April 12, 2020(2020-04-12) (aged 86) Houston, Texas
Sporting nationality
United States
Career
College
University of Florida
Turned professional
1956
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins
24
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
20
PGA Tour Champions
1
Other
3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
T4: 1966
PGA Championship
T2: 1959
U.S. Open
T2: 1961
The Open Championship
T2/2nd: 1966, 1970
U.S. Amateur
R64: 1956
British Amateur
R256: 1956
George Douglas Sanders (July 24, 1933 – April 12, 2020)[1] was an American professional golfer who won 20 events on the PGA Tour and had four runner-up finishes at major championships.
^Mason, Peter (April 14, 2020). "Doug Sanders obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
Sanders, Doug; Sheehan, Larry (1974). Come Swing with Me by DougSanders. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385056311. McEwan, Michael (April 13, 2020). "Doug Sanders:...
The DougSanders Celebrity Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1988 to 1994. It was played in Kingwood, Houston, Texas at the Deerwood...
shortened to 63 holes due to fog. Senior PGA Tour playoff record (2–1) 1984 DougSanders Celebrity Pro-Am 1986 Union Mutual Classic 1990 Senior Skins Game 1992...
and 3rd prizes awarded in this playoff. 3Defeated Sanders in 18-hole playoff; Nicklaus (72), Sanders (73). In a span of 25 years, from 1962 (age 22) to...
in an 18-hole Sunday playoff over DougSanders, 72 to 73. In gusty winds during the fourth round on Saturday, Sanders saved par from the Road Hole bunker...
1 1933–1944 12 DougSanders 1933–2020 0 1956–1972 17 T40 Ben Crenshaw H 1952– 19 2 1973–1995 23 Ernie Els H 1969– 4 1994–2012 19 Doug Ford H 1922–2018...
England. Their original line-up consisted of Jez Bird (singer/guitarist), DougSanders (guitarist/vocalist), Mark Ellis (bassist) and Paul Wincer (drummer)...
1967: Club professional Tom Nieporte birdies the 90th hole to beat DougSanders by one shot. 1972: Bob Rosburg wins for the first time since the 1961...
won the first of his three Claret Jugs, one stroke ahead of runners-up DougSanders and Dave Thomas. It was the sixth of eighteen major titles for Nicklaus...
May 1964 500 Festival Open Invitation −11 (70-66-70-67=273) 1 stroke DougSanders, Art Wall Jr. 10 21 Jun 1965 U.S. Open +2 (70-70-71-71=282) Playoff Kel...
liberalism, and geopolitical megalomania". The Globe and Mail columnist DougSanders has cited the book as a possible inspiration for Russian policy in events...
as an amateur, a rare achievement which was not to be repeated until DougSanders won the Canadian Open in 1956. Littler graduated from San Diego State...
win by one shot over DougSanders. It is Palmer's third consecutive win in as many weeks. 1966: Defending champion DougSanders is ahead by four shots...
Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist who is the senior United States senator from Vermont. Sanders is the longest-serving...
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1958 DougSanders 275 −13 1 stroke Dow Finsterwald Red Run Royal Oak, Michigan 1957 Doug Ford 279 −5 Playoff George Bayer...
Worth Invitational Miami Open 1948 Gene Littler San Diego Open 1954 DougSanders Canadian Open 1956 Scott Verplank Western Open 1985 Phil Mickelson Northern...
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