Ed Sneed

Ed Sneed
Personal information
Born	(1944-08-06) August 6, 1944 Roanoke, Virginia
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Palm Harbor, Florida
Career
College	Ohio State University
Turned professional	1967
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T2: 1979
U.S. Open	T8: 1980
The Open Championship	T26: 1979
PGA Championship	T28: 1979

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. 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 win came in 1973 at the Kaiser International Open Invitational. A year later he was a wire-to-wire winner at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Sneed was the only golfer in the history of the tournament to win wire-to-wire until Ben Crane did it in 2005. Sneed was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1977. He had more than 45 career top-10 finishes 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 went into a sudden-death playoff with Tom Watson and Fuzzy Zoeller, but lost to Zoeller on the second hole.^[1] This was the first time The Masters 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 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

• 1965 Ohio Intercollegiate

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 21, 1973	Kaiser International Open Invitational	–13 (68-66-69-72=275)	Playoff	John Schlee
2	Jul 6, 1974	Greater Milwaukee Open	–12 (66-67-71-72=276)	4 strokes	Grier Jones
3	Apr 17, 1977	Tallahassee Open	–12 (68-70-68-70=276)	Playoff	Lon Hinkle
4	May 9, 1982	Michelob-Houston Open	–9 (64-70-71-70=275)	Playoff	Bob Shearer

PGA Tour playoff record (3–1)

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

Results in major championships

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

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup: 1977 (winners)

References

External links

• Ed Sneed at the PGA Tour official site