Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (unofficial two-man better-ball team event). Second-placed Sei-ha Chin (Taiw) & Bob Toski (USA), Gene Littler (USA) & Bob Rosburg (USA) and Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) & Bob Goalby (USA) finished 8 shots behind Sam Snead (USA) & Don January (USA). Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [Onion Creek Club, Austin, Texas].

Played as the inaugural Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am (unofficial US Snr Tr event). Second-placed Bob Goalby (USA) finished 1 shot behind 68-year-old Snead (USA), who shot a 67 in the final round. [Newport CC, Newport, Rhode Island].

The inaugural Legends of Golf tournament (two-man team better-ball event, which effectively launched the US Seniors' Tour). Second-placed Peter Thomson (Aus) & Kel Nagle (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Sam Snead (USA) & Gardner Dickinson (USA). [Onion Creek Club, Austin, Texas].

Played as the World Professional Senior's Golf Championship (Sept 10; 36-hole match between the US and British PGA Senior Champions). Defending champion Snead (USA) beat Kel Nagle (Aus) with a birdie at the 41st hole. [Bide-a-Wee GC, Portsmouth, Virginia].

Played as the PGA Seniors' Championship. Second-placed Julius Boros (Arg) finished 15 shots behind defending champion Snead (USA). [East Course, BallenIsles CC, Palm Beach Gdns, FL. at the time known as Champions course, PGA National GC].

Played as the PGA Seniors' Championship. Second-placed Julius Boros (USA) and Tommy Bolt (USA) finished 1 shot behind Snead (USA). [East Course, BallenIsles CC, Palm Beach Gdns, FL. at the time known as Champions course, PGA National GC].

Played as the World Professional Senior's Golf Championship (June 24; 36-hole match between the US and British PGA Senior Champions). Snead (USA) beat Ken Bousfield (Eng) 3 and 2. [Longniddry GC, East Lothian].

Played as the World Professional Senior's Golf Championship (Sept 13; 36-hole match between the US and British PGA Senior Champions). Snead (USA) beat Max Faulkner (Eng) 3 and 2. [Bide-a-Wee GC, Portsmouth, Virginia].

Played as the PGA Seniors' Championship. Second-placed Freddie Haas (USA) finished 2 shots behind Snead (USA). [East Course, BallenIsles CC, Palm Beach Gdns, FL. at the time known as Champions course, PGA National GC].

Played as the PGA Seniors' Championship. Second-placed Bob Hamilton (USA) finished 9 shots behind Snead (USA). [East Course, BallenIsles CC, Palm Beach Gdns, FL. at the time known as Champions course, PGA National GC].

Played as the Teacher International Senior Golf Championship (July 4; 36-hole match between the US and British PGA Senior Champions; for the unofficial title of world senior professional champion). Defending champion Snead (USA) beat Charlie Ward (Eng) at the 37th hole. [Formby GC, Formby, Merseyside].

Played as the PGA Seniors' Championship. Second-placed Joe Lopez Sr (USA) finished 4 shots behind defending champion Snead (USA). [Ft Lauderdale CC, Ft Lauderdale, FL].

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 1-4). Second-placed Billy Casper (USA), Phil Rodgers USA) and Jack McGowan (USA) finished 5 shots behind 52-year-old Snead (USA), at the time the oldest ever winner of a PGA Tour event (which remains the case as of 2020). This was the last of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC].

Played as the Teacher International Senior Golf Championship (July 12; 36-hole match between the US and British PGA Senior Champions; for the unofficial title of world senior professional champion). Snead (USA) beat Syd Scott (Eng). [West course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Played as the PGA Seniors' Championship (25th). For the second year running John Barnum (USA) finished in second place, this time behind wire-to-wire winner Snead (USA), who was making his debut in this event. [East Course, BallenIsles CC, Palm Beach Gdns, FL. at the time known as the "new" PGA National GC, taking that name from Dunedin GC, FL].

Played as the Haig & Haig Scotch Mixed Foursome Invt (two-person team event; one PGA Tr, one LPGA Tr)l. Winning team by 1 shot: Sam Snead (USA, aged 52) & Shirley Englehorn (USA, aged 24). Second-place: Dow Finsterwald (USA) & Marlene Hagge (USA). [Co-hosted by Pinecrest Lakes GC (now Pinecrest GC), Avon Park, FL and Harder Hall GC, Sebring, FL].

