# Philip Rodgers

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{{Short description|English golfer (1891–1966)}}
{{For|the American professional golfer (b.1938)|Phil Rodgers}}
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| fullname          = Philip Hugh Rodgers
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| birth_date        = 1891
| birth_place       = [Sandycroft](/source/Sandycroft),  [Hawarden](/source/Hawarden), [Flintshire](/source/Flintshire), [Wales](/source/Wales)
| death_date        = 1 August 1966 (aged 74)
| death_place       = [Blackpool](/source/Blackpool), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), [England](/source/England)
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| status            = Professional
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| usopen            = DNP
| open              = T10: [1927](/source/1927_Open_Championship)
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'''Philip Hugh Rodgers''' (1891 – 1 August 1966) was an English [professional golfer](/source/professional_golfer) who played in the early 20th century. Rodgers' best performance came in the [1927 Open Championship](/source/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](/source/Sandycroft),  [Hawarden](/source/Hawarden), [Flintshire](/source/Flintshire), [Wales](/source/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](/source/Old_Course_at_St_Andrews) in [St Andrews, Scotland](/source/St_Andrews). Amateur [Bobby Jones](/source/Bobby_Jones_(golfer)) 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](/source/Abe_Mitchell) in the 1929 [News of the World Matchplay](/source/News_of_the_World_Matchplay) at Wentworth, losing 8 & 7 in the final. In 1932 he won the [Northern Professional Championship](/source/Northern_Professional_Championship), scoring 298 and winning by a stroke from D. C. Jones.

==Death==
Rodgers died in [Blackpool](/source/Blackpool), [Lancashire](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodgers, Philip}}
Category:English male golfers
Category:Sportspeople from Hawarden
Category:1891 births
Category:1966 deaths
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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