Bill Rogers (golfer)

Bill Rogers
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	William Charles Rogers
Nickname	Panther
Born	(1951-09-10) September 10, 1951 Waco, Texas
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	148 lb (67 kg; 10.6 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	San Antonio, Texas
Career
College	University of Houston
Turned professional	1974
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	6
Japan Golf Tour	3
Best results in major championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T29: 1978
U.S. Open	T2: 1981
The Open Championship	Won: 1981
PGA Championship	T8: 1980
Achievements and 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 Open Championship.

Rogers was born in Waco, Texas. ^[1] His father was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, and Rogers spent part of his military brat youth in Morocco and Germany. Rogers began playing golf at age nine and later attended the University of Houston, where he played on the Cougar golf team and roomed with fellow future PGA Tour pro Bruce Lietzke.^[2] 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 and won six tournaments, including four in 1981.^[3] Almost uniquely for an American golfer, his two most notable victories were in Britain: Rogers won the Suntory World Match Play Championship at Wentworth in 1979, and The Open Championship in 1981 at Royal St George's, four strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer. He was the PGA Player of the Year for 1981, and finished second on McCormack's World Golf Rankings; he was also on the Ryder Cup team in 1981.

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 to the point where he experienced burnout; he left the tour in 1988 and took a position as director of golf at San Antonio Country Club, where he worked for 11 years.^[2]

Since turning 50 in 2001, Rogers has played sporadically on the Champions Tour; his most notable accomplishment as a senior player was winning the team portion of the 2002 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf with Bruce Lietzke.

Rogers lives in San Antonio, Texas.^[2]

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1972 Southern Amateur

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (6)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Feb 13, 1978	Bob Hope Desert Classic	69-67-67-67-69=339	−21	2 strokes	Jerry McGee
2	Mar 29, 1981	Sea Pines Heritage	71-69-68-70=278	−6	1 stroke	Bruce Devlin, Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan, Craig Stadler
3	Jul 19, 1981	The Open Championship	72-66-67-71=276	−4	4 strokes	Bernhard Langer
4	Aug 30, 1981	World Series of Golf	68-69-71-67=275	−5	1 stroke	Tom Kite
5	Oct 4, 1981	Texas Open	67-66-70-63=266	−14	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw
6	Mar 20, 1983	USF&G Classic	69-67-69-69=274	−14	3 strokes	David Edwards, Jay Haas, Vance Heafner

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1978	Western Open	Andy Bean	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	1979	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Tom Watson	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	1981	Texas Open	Ben Crenshaw	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

Other wins (4)

1979 Suntory World Match Play Championship
1981 Australian Open, New South Wales Open
1982 PGA Grand Slam of Golf

Other senior wins

2002 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Raphael Division (with Bruce Lietzke)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1981	The Open Championship	5 shot lead	−4 (72-66-67-71=276)	4 strokes	Bernhard Langer

Results timeline

Tournament	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	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
Masters Tournament	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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
U.S. Open	0	1	1	3	3	4	13	7
The Open Championship	1	0	0	1	2	4	7	4
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	5
Totals	1	1	1	4	6	9	35	20

Most consecutive cuts made – 17 (1978 Masters – 1982 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1981 U.S. Open – 1981 Open Championship)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1973 (winners)

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1981 (winners)

References

↑ "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
1 2 3 Stricklin, Art. "Bill Rogers Last Shot". Retrieved March 25, 2011.
↑ "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved March 25, 2011.