Played as the Royal Poinciana Invitational. Mickey Wright finished in second place behind Snead.

Second-placed Peter Thomson (Aus) finished 8 shots behind Snead (USA), who won the International Trophy for best individual score in the Canada Cup. Team winners of the Cup: Sam Snead & Jimmy Demaret (USA). [East course, TPC Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Dorado Beach Resort].].

Played as the Tournament of Champions (May 4-7). Second-placed Tommy Bolt (USA) finished 7 shots behind Snead (USA). [Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada; at the time known as Desert Inn CC].

Played as the first (and only) De Soto Open Invitational (March 24-27). Second-placed Jerry Barber (USA) finished 1 shot behind 47-year-old Sam Snead (USA). [Champions course, Palm Aire CC, nr Sarasota, FL; at the time known as De Soto Lakes CC].

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 14-17). Second-placed and defending champion Dow Finsterwald (USA) finished 2 shots behind Snead (USA). This was the seventh of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

Played as the Dallas Open Invitational (June 5-8). Defending champion Snead (USA) beat Julius Boros (USA), John McMullin (USA) and Gary Player (S Africa) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [GC of Dallas, Dallas, TX; at the time called Oak Cliff CC].

Played as the Dallas Open Invitational (Sept 13-16). Second-placed Bob Inman (USA), Billy Maxwell (USA) and Cary Middlecoff (USA) finished 10 shots behind Snead (USA). In the second round Snead shot an 11-under-par 60, equalling the PGA Tour record low score for 18 holes, set by Byron Nelson in 1945. [Glen Lakes CC, Dallas, TX; club/course no longer exists].

Played as the Palm Beach Round Robin.

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 12-15). Defending champion Snead (USA) beat Fred Wampler (USA) with a 30-foot birdie putt at the second playoff hole. This was the sixth of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

Played as the Insurance City Open (Sept 2-5). Second-placed Fred Hawkins (USA) and Mike Souchak (USA) finished 7 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). During the first round of the tournament, W.W. "Bill" Whedon (an amateur) became the first player to record two holes-in-one in the same round of golf on the PGA Tour. Monday Labour Day finish. [Wethersfield CC, nr Hartford, CT].

Played as the Palm Beach Round Robin.

Snead (USA) won the PGA of America Vardon Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the PGA Tour.

Played as the (last) Miami Open (Dec 8-11). Sam Snead (USA) beat Tommy Bolt (USA) with a par 4 at the first playoff hole, to record his sixth win in this event. Reduced to 54 holes after first round was cancelled due to rain. [Miami Springs G&CC, Miami, FL; at the time known as Miami Springs Municipal Course].

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (April 14-17). Second-placed Art Wall Jr (USA) and Julius Boros (USA) finished 1 shot behind Snead (USA). This was the fifth of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

Played as the Palm Beach Round Robin.

The Masters Tournament (18th) (April 8-12). Snead (USA) beat Ben Hogan (USA) in an 18-hole playoff: Snead 70 (-2), Hogan 71 (-1). This was Snead's third Masters win in six years. [Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA].

Played as the Panama Open. Won by Snead (USA). [GC de Panama, Panama City, Panama].

Played as the Orlando Mixed Foursome. Winning team : McKinnon & Sam Snead. Second-placed team : Babe Zaharias & George Bolesta.

Played as the Baton Rouge Open.

Played as the All American Open (Jul 31-Aug 3; aka the Tam O'Shanter). Second-placed Tommy Bolt (USA) finished 8 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].

Played as the Palm Beach Round Robin.

Played as the Brazil Open (Aberto do Brasil). Ricardo Rossi (Brazil) finished in second place behind Snead (USA). [Sao Paulo GC, Santo Amoro, Sao Paulo, Brazil].

Played as the Eastern Open (Sept 11-14). Second-placed Ed "Porky" Oliver (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Mt Pleasant Municipal GC, Baltimore, MD].

Played as the Inverness Round Robin Invitational.

The Masters Tournament (16th) (April 3-6). Second-placed Jack "Jackie" Burke Jr (USA) finished 4 shots behind Snead (USA), who claimed the second of his three Masters green jackets. Final round played in very windy conditions. [Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA].

