Champions Tour 2008 Guide - PGA TOUR Media
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Allen DoyleEXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on All-Time Money ListFULL NAME: Allen Michael DoyleHEIGHT: 6-3WEIGHT: 210BIRTHDATE: July 26, 1948BIRTHPLACE: Woonsocket, RIRESIDENCE: La Grange, GAFAMILY: Wife, Kate; Erin (8/22/79), Michelle (10/26/80)EDUCATION: Norwich University (1971)SPECIAL INTERESTS: FamilyTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1995JOINED <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1996JOINED CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1998CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (11): 1999ACE Group Classic, <strong>PGA</strong> Seniors' <strong>Champions</strong>hip,Cadillac NFL Golf Classic, TD Waterhouse<strong>Champions</strong>hip. 2000 Toshiba Senior Classic. 2001 FordSenior Players <strong>Champions</strong>hip, State Farm SeniorClassic. 2003 FleetBoston Classic. 2004 BayerAdvantage Celebrity Pro-Am. 2005 U.S. Senior Open.2006 U.S. Senior Open.OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (2): 1999 SeniorSlam. 2001 Senior Slam.2007 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:42nd - 264 pointsBEST <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER FINISH: T7—1998Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic.OTHER VICTORIES (19): 1978 Georgia StateAmateur. 1979 Georgia State Amateur. 1982 GeorgiaState Mid-Amateur <strong>Champions</strong>hip, Georgia State Four-Ball <strong>Tour</strong>nament. 1986 Georgia State Four-Ball<strong>Tour</strong>nament. 1987 Georgia State Amateur, Georgia StateMid-Amateur <strong>Champions</strong>hip, Georgia State Four-Ball<strong>Tour</strong>nament. 1988 Georgia State Amateur, Georgia StateMid-Amateur <strong>Champions</strong>hip, Georgia State Four-Ball<strong>Tour</strong>nament. 1989 Georgia State Four-Ball <strong>Tour</strong>nament.1990 Georgia State Mid-Amateur <strong>Champions</strong>hip, GeorgiaState Four-Ball <strong>Tour</strong>nament. 1994 Porter Cup, SunnehannaAmateur, Cardinal Amateur, Dogwood Amateur, RicePlanters Invitational.NATIONWIDE <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (3): 1995Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic, Texarkana Open, <strong>Tour</strong><strong>Champions</strong>hip.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER EARNINGS: $245,923BEST 2007 CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES:2—The ACE Group Classic; T9—MasterCard<strong>Champions</strong>hip at Hualalai, Allianz <strong>Champions</strong>hip, ToshibaClassic.2007 SEASON:Finished outside the top 30 on the money list for the firsttime, ending a streak of eight consecutive full seasonsamong the top 20 in single-season officialearnings...Registered only four top-10s, the fewest ever ina full season on the <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong>, and had his best shotat winning early in the year... Despite an opening-round65, his low score of the year, came up just short in his bidfor a second ACE Group Classic title in Naples, FL.Appeared in control after holing a wedge shot for eagle atthe ninth hole at Quail West. However, played the finalnine holes in even par and fell one stroke short of BobbyWadkins...Followed Naples performance with a T9 at theToshiba Classic...Opened the season with nineconsecutive sub-par rounds and was T9 in two of his firstthree events (MasterCard <strong>Champions</strong>hip at Hualalai andAllianz <strong>Champions</strong>hip).CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:2006: Surpassed the $1-million mark in season earningsfor the seventh time...Claimed one of the year’s premierevents when he defended his title at the U.S. Senior Openat Prairie Dunes CC in Hutchinson, KS. Trailed by twostrokes after 54 holes, but closed with a 2-under-par 68 todefeat Tom Watson by two strokes. Sealed his 11th careervictory when he drained a curling 15-foot birdie putt at thepar-5 17th hole to maintain a two-stroke margin afterWatson had hit his third shot to within two feet at thesame hole. Victory made him the oldest winner in SeniorOpen annals at 57 years, 11 months and 17 days, breakingthe old mark of 57 years, two months and 15 days byRoberto De Vicenzo. Also posted four rounds in the 60s,just the third player to do so (Gary Player/1987; TomWeiskopf/1995). Win also earned him the distinction ofbeing just the third