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Rogers was born inWaco, Texas. He began playing golf at the age of 9. Rogers attendedTexas High School inTexarkana, Texas where he excelled on the golf team. He began honing his skills at Northridge Country Club winning numerous local amateur events in northeast Texas.^[1] His father was alieutenant colonel in theUnited States Air Force, and Rogers spent part of hismilitary brat youth inMorocco andGermany.

Amateur career

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Rogers attended theUniversity of Houston, where he played on theCougar golf team and roomed with fellow futurePGA Tour proBruce Lietzke.^[2] As an amateur golfer, he played for the U.S. in the1973 Walker Cup.

Professional career

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Rogers played the PGA Tour full-time from1975 to1988 and won six tournaments, including four in1981.^[3] Almost uniquely for an American golfer, his two most notable victories were in Britain: Rogers won theSuntory World Match Play Championship at Wentworth in 1979, andThe Open Championship in1981 atRoyal St George's, four strokes ahead of runner-upBernhard Langer. He was thePGA Player of the Year for 1981, and finished second onMcCormack's World Golf Rankings; he was also on theRyder Cup team in1981.

In1982, Rogers won thePGA Grand Slam of Golf, and led theU.S. Open during the final day before falling short. After one further PGA Tour win in1983, Rogers' tour career faded to the point where he experiencedburnout.^[4]

Rogers 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 theChampions Tour; his most notable accomplishment as a senior player was winning the team portion of the 2002Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf withBruce Lietzke.

Personal life

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Rogers lives inSan Antonio, Texas.^[2]

Amateur wins

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this list may be incomplete

1972Southern Amateur

Professional wins (14)

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PGA Tour wins (6)

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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

PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 9,1977	Taiheiyo Club Masters	71-67-71-66=275	−9	1 stroke	Mike Morley,Teruo Sugihara
2	Sep 7,1980	Suntory Open	68-71-70-69=278	−10	2 strokes	Graham Marsh
3	Sep 13,1981	Suntory Open (2)	68-65-68-69=270	−18	2 strokes	Norio Suzuki

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Nov 1, 1981	New South Wales Open	69-69-71-76=285	−7	3 strokes	Lyndsay Stephen
2	Nov 22, 1981	Australian Open	71-69-69-73=282	−6	1 stroke	Greg Norman

Other wins (2)

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No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Oct 14, 1979	Suntory World Match Play Championship	1 up			Isao Aoki
2	Mar 15, 1982	PGA Grand Slam of Golf	71	+1	5 strokes	David Graham

Other senior wins (1)

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

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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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

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Tournament	1971	1973	1975	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament					T29
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	61	CUT	T44	T4
The Open Championship
PGA Championship				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

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

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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

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Amateur

Walker Cup:1973 (winners)

Professional

Ryder Cup:1981 (winners)

References

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^"Profile on PGA Tour's official site". Archived fromthe original on December 13, 2010. RetrievedMarch 25, 2011.
^^a ^b ^cStricklin, Art."Bill Rogers Last Shot". RetrievedMarch 25, 2011.
^"Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". RetrievedMarch 25, 2011.^{[dead link]}
^Rosaforte, Tim (July 12, 2011)."Forgotten Champion".Golf Digest.

External links

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Bill Rogers at thePGA Tour official site
Bill Rogers at theJapan Golf Tour official site

