Golf great Sam Snead tees off from home plate and hits the center field scoreboard at Wrigley Field before the Cubs’ home opener.
On April 17, 1951 – – Sammy Snead settled a long-standing argument today over whether a golf ball could be driven from home plate over the towering centerfield scoreboard at Wrigley Field.
It can, by a golfer like Sam. Wearing street clothes, before the Cubs’ home opener. Snead sent a ball zooming well over the scoreboard with a No. 2 iron after hitting the board with a swing with a No. 4 Iron. Snead calculated the carry, was 175 yards. The score’ board rises 89 feet In the air some 60 feet behind the 400-mark on the centerfield wall. Snead did the trick before the Cincinnati Chicago Cubs opener. Sam was in town for an X-ray of his recently-broken left hand. He said the examination revealed the break was mending properly, but that exercising the hand was necessary.
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