May 27 Report: Ryder Cup Player Ed Sneed

Ed Sneed was a fine amateur player in the 1960s before turning pro and winning four times on the PGA Tour. He played golf at Ohio State and win the 1965 Ohio Intercollegiate tournament.

He turned pro in 1967 and won his first event six years later. His third win came at the 1977 Tallahassee Open and it helped vault him onto the Ryder Cup team later that year.

Sneed earned one-and-a-half points for the USA, going undefeated. The US easily won the contest in which they had not lost the biennial competition since 1957. This was the last Ryder Cup before a major change in the rules allowed all of Continental Europe to compete against the U.S.

Up to this point just players from Great Britain and Ireland were eligible.

Sneed is another wonderful add to the Ryder Cup collection as I'm working on getting more of the obscure names rounded out in the collection.

Day of the Year: 147
Number of Autographs This Year: 195