Bill Rogers (golfer)
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| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | September 10, 1951 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Nationality |  United States |
| College | University of Houston |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 1975 |
| Current tour | Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 14 (PGA Tour: 6, Other: 8) |
| Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 1 |
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| Masters | T29: 1978 |
| U.S. Open | T2: 1981 |
| The Open | Won 1981 |
| PGA Championship | T8: 1980 |
| Awards | |
| PGA Player of the Year | 1981 |
William Charles Rogers (born September 10, 1951) is an American professional golfer who is best known as the winner of the 1981 British Open.
Rogers was born in Waco, Texas. His father was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and he spent time in Morocco and Germany as a boy. Later he attended the University of Houston, where he roomed with fellow future PGA Tour pro Bruce Lietzke. As an amateur golfer he played for the U.S. in the 1973 Walker Cup.
Rogers played the PGA Tour full-time from 1975 to 1988. He won six tournaments, including four in 1981. Almost uniquely for an American golfer, his two most notable victories were in Britain: in 1979, he won the Suntory World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, and two years later, he won the British Open at Royal St George's, where he bettered runner up Bernhard Langer by four strokes. He was the PGA Player of the Year for 1981, and that year finished second on McCormack's World Golf Rankings. He also made an appearance in the Ryder Cup that year.
In 1982 Rogers won the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, and led the U.S. Open during the final day before falling short. After one further PGA Tour win in 1983, Rogers' tour career faded away and he left the tour in 1988 and took a position as director of golf at San Antonio Country Club, where he worked for eleven years.
Since turning fifty in 2001, Rogers has played sporadically on the Champions Tour, and his most notable accomplishment was winning the team portion of the 2002 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf with Bruce Lietzke.
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[edit] Amateur wins
this list may be incomplete
- 1972 Southern Amateur
[edit] PGA Tour wins (6)
- 1978 (1) Bob Hope Desert Classic
- 1981 (4) Sea Pines Heritage, British Open, World Series of Golf, Texas Open
- 1983 (1) USF&G Classic
Major championship is shown in bold.
[edit] Other wins (7)
- 1977 Pacific Masters (Japan Golf Tour)
- 1979 Suntory World Match Play Championship
- 1980 Suntory Open (Japan Golf Tour)
- 1981 Australian Open, Suntory Open (Japan Golf Tour), New South Wales Open
- 1982 PGA Grand Slam of Golf
[edit] Other senior wins
- 2002 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Raphael Division (with Bruce Lietzke)
[edit] Major championships
[edit] Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 Holes | Winning Score | Margin | Runners Up |
| 1981 | The Open Championship | 5 shot lead | -4 (72-66-67-71=276) | 4 strokes |  Bernhard Langer |
[edit] Results timeline
| Tournament | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T29 | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | 61 | DNP | CUT | T44 | T4 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T42 | T35 |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | T33 | T37 | T38 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Open | T16 | T2 | T3 | CUT | 57 | WD | CUT |
| The Open Championship | T19 | 1 | T22 | T8 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| PGA Championship | T8 | T27 | T29 | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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