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Phil Rodgers

1championship win

Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 1963 Open
  • Open top 10s 1962 (T3), 1966 (T4)
  • Tour wins at the courses we cover 1 (1966)

Wins

  1. 1966 Doral Open PGA Tour win · 278 (-10) · 1 stroke

Near misses

  1. 1962 The Open Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T3 · 289
  2. 1963 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · runner-up to Bob Charles · 277 · lost playoff
  3. 1966 The Open Muirfield · finished T4 · 286

Rivals

Beat him

Next in the chain: Bob Charles' rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    1963 The Open

    Runner-up to Bob Charles · 277.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1963.

    Career line, 1962–1966

    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Other win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Rodgers' best major finish was second, at the 1963 Open.

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    The record

    Tour wins (1)

    Official PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LPGA Tour wins at the courses we cover, each with its source. The majors and the 2024–26 tour seasons are listed in their own sections.

    1. 1966 Doral Open Blue Monster · PGA Tour win · 278 (-10) · 1 stroke

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1962 The Open Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T3 · 289
    2. 1963 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · runner-up to Bob Charles · 277 · lost playoff
    3. 1966 The Open Muirfield · finished T4 · 286

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, the championship history of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour courses, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikidata: Q7182345
    2. R&A 1962
    3. R&A 1966
    4. Wikipedia: Doral Open (winners table)