Professional golf has always had its share of charactersfrom the likes of Walter ("The Haig") Hagen, who once showed up for a match still wearing his tuxedo of the evening before (and shot a 67), to "Champagne Tony" Lema, who amused himself by hitting practice drives out of open hotel-room windows. Now there is Doug Sanders, 33, current king of the "Kelloggs," or "flakes," as such characters are known today.
From the tip of his razor-cut hair to the toes of his orange (or pink or avocado) patent-leather golf shoes, Sanders is a confirmed, color-coordinated kook. Twice married and twice divorced,...