Doug Sanders

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Doug Sanders (born July 24, 1933) is an American professional golfer, who won 20 PGA Tour tournaments during his career. He was born in Cedartown, Georgia and currently resides in Houston, Texas. He is remembered for an exceptionally short, flat golf swing - a consequence, it appears, of a painful neck condition that radically restricted his movements. He also attended the University of Florida.[1]

He had 13 top-10 finishes in major championships, including four second place finishes: 1959 PGA Championship, 1961 U.S. Open, and 1966 and 1970 British Opens. He was well known for missing a short putt on the final hole that would have won him the 1970 British Open, before losing in a playoff the next day to Jack Nicklaus.

Sanders has always been known as a stylish, flamboyant dresser on the golf course, which earned him the nickname Peacock of the Fairways. In 1973, Esquire named Sanders one of America's Ten Best Dressed Jocks.

Since retiring from competitive golf Sanders has been active in his own corporate golf entertainment company and has for nearly twenty years, sponsored the Doug Sanders International Junior Golf Championship.

1 Professional wins (23)
2 Results in major championships
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Professional wins (23)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (20)

1956 (1) Canadian Open (as an amateur)
1958 (1) Western Open
1959 (1) Coral Gables Open Invitational
1961 (5) Greater New Orleans Open Invitational, Colonial National Invitation, Hot Springs Open Invitational, Eastern Open Invitational, Cajun Classic Open Invitational
1962 (3) Pensacola Open Invitational, St. Paul Open Invitational, Oklahoma City Open Invitational
1963 (1) Greater Greensboro Open
1965 (2) Pensacola Open Invitational, Doral Open Invitational
1966 (3) Bob Hope Desert Classic, Jacksonville Open Invitational, Greater Greensboro Open
1967 (1) Doral Open Invitational
1970 (1) Bahama Islands Open
1972 (1) Kemper Open

[edit] Other wins (2)

1957 Colombian Open
1959 Sahara Pro-Am

[edit] Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

1983 World Seniors Invitational

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	T31	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T2

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	T29	T11	T33	T28	DNP	T11	T4	T16	T12	T36
U.S. Open	T46	T2	T11	T21	T32	T11	T8	T34	T37	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	11	CUT	T2	T18	34	DNP
PGA Championship	T3	3	T15	T17	T28	T20	T6	T28	T8	CUT