Best action I ever saw in person? Easy...Jim Ferree. Played the tour in the 50's and 60's, played with him a few times in tournaments in the Tri-State Section in the 70's. Jim is retired now, lives in Hilton Head, SC. Best ball striker I ever saw- horrible putter, until the long putters came out- he won over a million $$ on the senior tour before retiring. I would love to have some film of him hitting balls- unfortunately, I only have the memory in my coconut. Closest to Jim, IMHO, would have been Tom Tomasello. Ol' Tom is up there on the big course now, playing every day w/Snead and Hogan. I DO have Tom on film- real good action, but not quite what Jim has.
I'd be happy w/either one of them!