External links

Bill Rogers at the PGA Tour official site
Bill Rogers at the Japan Golf Tour official site

The Open Championship champions

1860 Willie Park, Sr. 1861 Tom Morris, Sr. 1862 Tom Morris, Sr. 1863 Willie Park, Sr. 1864 Tom Morris, Sr. 1865 Andrew Strath 1866 Willie Park, Sr. 1867 Tom Morris, Sr. 1868 Tom Morris, Jr. 1869 Tom Morris, Jr. 1870 Tom Morris, Jr. 1871 No championship 1872 Tom Morris, Jr. 1873 Tom Kidd 1874 Mungo Park 1875 Willie Park, Sr. 1876 Bob Martin† 1877 Jamie Anderson 1878 Jamie Anderson 1879 Jamie Anderson 1880 Bob Ferguson 1881 Bob Ferguson 1882 Bob Ferguson 1883 Willie Fernie† 1884 Jack Simpson 1885 Bob Martin 1886 David Brown 1887 Willie Park, Jr. 1888 Jack Burns 1889 Willie Park, Jr.† 1890 John Ball# 1891 Hugh Kirkaldy 1892 Harold Hilton# 1893 William Auchterlonie 1894 John Henry Taylor 1895 John Henry Taylor 1896 Harry Vardon† 1897 Harold Hilton# 1898 Harry Vardon 1899 Harry Vardon 1900 John Henry Taylor 1901 James Braid 1902 Sandy Herd 1903 Harry Vardon 1904 Jack White 1905 James Braid 1906 James Braid 1907 Arnaud Massy 1908 James Braid 1909 John Henry Taylor 1910 James Braid 1911 Harry Vardon† 1912‡ Edward Ray 1913 John Henry Taylor 1914 Harry Vardon 1915-19 No Championships due to World War I 1920 George Duncan 1921 Jock Hutchison† 1922 Walter Hagen 1923 Arthur Havers 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Jim Barnes 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927‡ Bobby Jones# 1928 Walter Hagen 1929 Walter Hagen 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Tommy Armour 1932‡ Gene Sarazen 1933 Denny Shute† 1934‡ Henry Cotton 1935 Alf Perry 1936 Alf Padgham 1937 Henry Cotton 1938 Reg Whitcombe 1939 Dick Burton 1940-45 No Championships due to World War II 1946 Sam Snead 1947 Fred Daly 1948 Henry Cotton 1949 Bobby Locke† 1950 Bobby Locke 1951 Max Faulkner 1952 Bobby Locke 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Peter Thomson 1955 Peter Thomson 1956 Peter Thomson 1957 Bobby Locke 1958 Peter Thomson† 1959 Gary Player 1960 Kel Nagle 1961 Arnold Palmer 1962 Arnold Palmer 1963 Bob Charles† 1964 Tony Lema 1965 Peter Thomson 1966 Jack Nicklaus 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo 1968 Gary Player 1969 Tony Jacklin 1970 Jack Nicklaus† 1971 Lee Trevino 1972 Lee Trevino 1973‡ Tom Weiskopf 1974 Gary Player 1975 Tom Watson† 1976 Johnny Miller 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Seve Ballesteros 1980 Tom Watson 1981 Bill Rogers 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Tom Watson 1984 Seve Ballesteros 1985 Sandy Lyle 1986 Greg Norman 1987 Nick Faldo 1988 Seve Ballesteros 1989 Mark Calcavecchia† 1990 Nick Faldo 1991 Ian Baker-Finch 1992 Nick Faldo 1993 Greg Norman 1994 Nick Price 1995 John Daly† 1996 Tom Lehman 1997 Justin Leonard 1998 Mark O'Meara† 1999 Paul Lawrie† 2000 Tiger Woods 2001 David Duval 2002 Ernie Els† 2003 Ben Curtis 2004 Todd Hamilton† 2005‡ Tiger Woods 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Pádraig Harrington† 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Stewart Cink† 2010 Louis Oosthuizen 2011 Darren Clarke 2012 Ernie Els 2013 Phil Mickelson 2014‡ Rory McIlroy 2015 Zach Johnson†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire in 72-holes; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year

PGA Tour Players of the Year

United States Ryder Cup team – 1981

Ben Crenshaw Raymond Floyd Hale Irwin Tom Kite Bruce Lietzke Johnny Miller Larry Nelson Jack Nicklaus Jerry Pate Bill Rogers Lee Trevino Tom Watson Dave Marr (non-playing captain)

Won: 18.5 – 9.5

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