Bill Rogers (golfer)
| Bill Rogers | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | William Charles Rogers |
| Nickname | Panther |
| Born |
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. 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. 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. 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.
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