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. In his autobiography, Sanders said he was invited and intended to accompany fellow pro golfer and 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. 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. He was 86. Honors Sanders was a member of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame, Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great." Amateur wins 1955 Mexican Amateur Professional wins (24) PGA Tour wins (20) PGA Tour playoff record (5–5) Far East Circuit wins (1) 1963 Yomiuri International Other wins (2) 1957 Colombian Open 1959 Sahara Pro-Am Senior PGA Tour wins (1) Results in major championships Amateur Professional CUT = missed the half-way cut R256, R128, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" indicates a tie for a place Sources: Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur, Open Championship, PGA Championship, 1956 British Amateur Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 14 (1965 PGA – 1969 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (1966 Masters – 1966 PGA) See also List of American Ryder Cup golfers List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members References External links Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Profile American male golfers Florida Gators men's golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Ryder Cup competitors for the United States Golfers from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Cedartown, Georgia Sportspeople from the Atlanta metropolitan area 1933 births 2020 deaths