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==Personal life== Sanders was a stylish, flamboyant dresser on the golf course, which earned him the nickname "[[Peafowl|Peacock]] of the Fairways."<ref name=kelley/> ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine named Sanders one of America's Ten Best Dressed Jocks in August 1972.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/39212451/?terms=%22doug%2Bsanders%22%2Besquire%2Bbest%2Bdressed |title=Esquire names Frazier |newspaper=The New Courier |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=September 2, 1972 |page=12 |quote=... Doug Sanders, a golf pro selected over the more publicized fashion plates of the game, complete the Esquire "10 Best-Dressed Jocks" |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Sanders identified himself as the lead character, a playboy PGA Tour golfer, in the golf novel ''Dead Solid Perfect'', by [[Dan Jenkins]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Curt |last=Sampson |title=The Eternal Summer: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, Golf's Golden Year |publisher=Villard Publishing |location=New York |year=2000 |isbn=978-0375753688}}</ref> Sanders wrote a golf instruction book, "Compact Golf", published in 1964, the title of which linked to Sanders' short golf swing. His autobiography "Come swing with me" was published in 1974.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Come Swing with Me by Doug Sanders |first1=Doug |last1=Sanders |first2=Larry |last2=Sheehan |publisher=Doubleday |year=1974 |isbn=978-0385056311 }}</ref> In his autobiography, Sanders said he was invited and intended to accompany fellow pro golfer and [[1964 Open Championship|1964 Open]] winner [[Tony Lema]] on the flight in a private plane in 1966 that crashed with no survivors. Sanders changed his schedule at the last minute and did not join Lema on the flight.<ref name=":0" /> After retiring from competitive golf, Sanders was active in his own corporate golf entertainment company for nearly 20 years, and sponsored the Doug Sanders International Junior Golf Championship in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. From 1988 to 1994, he also sponsored the [[Doug Sanders Celebrity Classic]]. Sanders died in his adopted hometown of Houston, Texas, on April 12, 2020, from natural causes.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/doug-sanders-tributes-paid-to-flamboyant-golf-great |magazine=bunkered |first=Michael |last=McEwan |title=Doug Sanders: Tributes paid to flamoyant golf great |date=April 13, 2020 |access-date=April 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2020/04/12/doug-sanders-winner-of-20-pga-tour-events-has-died/ |first=Adam |last=Schupak |date=April 12, 2020 |magazine=[[Golfweek]] |title=Doug Sanders, winner of 20 PGA Tour events, has died |access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> He was 86.
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