The US PGA Championship (33rd) (Jun 27-Jul 3). Snead (USA) beat Walter Burkemo (USA) 7 and 6 in the 36-hole final, to capture his third and final PGA Championship title. [Oakmont CC, nr Pittsburgh, PA].

Played as the Miami Open (Dec 6-9). Second-placed Chandler Harper (USA) and E.J. "Dutch" Harrison (USA) finished 5 shots behind defending champion Sam Snead (USA), who won this event for the fifth time in total. [Miami Springs G&CC, Miami, FL; at the time known as Miami Springs Municipal Course].

Snead (USA) won his third (and second straight) leading money winner title, with 1950 season earnings of $35,760 on the Tour.

Played as the North & South Open (Oct 31-Nov 3). Second-placed Johnny Palmer (USA) finished 4 shots behind defending champion Sam Snead (USA), who recorded the last of his three wins in this event. [No.2 Course, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina].

Played as the Inverness Invitational Four-Ball.

Played as the Reading Open (Sept 7-10). Second-placed Jim Ferrier (USA) finished 8 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Berkshire CC, Reading, Pennsylvania].

Played as the Los Angeles Open (Jan 6-9). Snead (USA) beat Ben Hogan (USA) in an 18-hole playoff (Snead 72, Hogan 76). The playoff was delayed until January 18 due to other tournaments and scheduling conflicts. [Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA].

Played as the Western Open (May 18-21). Second-placed Jim Ferrier (Aus/USA) and E.J. "Dutch" Harrison (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Sam Snead (USA). [Brentwood CC, Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA].

Played as the Miami Beach Open (March 9-12; last played in 1929). Second-placed Lawson Little (USA) finished 3 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Normandy Shores GC, Miami Beach, FL; at the time known as Normandy Isle GC. Each player also played one of their first two rounds at Miami Beach GC; at the time known as Bayshore GC].

Played as the Miami Open (Nov 30-Dec 3). Second-placed Jack Burke Jr (USA) and Dick Mayer (USA) finished 5 shots behind Sam Snead (USA), who recorded his fourth win in this event, 11th PGA Tour title of the year and 60th overall. [Miami Springs G&CC, Miami, FL; at the time known as Miami Springs Municipal Course].

Played as the Bing Crosby Pro-Am (Jan 13-15; 54-hole event). Sam Snead (USA), Jack Burke Jr (USA), Smiley Quick (USA) and Dave Douglas (USA) tied for first place. There was no sudden-death playoff in those days. [Pebble Beach Links, Monterey Peninsula, CA. Earlier rounds also at: Cypress Point Club and Monterey Peninsula CC].

Played as the Colonial National Invitation (May 25-28). Second-placed Skip Alexander (USA) finished 3 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Colonial CC, Ft Worth, TX].

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (March 23-26). Second-placed Jimmy Demaret (USA) finished 10 shots behind defending champion Snead (USA). This was the fourth of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC].

Snead (USA) won his second straight PGA of America Vardon Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the PGA Tour.

Played as the Texas Open (Feb 9-12). Second-placed Jimmy Demaret (USA) finished 1 shot behind Snead (USA), who recorded his second win in three years in this event. Snead shot a pair of 63s in the final two rounds to claim victory. [Brackenridge Park GC, San Antonio, TX. Early rounds also played at Ft Sam Houston GC].

Played as the (last) Dapper Dan Open (July 14-18). Second-placed Lloyd Mangrum (USA) finished 1 shot behind Sam Snead (USA). Monday finish required when Sunday's final round was rained out. [Alcoma CC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; now called 3 Lakes GC].

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (March 25-29). Snead (USA) beat defending champion Lloyd Mangrum (USA) in an 18-hole playoff (Snead 68, Mangrum 70). This was the third of Snead's eight wins in this event. [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

Snead (USA) won the PGA of America Vardon Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the PGA Tour.

Snead (USA) won his second PGA Tour leading money winner title, with 1949 season earnings of $31,593 on the Tour.

Snead (USA) won the PGA of America Player of the Year Award (based on points allocated for PGA Tour wins, money-list position and scoring average).

The Masters Tournament (13th) (April 7-10). Second-placed Lloyd Mangrum (USA) and Johnny Bulla (USA) finished 3 shots behind Snead (USA), who claimed the first of his three Masters titles. This was the first year that Augusta National's famous green jacket was presented to the Masters winner. [Augusta National GC, Augusta, GA].