player to defend a U.S. Senior Opentitle, joining Miller Barber (1984-85) and Player (1987-88)...Competed in the U.S. Open at Winged Foot andnarrowly missed the cut, finishing with a 36-hole total of10-over-par 150, one shy of the 36-hole cut...Troubled partof the year by problems with plantar fasciitis in his feet.2005: Arthroscopic left-knee surgery on September 27curtailed his season...Was among the top six in fourevents, with three of those performances coming in thefour major events he appeared in...Won the U.S. SeniorOpen, his third different major, coming from nine strokesback in the final round, the second-biggest comeback inany major championship (Paul Lawrie/10 strokes/1999British Open) and made up the second-largest deficit in<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> history (Jay Sigel/10 strokes/1994 GTEWest Classic). Bypassed 15 players Sunday with a SouthCourse-record 8-under 63 at NCR CC, tying his career-lowscore and Don Pooley’s mark (2002/third round) for thelowest round ever posted in U.S. Senior Open history atthe time. Round also was the lowest by a winner on the<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> that season. His $470,000 first-placecheck was the largest of his career at the time andaccounted for over half his official money thatseason...Was T5 at the Ford Senior Players <strong>Champions</strong>hipjust prior to his U.S. Senior Open triumph. Opened with a2-over 74 in Dearborn, but bounced back with threestraight rounds in the 60s on the TPC Michiganlayout...Also T6 in late May at the Senior <strong>PGA</strong><strong>Champions</strong>hip at Laurel Valley. 2004: Won for the secondtime near Kansas City when he claimed the rain-shortenedBayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am by a stroke over JerryPate. Made a short birdie putt on the 18th hole Saturdayto give himself a one-stroke cushion over Pate and thenwas declared the winner when Sunday’s final round wascanceled due to course damage from overnightstorms...Was also among a handful of players who battledit out in Sunday’s final round at the JELD-WEN Tradition inlate August. Trailed by one stroke at the start andremained in contention down the stretch, but failed tobirdie either of his final two holes and was T2, one strokebehind Craig Stadler...<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> Player of the Monthfor June. 2003: Tied with Tom Jenkins for the most sub-parrounds on the <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> with 64...Won for the firsttime in just over two years when he prevailed at theFleetBoston Classic. The native of nearby Norwood, MA,broke the 18-hole tournament record at Nashawtuc andequaled his career-low score with a second-round, 8-SECTION2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIESCHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-2Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1998 6 2 5 $164,918 671999 31 4 4 1 16 24 1,911,640 32000 33 1 4 17 31 1,505,471 72001 34 2 5 3 25 30 2,553,582 12002 32 1 2 13 25 1,322,054 122003 30 1 1 1 13 23 1,349,272 92004 27 1 1 1 10 19 1,298,555 102005 22 1 1 6 8 939,896 172006 24 1 5 14 1,072,840 112007 23 1 4 10 472,248 38Total 262 11 13 13 111 189 12,590,476COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $13,023,671CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> MAJOR <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07Senior <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>Champions</strong>hip 1 T17 4 T15 T7 T13 T6 T23 T68Constellation Energy Senior Players T19 T12 1 T12 T15 T9 T5 T45 T46U.S. Senior Open T13 T8 T4 T7 T4 T42 1 1 CUTJELD-WEN Tradition 68 T10 T16 T42 T2 T36 T25 73CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSScoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy1998 69.29 (N/A) 1.758 (N/A) 72.9 (N/A) 260.2 (N/A) 77.9 (N/A)1999 70.02 (5) 1.772 (T12) 71.8 (9) 259.3 (66) 78.6 (5)2000 69.56 (6) 1.752 (8) 72.5 (10) 264.8 (58) 79.3 (5)2001 69.41 (3) 1.743 (8) 72.2 (T4) 272.8 (35) 80.1 (3)2002 70.21 (10) 1.781 (T23) 70.4 (T15) 259.8 (78) 82.7 (2)2003 70.07 (12) 1.782 (29) 70.7 (17) 265.7 (65) 80.9 (2)2004 70.31 (11) 1.810 (46) 69.2 (28) 263.8 (66) 84.1 (1)2005 71.03 (28) 1.813 (54) 69.9 (T26) 267.8 (57) 78.5 (T6)2006 70.71 (T19) 1.759 (6) 67.9 (37) 259.6 (71) 79.3 (4)2007 71.59 (T43) 1.821 (T58) 65.5 (54) 257.2 (75) 74.7 (12)<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>2-25