Robert Allenby

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Robert Allenby
Personal Information
Birth July 12, 1971 (1971-07-12) (age 36)
Melbourne, Australia
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 178 lb (81 kg/12.7 st)
Nationality Flag of Australia Australia
College None
Career
Turned Pro 1992
Current tour PGA Tour
Professional wins 20 (PGA Tour: 4, European Tour: 4, Australasia Tour: 12)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T22: 2006
U.S. Open T7: 2004
British Open T10: 1997
PGA Championship T9: 2004
Awards
PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit 1992, 1994

Robert Allenby (born 12 July 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

Allenby was born in Melbourne, his father was from Leeds, England and emmigrated to Australia as a young man. He turned professional in 1992 and was soon successful, topping the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in his first season and again in 1994. He continues to play some events on his home tour and has won 12 events on it, including one as an amateur. He also began to play on the European Tour and it was his principal tour until 1998. He won four tournaments on it, including three in 1996, when he finished third on the Order of Merit. He has featured in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Allenby now plays primarily in the U.S. on the PGA Tour. He earned exempt status for 1999 by finishing 17th at the 1998 Qualifying School. He had a disappointing first season in America, coming 126th on the money list, but came good in 2000 when he won the Shell Houston Open and the Advil Western Open. He claimed another pair of wins the following season. In both of those years he came 16th on the money list. He has not won since but finished in the top 50 each year from 2002-2004. His performances in the major championships have been somewhat disappointing. As of the 2005 Masters his highest placing in a major is tied seventh at the 2004 U.S. Open.

Allenby played for the International Team in the Presidents Cup in 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2003.

Contents

[edit] Amateur wins (4)

  • 1989 (1) Australian Juniors Amateur Championship
  • 1990 (2) Victorian Amateur Championship (Australia), Riversdale Cup
  • 1991 (1) Riversdale Cup

[edit] Professional wins (20)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (4)

[edit] European Tour wins (4)

[edit] PGA of Australasia Tour wins (12)

Note: The Johnnie Walker brand has been the title sponsor of at least five professional golf tournaments around the world. Allenby's win was not in the European Tour event which is now called the Johnnie Walker Classic. That was known as the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic in the early 1990s.

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP T33 DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP T46
The Open Championship CUT DNP CUT T60 T15 T55 T10 T19 DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP CUT DNP CUT CUT T49 T13 CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Masters DNP 47 T29 T39 CUT CUT T22 CUT T42
U.S. Open DNP DNP T12 T39 T7 CUT T16 CUT
The Open Championship T36 T47 CUT T43 CUT T52 T16 CUT
PGA Championship T19 T16 T10 T39 T9 CUT T20 CUT

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

[edit] Team appearances

[edit] Amateur

[edit] Professional

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