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What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf.

Sam Snead

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Sam Snead
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: May 27
Died: 2002
Died: May 23
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