Ed Sneed
Summary
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 1-0-1 · 1.5 points (75.0%)
- Singles 0-0-0 · Foursomes 0-0-1 · Four-ball 1-0-0
- Best major finish runner-up, 1979 Masters
Near misses
- 1979 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Fuzzy Zoeller · 280 · lost playoff
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 2 matches: 1 won, 0 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points. Foursomes 0-0-1, four-ball 1-0-0, singles 0-0-0.
- 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club USA · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 1-0-1, 1.5 points
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Fuzzy Zoeller's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1979 Masters
Runner-up to Fuzzy Zoeller · 280.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1979.
Career line, 1977–1979
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
Ed Sneed was born in 1944 in Roanoke, Virginia. Sneed's best major finish was second, at the 1979 Masters. Sneed played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1977), winning 1, losing 0 and halving 1 of 2 matches for 1.5 points.
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The record
Near misses
- 1979 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Fuzzy Zoeller · 280 · lost playoff
Ryder Cup
Sneed played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 2 matches, 1 won, 0 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points (75.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-1, four-ball 1-0-0, singles 0-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1977 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club USA · USA won 12.5–7.5 · 1-0-1, 1.5 points
Partners, with matches played together: Don January (1), Lanny Wadkins (1).
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.