Philip Rodgers

{{Short description|English golfer (1891–1966)}} {{For|the American professional golfer (b.1938)|Phil Rodgers}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Philip Rodgers | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | fullname = Philip Hugh Rodgers | nickname = | birth_date = 1891 | birth_place = Sandycroft, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales | death_date = 1 August 1966 (aged 74) | death_place = Blackpool, Lancashire, England | height =  | weight = | nationality = {{ENG}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro =  | retired =  | tour =  | extour =  | prowins = 1 | majorwins = | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = T10: 1927 | pga = DNP | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 =  | year1 =  | awardssection =  }}

'''Philip Hugh Rodgers''' (1891 – 1 August 1966) was an English professional golfer who played in the early 20th century. Rodgers' best performance came in the 1927 Open Championship when he tied for tenth place.<ref name="Brenner">{{cite book |title=The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008 |volume=1 |first=Morgan G. |last=Brenner |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-3360-5}}</ref>

==Early life== Rodgers was born in Sandycroft, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales in 1891, the son of Walter Ernest Rodgers.

==Golf career==

===1927 Open Championship=== The 1927 Open Championship was the 62nd Open Championship, held 13–15 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. Amateur Bobby Jones successfully defended the title with a dominating six stroke victory, the second of his three victories at the Open Championship. Rodgers had rounds of 76-73-74-77=300 and tied for tenth place with three other players. He won £8 in prize money.<ref name=Brenner />

===1929 News of the World Matchplay=== Rodgers was runner-up to Abe Mitchell in the 1929 News of the World Matchplay at Wentworth, losing 8 & 7 in the final. In 1932 he won the Northern Professional Championship, scoring 298 and winning by a stroke from D. C. Jones.

==Death== Rodgers died in Blackpool, Lancashire, on 1 August 1966 aged 74.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=rodgers&yearOfDeath=1966&page=3#calendar | title=Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales) }}</ref>

==Tournament wins== * 1932 Northern Professional Championship

==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1924 !1925 !1926 !1927 !1928 !1929 !1930 !1931 !1932 !1933 !1934 !1935 !1936 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |T65 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|T10 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T15 |T29 |T25 |CUT |CUT |T18 |CUT |} ''Note: Rodgers only played in The Open Championship.''<br /> {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br /> "T" indicates a tie for a place

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