The US PGA Championship (31st) (May 25-31). Native Virginian Sam Snead (USA) beat Johnny Palmer (USA) 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final, to claim his second PGA Championship title. [Hermitage CC, Manikin-Sabot, VA].

Played as the Western Open (July 28-31). Second-placed Cary Middlecoff (USA) finished 4 shots behind Sam Snead (USA), who shot a 5-under-par 67 in the final round. [Keller GC, St Paul, Minnesota].

Played as the North & South Open (Nov 2-4). Second-placed Johnny Bulla (USA) finished shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [No.2 Course, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina].

Played as the Washington Star Open (July 1-4; one-off PGA Tour event). Second-placed Cary Middlecoff (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Prince George's CC, Landover, Maryland. Course closed and is now the Kentland Golf Training Center].

Played as the Texas Open (Feb 5-8). Second-placed Jimmy Demaret (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA), who shot four rounds in the 60s to overhaul Demaret's third round 63. [Willow Springs GC, San Antonio, TX].

Played as the inaugural $10,000 World Championship of Golf (Sept 7/8; PGA Tour 36-hole winner-take-all exhibition event). Second-placed Byron Nelson (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].

The Open Championship (75th) (July 3-5). Second-placed Bobby Locke (RSA) and Johnny Bulla (USA) finished 4 shots behind Snead (USA). [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].

Played as the Greater Greensboro Open (March 21-24). Second-placed Herman Keiser (USA) finished 6 shots behind Snead (USA), who recorded the second of his eight wins in this event. [Sedgefield CC, Greensboro, NC].

Played as the Jacksonville Open (March 14-16). Second-placed Jimmy Demaret (USA) finished 4 shots behind defending champion Snead (USA). [Brentwood GC, Jacksonville, FL].

Played as the Miami Open (Dec 5-8). Second-placed Clayton Heafner (USA) finished 3 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Sam Snead (USA), who won this event for the third time. [Miami Springs G&CC, Miami, FL; at the time known as Miami Springs Municipal Course].

Played as the Virginia Open.

Played as the inaugural Jacksonville Open (March 2-4). Second-placed Bob Hamilton (USA) finished 4 shots behind Snead (USA). [Brentwood GC, Jacksonville, FL].

Played as the Dallas Open (Sept 6-9). Second-placed Harold "Jug" McSpaden (USA) finished 4 shots behind Snead (USA). [Dallas CC, Dallas, TX].

Played as the Pensacola Open Invitational.

Played as the Los Angeles Open (Jan 5-8). Second-placed Harold McSpaden (USA) and Byron Nelson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Snead (USA). [Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA].

Played as the Tulsa Open.

Played as the Gulfport Open (Feb 16-19). Sam Snead (USA) beat Byron Nelson (USA) in a Monday playoff. After finishing an 18-hole playoff tied on even par 71, Snead won the first sudden-death playoff hole with a par to Nelson's bogey-5. [Great Southern GC, Gulfport, Mississippi].

Played as the inaugural Richmond Open (Dec 14-17; not played in 1945). Second-placed Charles "Chuck" Congdon (USA) finished 1 shot behind Sam Snead (USA). [Richmond CC, nr San Francisco, CA].

Played as the inaugural Portland Open (Nov 23-26). Second-placed Mike Turnesa (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Portland GC, Portland, Oregon].

The US PGA Championship (25th) (May 23-31). Snead (USA) beat Jim Turnesa (USA) 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. Turnesa, an Army corporal, had been granted leave to play in this event; meanwhile Snead had to report for wartime service in the US Navy the day after the Championship. [Bay course, Seaview Resort, Galloway, nr Atlantic City, NJ].

Played as the St Petersburg Open.

Played as the Canadian Open (Aug 7-9). Second-placed Bobby Gray (Scot/Can) finished 2 shots behind defending champion and three-time Canadian Open winner Sam Snead (USA). [Lambton G&CC, Toronto, Ont.].

Played as the St Petersburg Open.

Played as the inaugural (and only) Henry Hurst Invitational (Sept 19-21). Second-placed Dick Metz (USA) finished 9 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [Torresdale-Frankford CC, Torresdale, nr Philadelphia, PA; now known as The Union League Golf Club at Torresdale].

