Ed Sneed
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Ed Sneed (born August 6, 1944) is an American professional golfer, sportscaster and course design consultant, who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
Sneed was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He attended Ohio State University and was a member of the golf team. He turned pro in 1967.
Sneed won 4 PGA Tour events during his career. His first win came in 1973 at the Kaiser International Open. A year later he was a wire-to-wire winner at the Greater Milwaukee Open; in fact, the only golfer in the history of the tournament to win wire-to-wire until Ben Crane (2005) and Corey Pavin (2006). Sneed was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1977. He had more than 45 career top-10 wins in PGA Tour events.
Sneed is best known for his meltdown in The Masters in 1979. He began Sunday's round with a 5-stroke lead. He had a 3-stroke lead with three holes to play but bogied them all. He entered into a playoff with Tom Watson and Fuzzy Zoeller, but lost to Zoeller in the second hole of a sudden-death playoff – the first time The Masters had used a sudden-death format to decide the Championship.
Sneed made his debut on the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions 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 Innisbrook, Florida.
[edit] PGA Tour wins
- 1973 Kaiser International Open Invitational
- 1974 Greater Milwaukee Open
- 1977 Tallahassee Open
- 1982 Michelob-Houston Open
[edit] Other wins
- 1965 Ohio Intercollegiate
- 1973 New South Wales Open
- 1978 Jerry Ford Invitational (co-champion)
- 1980 Morocco Grand Prix
