Snead, Sam & Williams, Ted - Framed Autographs

The July 1960 Golf Digest issue featured Sam Snead and Ted Williams on the cover with a pair of bylined stories inside, speculating on how each would fare in the other pro’s sport. Among an article filled with praise for Williams, Sam Snead wrote: If Williams had become a golfer I don’t think the game would ever have seen a more positive player. I think Ted would have inclined to be a gambler—going for the pin with every shot. Sure, this attitude might knock the pins out from under him once in a while, but nobody wins ’em all. Even Arnold Palmer finally lost one the other week.

Ted Williams wrote: How would you like to have a king-size Yogi Berra on your baseball team? That’s what some lucky major-league team probably would have had if Sam Snead had turned to baseball instead of golf. Hitting, no doubt, would have been Sam’s forte, although his physical and mental makeup would also have assured him success as a catcher, or possibly an outfielder.Baseball missed a great player in Snead. But then, what would golf have done without him?

Snead commented: Ted, you don't have to go up in the stands to play your foul balls. I do.

This wonderful photo accompanied the article in Golf Digest and this historic piece includes a beautiful signature from each sporting legend.

Framed Dimensions: 24.25" x 23.75"

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