Golf All-Skills team

[JTG51]

"Long Irons - Sam Snead"

Isn't Jack Nicklaus widly considered the best long iron player ever?

[andyfox]

I saw Nicklaus hitting one-irons at a clinic once. Unbelievable. I didn't see Snead play until he was in his mid-fifties, but he still hit great long irons. I'd rank Nicklaus above him, but you'd really have to ask players who saw them both in their prime. Aren't too many around now: I'd be curious what Byron Nelson thinks.

[JTG51]

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I saw Nicklaus hitting one-irons at a clinic once. Unbelievable. I didn't see Snead play until he was in his mid-fifties, but he still hit great long irons. I'd rank Nicklaus above him, but you'd really have to ask players who saw them both in their prime. Aren't too many around now: I'd be curious what Byron Nelson thinks.

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I'd also be curious what Nicklaus thinks. He wrote a little bit about his long iron play, but didn't give any comparison to Snead.

One other thing I found interesting in the story was that he said until recently he would have picked Arnold Palmer as the best putter ever. I didn't even know Palmer was considered a great putter.

[HDPM]

No I don't think Palmer was. He found a way to get the ball in the hole. Casper was regarded as the putter in that era I think.