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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 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''.

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PGA Tour wins (20)

Senior PGA Tour wins

Results in major championships

See also

External links

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, Greater Greensboro Open

★ 1967 (1) Doral Open Invitational

★ 1970 (1) Bahama Islands Open

★ 1972 (1) Kemper Open

Senior PGA Tour wins

★ 1983 World Seniors Invitational

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

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T37	CUT	DNP	DNP	T45	DNP
The Open Championship	2	T9	4	T28	DNP	DNP	T28
PGA Championship	T41	CUT	T7	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Yellow background for top-10

See also

★ Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

External links

★ Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Profile