as good as anybody in 77
Followed Snead at the 1973 PGA Championship. He had an effortless fluid swing. He shot four straight 71s that week and tied for 5th. He was 61 years old. Nicklaus won. He was 33. If Snead could have putted like when he was 33, he probably would have won the tournament.
The next year at the PGA he was 3rd place was one under Trevino won Sam was 62 incredible
Used to carry a Sam Snead 5 iron under my truck seat. Sam made me safe.
I'll bet it said "Blueridge" on it?
Back in those days driving ranges had people out on the range to collect the balls and bring them back to the players. They had to be alert on a busy day!
Those "people" were the player's individual caddies. It was called shagging balls.
Love that almost imperceptible pause at the top, really give the motion a graceful look..
What a video. Thanks for sharing it.
Agree with others, what effortless rhythm. Thanks
this is about the time i got into golfing and watching it on tv.
Simple, natural, compact, smooth and easy!
Solid swing. Fluid for such a fast motion, in his younger day hitting the ball over 280 yards, this guy was no joke. His swing reminds me of Jones.
Yes, indeed. Both 'inside and over' swingers.
82 wins actually more some apparently weren't counted yea I would say no joke !!!!!! Lol
Goof observation. Jones like Snead Led with the left.
Thank you very much for the post. I heard someone once said that "Watching Sam Snead hit short irons was like watching a fish swim".
I could watch this video, on a loop, all day long! Snead looks like someone gave the best athlete in the city (and he was great athlete) a set of clubs, and tell him "just take it back, and be smooth getting to your left side". I noticed he has a trigger with this right knee before each swing, similar to Gary Player's, but not as pronounced. That backswing is only shoulder high, club shaft is parallel to the target line, and such a smooth, powerful swing. It's cool to see Andy Bean watching Snead toward the end of the video, then Snead watches Seve. Classic.
I like this idea of having real people as targets, rather than inanimate sign posts and such. I'd definitely be more accurate too.
This is just after he published his "Swing Keys" book. Snead appears to be following just what he wrote in his book. But you have to get the book to find out.
3:50 Seve in the background.
Great call! Thanks! And at 4:19 that's Snead giving Seve some guidance it looks like
Seve's first Masters and Slammin Sam stopping by for a chat...fantastic.
I think we saw Hale irwin and Andy Bean too
mark russo how about the shank at 1:15
It really seems like it was just effortless for him. Really good quality imaging to for 1977.
genius at work
His book 'The Education of a Golfer' is a great read too.
Nothing Rushed, always smooth supple and great natural movement of legs body and arms. He learned that from Bobby Jones at the movies then dug it from the west virginny soil.
Big Andy Bean behind him (from 1:30). A man said to wrestle alligators and to hit it above the wind
Timeless and effortless swing. I will study the past golfer swings from now on. The new age swings are snappy and obviously bad for the back.
That explains tigers situation
The modern golf swing is for the young, athletic, and flexible individuals. Too many injuries occur when all that torque is placed in the lower back. Sam allowed his lower body to be the engine and was able to outlast most of the competition in his days. It will be interesting to see how long Dechambeau lasts.
Check out Mike Austin.
@@joshuawhittemore1283 Speaking of Dechambeau. Already having problems.
@@BayouHotBoy1 Yep...while there could be a lot of reasons for hand and hip problems, his swing certainly doesn't help. I have had a ton of negative feedback from his fans and the supporters of restricted lower body movements found in the modern golf swing. I try explain that there is no denying the success it can bring. I'm just saying that as an old duffer, if it can injure young, strong, and athletic players, I would break down so quickly!
wow
I thought they were just re-playing the same swing at first, lol
Love the LOOPERS out in the range shaggng balls.. we had to do the same thing in South Africa PGA in 93-94 season
As a caddy in the 50s and 60s we too were the "pin" the aiming stick for the practicing player as here. It's the only way to practice smart. A positive aiming point with the exact distance knowledge.
@@shofey I play in South Africa in 1993/94 on the PGA SunShine Tour and that is how we ALL warmed up before a tournament…. It was a crazy seen when you aren’t used to that sort of thing…
I saved this to my Lee Trevino channel. I tried the Trevino outside loop and it worked well in theory and into the golf net, but out on the range, it all went to sh5t. So now I'm gonna try to imitate Sneads swing. Or at least hsi tempo.
try for a balance between the two. you aren't Sam Snead or lee Trevino. probably better to take it away "too far" outside of plane than to far inside. get an instructor so you have a set of trained eyes to guide you. What you are trying could possibly lead to bad habits which could take YEARS to correct....
Looks better on 1.25 playback speed i think the video is slowed down a bit
And the parking lot is now the practice range.
Wondering what he would have to say about Bryson Dechambeau ?
No one on the tour can swing with such grace....sad...bomb and gouge
agree.
So good. Gotta be Seve at 4:20.
