Fulton Allem

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Fulton Allem
Personal Information
Birth September 15, 1957 (1957-09-15) (age 50)
Kroonstad, South Africa
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg)
Nationality Flag of South Africa South Africa
College None
Career
Turned Pro 1976
Current tour Champions Tour
Professional wins 16 (PGA Tour: 3, Sunshine Tour: 11, Other: 1)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T38: 1994
U.S. Open T33: 1994
British Open T44: 1987, 1991
PGA Championship T31: 1993

Fulton Peter Allem (born September 15, 1957) is a South African professional golfer.

Allem was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, the middle child of five children and the grandson of a Lebanese trader; he had a privileged upbringing. By the time he came into the world, his family had the largest corn farm in the southern hemisphere and the only privately owned grain silos in South Africa. Allem started playing golf at the age of 7 with encouragement from his father. Gary Player, a close family friend, also had a large influence on his early career.

Allem did not attend college and turned pro in 1976. He spent the early part of his career playing mostly in South Africa. He won 11 times on the Sunshine Tour between 1985 and 1991. A second-place finish in the 1987 NEC World Series of Golf convinced him to join the PGA Tour. Allem's first win on the PGA Tour was at the 1991 Independent Insurance Agent Open (now known as the Shell Houston Open).

In 1993, he won twice on the PGA Tour and finished ninth on the money list. He won the Southwestern Bell Colonial and NEC World Series of Golf that year, two of the Tour's most prestigious non-majors .

Since his big year in 1993, Allem has been plagued by a host of medical ailments. In 1994, he suffered a herniated disc in his lower back. In 1998, he developed pericarditis, a potentially fatal inflammation of the sack surrounding the heart. In 2003, the were problems with vertebrae in his cervical spine. He has also suffered multiple heart attacks. These conditions have limited his playing time and adversely affected his play.

Allem lives in Central Florida with his wife and daughters. He is sometimes known by the nickname "Fulty", particularly by the other South African players. His youngest brother is the interior designer Charles Allem, Principal of CAD International based in Miami. He has appeared on Fore Inventors Only on The Golf Channel.

Allem now plays on the Champions Tour and has had two top-10 finishes in 2008.

Contents

[edit] Professional wins (16)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (3)

[edit] Sunshine Tour wins (11)

[edit] Other wins (1)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT T44 DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP CUT CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
The Masters DNP DNP T52 DNP T38 DNP
U.S. Open DNP CUT DNP T52 T33 CUT
The Open Championship DNP T44 DNP CUT CUT DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP T40 T31 T47 DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

This list may be incomplete.

[edit] External links