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==Early years== He was born into a poor family in [[Cedartown, Georgia]], northwest of [[Atlanta]], where his father farmed and drove trucks.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=Doug Sanders, 'Peacock of the Fairways,' Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/obituaries/doug-sanders-dead.html |access-date=June 1, 2020 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name=gghofprofile>{{cite web |publisher=Georgia Golf Hall of Fame |url=http://www.gghof.com/sites/courses/custom.asp?id=1010&page=61433 |title=Georgia Golf Hall of Fame Member β Doug Sanders |access-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Sanders was the fourth of five children and picked [[cotton]] as a teenager. The family home was near a nine-hole course and he was a self-taught golfer.<ref name=sijan62>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1962/01/22/590485/the-badform-champion-of-golf |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Wright |first=Alfred |title=The bad-form champion of golf |date=January 22, 1962 |page=36 }}</ref>
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