Sam Snead Festival
Encyclopedia
The Sam Snead Festival was an unofficial money golf
tournament, played from 1949 to 1961, at the The Greenbrier
in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
. It attracted many PGA Tour
players and was won by longtime Greenbrier club pro Sam Snead
five times.
Greenbrier Invitational
Greenbrier Pro-Am
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament, played from 1949 to 1961, at the The Greenbrier
The Greenbrier
The Greenbrier is a Forbes four-star and AAA Five Diamond Award winning luxury resort located just outside the town of White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States....
in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,444 at the 2010 census.-Geography:White Sulphur Springs is located at ....
. It attracted many PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
players and was won by longtime Greenbrier club pro Sam Snead
Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson 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 failed to win a U.S...
five times.
Winners
Sam Snead Festival- 1961 Sam SneadSam SneadSamuel Jackson 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 failed to win a U.S...
- 1960 Dave MarrDave MarrDavid Francis Marr, Jr. was an American professional golfer and sportscaster, best known for winning the 1965 PGA Championship.-Early years:...
- 1959 Sam SneadSam SneadSamuel Jackson 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 failed to win a U.S...
Greenbrier Invitational
- 1958 Sam SneadSam SneadSamuel Jackson 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 failed to win a U.S...
- 1957 E.J. "Dutch" Harrison
Greenbrier Pro-Am
- 1954-56 No tournament
- 1953 Sam SneadSam SneadSamuel Jackson 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 failed to win a U.S...
- 1952 Sam SneadSam SneadSamuel Jackson 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 failed to win a U.S...
- 1950 Ben HoganBen HoganWilliam Ben Hogan was an American golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
- 1949 Cary MiddlecoffCary MiddlecoffEmmett Cary Middlecoff was a dentist who gave up his practice to become a professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1940s....
See also
- Greenbrier ClassicGreenbrier ClassicThe Greenbrier Classic is a PGA Tour golf tournament that was played for the first time in 2010 at The Old White TPC at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia...
, PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event starting in 2010 - The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipThe Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipThe Greenbrier American Express Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1985 to 1987. It was played in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia at the The Greenbrier....
, Senior PGA Tour event from 1985-87 - White Sulphur Springs OpenWhite Sulphur Springs OpenThe White Sulphur Springs Open was a PGA Tour event that was played on the Old White Course of the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia during the 1920s and 1930s. The hotel is now a 721 room resort called The Greenbrier...
, a PGA Tour event, held irregularly in the 1920s and 1930s