Robert Allenby

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Robert Allenby
Personal information
Born 12 July 1971 (1971-07-12) (age 40)
Melbourne, Australia
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 178 lb (81 kg; 12.7 st)
Nationality  Australia
Career
College None
Turned professional 1991
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour
PGA Tour
Professional wins 22
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 4
European Tour 4
Sunshine Tour 1
PGA Tour of Australasia 13
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T22: 2006
U.S. Open T7: 2004
The Open Championship T7: 2008
PGA Championship T9: 2004
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner		 1992, 1994

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

Allenby was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was from Leeds, England, and emigrated to Australia as a young man.

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[edit] Professional career

He turned professional in 1992 and was successful almost immediately, 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 13 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; his highest placing in a major is tied seventh at the 2004 U.S. Open.

In 2005 he became the first golfer to win the "triple crown" of the Australian Masters, Australian PGA and Australian Open in the same year.

Allenby played for the International Team in the Presidents Cup in 1994, 1996, 2000, 2003 and 2009.

After posting a 2–2–1 record in the 2009 Presidents Cup, Allenby accused Anthony Kim of being ill-prepared for his Sunday singles match, in which Allenby lost 5 and 3.

In December 2009 Allenby became the first Australian to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, defeating Henrik Stenson in a playoff. It was his first professional win in four years, but he did not have to wait long for the next as he returned home to claim his fourth Australian PGA Championship title the following week.[1]

Allenby missed the cut in the 2011 Masters Tournament by one stroke after bogeying the 18th hole of the second round.

Allenby is a patron and spokesperson for Challenge Cancer Support Network, which has raised more than $9 million since 1993 for children with cancer and blood disorders.[2] He resides in Jupiter, Florida.

On 22 June 2000 Allenby was awarded the Australian Sports Medal.[3]

[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 (22)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 30 Apr 2000 Shell Houston Open -13 (68–67–68–72=275) Playoff United States Craig Stadler
2 9 Jul 2000 Advil Western Open -14 (69–69–68–68=274) Playoff Zimbabwe Nick Price
3 25 Feb 2001 Nissan Open -8 (73–64–69–70=276) Playoff United States Brandel Chamblee, Japan Toshi Izawa,
United States Dennis Paulson, United States Jeff Sluman,
United States Bob Tway
4 23 Sep 2001 Marconi Pennsylvania Classic -19 (70–65–66–68=269) 3 strokes United States Larry Mize, United States Rocco Mediate

PGA Tour playoff record (3–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2000 Shell Houston Open United States Craig Stadler Won with par on the fourth extra hole
2 2000 Advil Western Open Zimbabwe Nick Price Won with par on first extra hole
3 2001 Nissan Open United States Brandel Chamblee, Japan Toshi Izawa,
United States Dennis Paulson, United States Jeff Sluman,
United States Bob Tway		 Won with birdie on first playoff hole
4 2008 Stanford St. Jude Championship South Africa Trevor Immelman, United States Justin Leonard Leonard won with birdie on second extra hole

[edit] European Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 12 Jun 1994 Honda Open -12 (72–67–68–69=276) Playoff Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2 9 Jun 1996 Alamo English Open -10 (69–71–69–69=278) 1 stroke England Ross McFarlane, Scotland Colin Montgomerie
3 30 Jun 1996 Peugeot Open de France -16 (70–65–68–69=272) Playoff Germany Bernhard Langer
4 31 Aug 1996 One 2 One British Masters -4 (69–71–71–73=284) Playoff Spain Miguel Ángel Martín

[edit] Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory		 Runner-up
1 6 Dec 2009 Nedbank Golf Challenge -11 (68–70–68–71=277) Playoff Sweden Henrik Stenson

[edit] PGA of Australasia Tour wins (13)

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 2009
The Masters DNP 47 T29 T39 CUT CUT T22 CUT T42 T38
U.S. Open DNP DNP T12 T39 T7 CUT T16 CUT T18 CUT
The Open Championship T36 T47 CUT T43 CUT T52 T16 CUT T7 T52
PGA Championship T19 T16 T10 T39 T9 CUT T20 CUT T31 T24
Tournament 2010 2011
The Masters T45 CUT
U.S. Open T29 CUT
The Open Championship T27 T48
PGA Championship DNP T26

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

[edit] Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Accenture Match Play Championship DNP R32 R64 R16 R32 QF R32 R64 R64
Cadillac Championship T25 NT1 T31 T21 T54 DNP T26 T3 T20
Bridgestone Invitational T12 T23 T2 T6 T9 DNP T22 81 T20
Tournament 2009 2010 2011
Accenture Match Play Championship R64 R32 R64
Cadillac Championship T28 T11 T15
Bridgestone Invitational T2 DNP T48
HSBC Champions T23 T21 DNP

1Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

[edit] Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stone, Peter (14 December 2009). "Pretty in pink: Allenby goes back to back to end his year of heartbreak on a high". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/golf/pretty-in-pink-allenby-goes-back-to-back-to-end-his-year-of-heartbreak-on-a-high-20091213-kqk5.html. Retrieved 14 December 2009. 
  2. ^ PGA Tour website
  3. ^ "Robert Allenby". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=975727&search_type=advanced&showInd=true. Retrieved 31 December 2012. 

[edit] External links

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