Smooooth
Hey Richard, I'll bet you a brat and a beer that it's Tommy Aaron and not Andy North at 0:15. Thanks for the post, love it.
I think that is Andy Bean, not North or Aaron.
That most definitely is Tommy Aaron.
I say Tommy Aaron @ 00:15 & Andy Bean hangin with Snead thruout the video. You also see Hale Irwin & Seve Ballesteros in this video
That's so nice to watch let's the club fall in front through making the lead side turn away, so much simpler from today's nonsense front hips first, stupid lag that has to catch up with lead side accelerating even quicker to square the club, and no massive side bend either with sam, very elegant
The perfect golf machine
Fascinating.
The video is a bit slow. For the real rythm just play at 1.25 speed. It doesn't take anything out of this beautiful rythm though. Mesmerizing.
Who are the fellas strolling around out there with golf balls coming at them?
Three time U.S. Open champion and Hall of Fame member Hale Irwin around the 1 minute mark?
Has anyone seen his cameo role in the 1957 Phil Silvers Sgt Bilko episode.
Col Hall is totally useless at golf, but Sam Snead makes a guest appearance on the show, pretending to be totally useless at playing golf, and he makes a very convincing attempt at it as well.
The episode is called " The Col breaks Par".
Seve appears around 3:45
did anyone ever make swinging a golf club look so easy? Should have won the US open at least 4 times, Hogan said if he could have caddied for him he would have won many more tournaments, regarded by many of the Nicklaus/palmer player era as the best swing ever, he was a tremendous physical specimen, wat ch the Shell game v Hogan and note his musculature, he looks frighteningly strong
super flexible too.
Looks like a young Seve in the background 3:55
Seve was 20 and that was his first Masters. He was starting to win often in Europe at that time which is what got him the invite.
Masters rookie - Seve Ballesteros
That shank at 1:15
Wow my swing looks literally 98.5% like his swing. I honestly have no idea where that other 1.5 % is besides the more modernish swing. His swing looks very modern though
Let's see it then.
Don't look at the swing on my channel it is very bad, I was having a bad day and wanted to see my swing. Now when I look back at it it is horrible. I'll make a new video
Seve in the background :(
Are there people standing on the range? How crazy is that?
Those “people standing on the range” are the player’s caddies. Player’s would go to range with a shag bag of balls & their caddy. Caddy would dump balls onto ground & go out to wedge distance or whatever distance player wanted to hit. Player would then hit balls in vicinity of caddy & he’d pick em up & put em back in the shag bag. I guess caddies had to have good eyes but after one or two shots they’d have the distance gauged & would simply move back a couple more paces so they were just out of range.
@@briano6268 Actually, it was a very boring job, so we would have fun catching the balls with either a baseball glove, or in my case I would fold the towel used to wipe the ball and use that.
@@timshears2099 the ball shaggers for hogan said they never had to move more than a few feet left or right depending on the shot shape he was hitting. I totally believe that....
It helps to be loaded with God-like talent. That's the real answer. The rest of us are just trying to maximize the limited talent we have.
How the game has changed, today’s Pro golfers are nearly all fitness fanatics,and that and the advances in golf equipment makes Sam Snead in his twilight years look like a good low handicap seniors player.
Wow.....what a negative takeaway to get, from a gem of a video which provides the best insight into what all Snead's and followers of the game have repeatedly conveyed about this swing. Find something uplifting to say or just shut up man.
you are a freaking ignoramus. Snead made the cut two years later at the PGA Championship. Snead would compete with ANY modern-day player. Couples swings smooth and easy and he's still playing great. Snead would have been no different (better). The guy would be going low well into his 70's... just like he did in his era. "Low handicap senior." smh/laughable. One of the dumbest comments I've ever read.
Swing easy, hit hard. Big old Julius Boros
1:57 imagine if he shanked one and exploded the pile of balls lol
Im sorry but only a handful of people are blessed with good tempo. Sam was one of them.
Just park by the range...
Not a bad swing at 64.
not a bad swing at ANY age. lol
I’m gonna start bending my left knee on take back. Maybe that’s why I’ve sucked for 35 years. 🤦
if you have "sucked" for that long...it's because of/lack of proper fundamentals. That sets up and is key for the whole swing. Watch Jack's video Golf My Way and Watson's lessons of a lifetime over and over again. All anyone needs are contained in those two DVD's. Golf has been made to be way to complicated. GRIP, AIM, SET UP. Those are the keys to a good golf swing.
@@pb12661 actually, I’m a 10 handicap but I’m not satisfied.
Look at all the job's golf provided back in the day before automation! Shag man I picked this job for the security. Not going anywhere they need us. Wait! What is that? That's a new range picker,one man can do the work of 12 men. Range picker I picked this job for the security. Wait what is that? The new robo picker, It's going to replace all the staff. It's a one robot show. Welcome to the future. I 👃 💩 coming.
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