J. C. Snead
Summary
Near misses
- 1973 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Tommy Aaron · 284
- 1978 U.S. Open Cherry Hills C.C. · runner-up to Andy North
Ryder Cup
3 Cups, 11 matches: 9 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 9 points. Foursomes 2-1-0, four-ball 4-0-0, singles 3-1-0.
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Tommy Aaron's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1978 U.S. Open
Runner-up to Andy North.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1978.
Career line, 1971–1978
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- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
J. C. Snead was born on October 14, 1940, in Hot Springs, Virginia, USA. Snead's best major finish was second, at the 1973 Masters and the 1978 U.S. Open. Snead played in 3 Ryder Cups for USA (1971, 1973, 1975), winning 9, losing 2 and halving 0 of 11 matches for 9 points.
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The record
Near misses
- 1973 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Tommy Aaron · 284
- 1978 U.S. Open Cherry Hills C.C. · runner-up to Andy North
U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 1 (GNN U.S. Open room data).
Ryder Cup
Snead played 3 Ryder Cups for USA: 11 matches, 9 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 9 points (81.8% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-1-0, four-ball 4-0-0, singles 3-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1971 Old Warson Country Club USA · USA won 18.5–13.5 · 4-0-0, 4 points
- 1973 Muirfield USA · USA won 19–13 · 3-1-0, 3 points
- 1975 Laurel Valley Golf Club USA · USA won 21–11 · 2-1-0, 2 points
Partners, with matches played together: Jack Nicklaus (2), Frank Beard (1), Gene Littler (1), Tom Weiskopf (1), Arnold Palmer (1), Lee Trevino (1).
Sources
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.