Background
Rodgers was born in San Diego, California.
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Career
Playing sparingly in 1961, but winning the "unofficial" 54-hole Sahara Pro-Am in Las Vegas, Nevada, Rodgers started his first full year on the Professional Golf Association Tour in 1962, which began with the Los Angeles Open. Despite some sensational wins, Rodgers seems better known for two losses. He lost to Bob Charles in a 36-hole playoff in the 1963 Open Championship.
Lesser known is that he lost the 1962 United States. Open by two strokes despite going 6-over-par on two holes.
In the first round, he took a quadruple bogey 8 on the 17th hole, and 4-putted the 12th hole in the third round. Instead he made 3 bogeys enabling Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to finish regulation play tied for first at 1-under-par.
After a stint on the Senior Professional Golf Association Tour, Rodgers has become a much sought-after teacher, specializing in the short game. Foreign several years, Golf Magazine has ranked Rodgers in their top 100 teachers.
Professional Golf Association Tour wins (5) Other wins DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10 Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (twice) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice).
