Background
Sneed was born in Roanoke, Virginia.
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He attended Ohio State University and was a member of the golf team
Career
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. He had more than 45 career top-10 finishes in Professional Golf Association 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. This was the first time The Masters used a sudden-death format to decide the Championship.
Sneed made his debut on the Senior Professional Golf Association 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 American Broadcasting Company television and was with Consumer News and Business Channel 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, Dublin, Ohio. 1965 Ohio Intercollegiate Professional Golf Association Tour wins Other wins DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10 Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1978 Professional Golf Association – 1980 Professional Golf Association) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice) Ryder Cup: 1977 (winners).
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Sneed was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1977.