Played as the inaugural Times-Union Open (Aug 15-17). Second-placed Ben Hogan (USA) finished 7 shots behind Sam Snead (USA), who won on the PGA Tour for the second straight week. [East Course, Oak Hill CC, Rochester, NY].

Played as the Bing Crosby Pro-Am (Jan 25/26; 36-hole event). Second-placed Craig Wood (USA) finished 1 shot behind Snead (USA), who won this event for the third time in its five year history. [Rancho Sante Fe GC, nr San Diego, CA].

Played as the North & South Open (March 18-20). Second-placed Clayton Heafner (USA) finished 3 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). [No.2 Course, Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina].

Played as the (last) Anthracite Open (Sept 6-8). Second-placed Byron Nelson (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA), who recorded his 20th PGA Tour win. [Scranton CC, Scranton, Pennsylvania].

Played as the Inverness Invitational Four-Ball.

Played as the Canadian Open (Aug 15-17, 19). Sam Snead (USA) beat defending champion Harold "Jug" McSpaden (USA) in an 18-hole Monday playoff (Snead 71, McSpaden 72). McSpaden missed a two-foot putt on the final playoff hole to gift the title to Snead by a shot. [Scarboro G&CC, Toronto, Ont.].

Played as the Miami Biltmore Four-Ball.

Played as the Miami Open (Dec 14-17). Second-placed and defending champion Harold "Jug" McSpaden (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA), who won this event for the second time in three years. [Miami Springs G&CC, Miami, FL; at the time known as Miami Springs Municipal Course].

Played as the St Petersburg Open.

Played as the Chicago Open (July 22-24). Second-placed Ralph Guldahl (USA) finished 1 shot behind Sam Snead (USA). Reduced to 54 holes after first round lost to rain. [No.4 (North) course, Olympia Fields CC, nr Chicago, IL; first two rounds also used the No.1 (South) course].

Played as the White Sulphur Springs Open.

Played as the inaugural Greater Greensboro Open (March 26-28). Second-placed Johnny Revolta (USA) finished 5 shots behind Snead (USA), who recorded the first of his eight wins in this event. [Sedgefield CC and Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].

Played as the Canadian Open (Aug 18-20, 22). Sam Snead (USA) beat defending champion "Lighthorse" Harry Cooper (Eng/USA) in a Monday playoff. The two players both scored 67 in the 18-hole playoff, which then required an additional nine hole playoff (Snead 34, Cooper 39). [Mississaugua G&CC, Mississauga, Ont.].

Snead (USA) won the PGA of America Vardon Trophy, based on a season-long points accumulation.

Played as the Palm Beach Round Robin.

Played as the Bing Crosby Pro-Am (Jan 16/17; 36-hole event). Second-placed Jimmy Hines (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Snead (USA). [Rancho Sante Fe GC, nr San Diego, CA].

Snead (USA) was the PGA Tour 1938 leading money winner, with earnings of $19,543 on the Tour.

Played as the Westchester 108-Hole Open (Sept 21-27; one-off PGA Tour event). Second-placed Billy Burke (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sam Snead (USA). First round postponed for two days due to heavy rain on the planned opening day (Weds 21st). [Fenway GC, Scarsdale, NY].

Played as the Inverness Invitational.

Played as the inaugural Oakland Open (Jan 15-17). Second-placed Ralph Guldahl (USA) finished 2 shots behind 24-year-old Sam Snead (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour win. [Claremont CC, Oakland, California].

Played as the St Paul Open.

Played as the inaugural Bing Crosby Pro-Am (Feb 5/6). Second-placed George Von Elm (USA) finished 4 shots behind Snead (USA). Event reduced from 36 holes to 18 following cancellation of first round due to rain. [Rancho Sante Fe GC, nr San Diego, CA].

Played as the Miami Open (Dec 23-25; second of two Miami Opens played in 1937, establishing a new December slot for this PGA Tour event). Second-placed Ralph Guldahl (USA) and Horton Smith (USA) finished 5 shots behind Sam Snead (USA), who recorded a 5-under-par 30 for the closing nine holes. [Miami Springs G&CC, Miami, FL; at the time known as Miami Springs Municipal Course].

Played as the Nassau Open.

Played as the West Virginia Closed Pro.