Editing Doug Sanders (section)

==Professional career==
Sanders had thirteen top-ten finishes in [[Men's major golf championships|major championships]], including four second-place finishes: [[1959 PGA Championship]], [[1961 U.S. Open (golf)|1961 U.S. Open]], [[1966 Open Championship|1966]] and [[1970 Open Championship|1970 Open]]s. In 1966, he became one of the few players in history to finish in the top ten of all four major championships in a single season, despite winning none of them. He took four shots from just 74 yards as the leader playing the final hole of the 1970 Open Championship at [[Old Course at St Andrews|St Andrews]], missing a sidehill {{convert|3|ft|1|adj=on}} putt to win, then lost the resulting 18-hole playoff by a single stroke the next day to [[Jack Nicklaus]].<ref name=kelley>{{cite web |first=Brent |last=Kelley |url=http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/doug_sanders.htm |title=Doug Sanders |publisher=About.com |access-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233053/http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/doug_sanders.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> His final victory on tour came in June [[1972 PGA Tour|1972]] at the [[Kemper Open]], one stroke ahead of runner-up [[Lee Trevino]].<ref name=sntikg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DEsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2684%2C555550 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Sanders nips Trevino in Kemper golf |date=June 5, 1972 |page=22}}</ref>

Sanders is remembered for an exceptionally short, flat golf swing — a consequence, it appears, of a painful neck condition that radically restricted his movements.<ref name=kelley/>

He was a member of the U.S. [[Ryder Cup]] team in [[1967 Ryder Cup|1967]], which won in [[Houston]].