Doering was a member of the golf team and the Class of 1940 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

His best career finish in a stroke play major championship was a T-41 at the 1938 U.S. Open while he was a student a Stanford and still an amateur.

Doering earned his only PGA Tour victory at the 1951 Greater Greensboro Open.

In the early 1960s, Doering was president and head pro at the Yolo Fliers Club in Woodland, California.

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