Bill Rogers (b. September 10, 1951 Waco, Texas) is an American golfer, who is best known as the winner of the 1981 British Open, one of golf's four major championships.

Roger's father was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and he spent time in Morocco and Germany as a boy. Later he attended the University of Houston, where he roomed with fellow future PGA Tour pro Bruce Lietzke . As an amateur golfer he played for the U.S. in the 1973 Walker Cup.

Roger's played the PGA Tour from 1975 to 1988. He won six tournaments, including four in 1981, which was his career year by far, with four wins and a his British Open win was in that year and took place at Royal St George's, where he bettered runner up Bernhard Langer by four strokes. He was the PGA Player of the Year for 1981. He also made his only appearance in the Ryder Cup that year. He has said that playing for his country as both an amateur and a professional was the biggest thrill of his career.

After one further PGA Tour win in 1983 Rogers' tour career faded away and he left the tour five years after that and took a position as director of golf at San Antonio Country Club, where he worked for eleven years. Since turning fifty in 2001 he has played on the Champions Tour, but

as of March 2005, he has not won any senior tournaments.

PGA Tour wins

• 1978 Bob Hope Desert Classic
• 1981 Sea Pines Heritage, British Open, World Series of Golf, Texas Open.
• 1983 USF&G Classic

External link

Profile on the PGA Tour's official site