v t e The Open Championship champions
1860Willie Park Sr. 1861Tom Morris Sr. 1862Tom Morris Sr. 1863Willie Park Sr. 1864Tom Morris Sr. 1865Andrew Strath 1866Willie Park Sr. 1867Tom Morris Sr. 1868Tom Morris Jr. 1869Tom Morris Jr. 1870Tom Morris Jr. 1872Tom Morris Jr. 1873Tom Kidd 1874Mungo Park 1875Willie Park Sr. 1876Bob Martin† 1877Jamie Anderson 1878Jamie Anderson 1879Jamie Anderson 1880Bob Ferguson 1881Bob Ferguson 1882Bob Ferguson 1883Willie Fernie† 1884Jack Simpson 1885Bob Martin 1886David Brown 1887Willie Park Jr. 1888Jack Burns 1889Willie Park Jr.† 1890John Ball# 1891Hugh Kirkaldy 1892Harold Hilton# 1893William Auchterlonie 1894John Henry Taylor 1895John Henry Taylor 1896Harry Vardon† 1897Harold Hilton# 1898Harry Vardon 1899Harry Vardon 1900John Henry Taylor 1901James Braid 1902Sandy Herd 1903Harry Vardon 1904Jack White 1905James Braid 1906James Braid 1907Arnaud Massy 1908James Braid 1909John Henry Taylor 1910James Braid 1911Harry Vardon† 1912‡Edward Ray 1913John Henry Taylor 1914Harry Vardon 1920George Duncan 1921Jock Hutchison† 1922Walter Hagen 1923Arthur Havers 1924Walter Hagen 1925Jim Barnes 1926Bobby Jones# 1927‡Bobby Jones# 1928Walter Hagen 1929Walter Hagen 1930Bobby Jones# 1931Tommy Armour 1932‡Gene Sarazen 1933Denny Shute† 1934‡Henry Cotton 1935Alf Perry 1936Alf Padgham 1937Henry Cotton 1938Reg Whitcombe 1939Dick Burton 1946Sam Snead 1947Fred Daly 1948Henry Cotton 1949Bobby Locke† 1950Bobby Locke 1951Max Faulkner 1952Bobby Locke 1953Ben Hogan 1954Peter Thomson 1955Peter Thomson 1956Peter Thomson 1957Bobby Locke 1958Peter Thomson† 1959Gary Player 1960Kel Nagle 1961Arnold Palmer 1962Arnold Palmer 1963Bob Charles† 1964Tony Lema 1965Peter Thomson 1966Jack Nicklaus 1967Roberto De Vicenzo 1968Gary Player 1969Tony Jacklin 1970Jack Nicklaus† 1971Lee Trevino 1972Lee Trevino 1973‡Tom Weiskopf 1974Gary Player 1975Tom Watson† 1976Johnny Miller 1977Tom Watson 1978Jack Nicklaus 1979Seve Ballesteros 1980Tom Watson 1981Bill Rogers 1982Tom Watson 1983Tom Watson 1984Seve Ballesteros 1985Sandy Lyle 1986Greg Norman 1987Nick Faldo 1988Seve Ballesteros 1989Mark Calcavecchia† 1990Nick Faldo 1991Ian Baker-Finch 1992Nick Faldo 1993Greg Norman 1994Nick Price 1995John Daly† 1996Tom Lehman 1997Justin Leonard 1998Mark O'Meara† 1999Paul Lawrie† 2000Tiger Woods 2001David Duval 2002Ernie Els† 2003Ben Curtis 2004Todd Hamilton† 2005‡Tiger Woods 2006Tiger Woods 2007Pádraig Harrington† 2008Pádraig Harrington 2009Stewart Cink† 2010Louis Oosthuizen 2011Darren Clarke 2012Ernie Els 2013Phil Mickelson 2014‡Rory McIlroy 2015Zach Johnson† 2016Henrik Stenson 2017Jordan Spieth 2018Francesco Molinari 2019Shane Lowry 2021Collin Morikawa 2022Cameron Smith 2023Brian Harman 2024Xander Schauffele 2025Scottie Scheffler
† 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 1871No championship; 1915–1919cancelled due toWorld War I; 1940–1945cancelled due toWorld War II; 2020cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic

The Open Championship champions

† 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
1871No championship; 1915–1919cancelled due toWorld War I; 1940–1945cancelled due toWorld War II; 2020cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic

v t e PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year
PGA Players of the Year 1948Ben Hogan 1949Sam Snead 1950Ben Hogan 1951Ben Hogan 1952Julius Boros 1953Ben Hogan 1954Ed Furgol 1955Doug Ford 1956Jack Burke Jr. 1957Dick Mayer 1958Dow Finsterwald 1959Art Wall Jr. 1960Arnold Palmer 1961Jerry Barber 1962Arnold Palmer 1963Julius Boros 1964Ken Venturi 1965Dave Marr 1966Billy Casper 1967Jack Nicklaus 1968 No award 1969Orville Moody 1970Billy Casper 1971Lee Trevino 1972Jack Nicklaus 1973Jack Nicklaus 1974Johnny Miller 1975Jack Nicklaus 1976Jack Nicklaus 1977Tom Watson 1978Tom Watson 1979Tom Watson 1980Tom Watson 1981Bill Rogers 1982Tom Watson 1983Hal Sutton 1984Tom Watson 1985Lanny Wadkins 1986Bob Tway 1987Paul Azinger 1988Curtis Strange 1989Tom Kite 1990Nick Faldo 1991Corey Pavin 1992Fred Couples 1993Nick Price 1994Nick Price 1995Greg Norman 1996Tom Lehman 1997Tiger Woods 1998Mark O'Meara 1999Tiger Woods 2000Tiger Woods 2001Tiger Woods 2002Tiger Woods 2003Tiger Woods 2004Vijay Singh 2005Tiger Woods 2006Tiger Woods 2007Tiger Woods 2008Pádraig Harrington 2009Tiger Woods 2010Jim Furyk 2011Luke Donald 2012Rory McIlroy 2013Tiger Woods 2014Rory McIlroy 2015Jordan Spieth 2016Dustin Johnson 2017Justin Thomas 2018Brooks Koepka 2019Brooks Koepka 2020Justin Thomas 2021Jon Rahm 2022Cameron Smith PGA Tour Players of the Year 1990Wayne Levi 1991Fred Couples 1992Fred Couples 1993Nick Price 1994Nick Price 1995Greg Norman 1996Tom Lehman 1997Tiger Woods 1998Mark O'Meara 1999Tiger Woods 2000Tiger Woods 2001Tiger Woods 2002Tiger Woods 2003Tiger Woods 2004Vijay Singh 2005Tiger Woods 2006Tiger Woods 2007Tiger Woods 2008Pádraig Harrington 2009Tiger Woods 2010Jim Furyk 2011Luke Donald 2012Rory McIlroy 2013Tiger Woods 2013–14Rory McIlroy 2014–15Jordan Spieth 2015–16Dustin Johnson 2016–17Justin Thomas 2017–18Brooks Koepka 2018–19Rory McIlroy 2019–20Dustin Johnson 2020–21Patrick Cantlay 2021–22Scottie Scheffler 2022–23Scottie Scheffler 2024Scottie Scheffler

PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year

PGA Tour Players of the Year

v t e 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