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Fulton Allem
Personal information
Full nameFulton Peter Allem
Born (1957-09-15) 15 September 1957 (age 67)
Kroonstad, South Africa
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight215 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
Career
Turned professional1976
Current tour(s)Champions Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Sunshine Tour
Professional wins15
Highest ranking52 (27 February 1994)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Sunshine Tour10
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT38: 1994
PGA ChampionshipT31: 1993
U.S. OpenT33: 1994
The Open ChampionshipT44: 1987, 1991

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

Early life

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Allem was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa,[2] 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.[3][4]

Professional career

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Allem did not attend college and turned pro in 1976.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3]

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, there 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 began play on the Champions Tour in late 2007 after reaching the age of 50. He recorded three T2 finishes during his first two full seasons.[3]

He has appeared on Fore Inventors Only on The Golf Channel.[3]

Personal life

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Allem lives in Central Florida with his wife, Jennifer and their four children. He is sometimes known by the nickname "Fulty", particularly by the other South African players.[4] His youngest brother is the interior designer Charles Allem, Principal of CAD International based in Miami.

Professional wins (15)

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PGA Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 26 Oct 1991 Independent Insurance Agent Open −15 (71-69-67-66=273) 1 stroke United States Billy Ray Brown, United States Mike Hulbert,
United States Tom Kite
2 30 May 1993 Southwestern Bell Colonial −16 (66-63-68-67=264) 1 stroke Australia Greg Norman
3 29 Aug 1993 NEC World Series of Golf −10 (68-68-72-62=270) 5 strokes United States Jim Gallagher Jr., Zimbabwe Nick Price,
United States Craig Stadler

Southern Africa Tour wins (10)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 15 Feb 1986 AECI Charity Classic −22 (70-63-66-67=266) 1 stroke Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
2 1 Mar 1986 Palabora Classic −18 (69-67-69-65=270) 3 strokes South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
3 11 Jan 1987 Palabora Classic (2) −17 (67-73-66-65=271) 1 stroke South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
4 25 Jan 1987 Lexington PGA Championship −12 (65-67-68-68=268) 2 strokes South Africa Hugh Baiocchi
5 9 Jan 1988 Palabora Classic (3) −11 (70-70-70-67=277) 4 strokes Northern Ireland David Feherty, Scotland Ian Young
6 24 Nov 1989 Minolta Copiers Match Play −3 (69) 19 holes South Africa John Bland
7 20 Jan 1990 Lexington PGA Championship (2) −14 (61-71-67-67=266) 2 strokes England Chris Davison
8 24 Nov 1990 Twee Jonge Gezellen Masters −12 (69-69-68-70=276) 2 strokes South Africa Ian Palmer
9 22 Dec 1990 Goodyear Classic −11 (72-69-68-68=277) 2 strokes South Africa John Bland
10 16 Jan 1991 ICL International −17 (69-67-64-71=271) 3 strokes South Africa Gavan Levenson, South Africa Ashley Roestoff,
South Africa Wayne Westner

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1986 Swazi Sun Pro-Am Zimbabwe Mark McNulty Lost to par on first extra hole
2 1987 Southern Suns South African Open Zimbabwe Mark McNulty Lost to par on second extra hole

Other South African wins (1)

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  • 1986 Minolta Match Play Championship

Other wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 4 Dec 1988 Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge −10 (72-71-66-69=278) 1 stroke United States Don Pooley

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Masters Tournament T52 T38
U.S. Open CUT T52 T33 CUT
The Open Championship CUT T44 T44 CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT T40 T31 T47
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
The Players Championship T3 T14 T11 CUT CUT T20 T55 CUT CUT CUT CUT T77 T66 CUT CUT CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in senior major championships

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Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Senior PGA Championship CUT CUT
The Tradition T57 T21 T38
Senior Players Championship T18 T41 T57
U.S. Senior Open T36 T53
Senior British Open Championship T32
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

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This list may be incomplete.

References

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  1. ^ "Week 9 1994 Ending 27 Feb 1994" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Biographical information on PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Profile/Biography on Sunshine Tour's official site". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
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