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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSMichael allenSection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSHeS:2—2004 chrysler classic of greensboro, 2007 turningStone resort championship, 2010 Viking classic.cHAMPionS toUR VictoRieS (1):2009 Senior pga championship.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):1998 greater austin open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):1989 Bell’s Scottish open [Eur.].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:2—Viking classic; t5—Farmers Insurance open.BeSt 2010 cHAMPionS toUR FiniSHeS:2—constellation Energy Senior players championship,charles Schwab cup championship, JELD-WEN tradition;3—mitsubishi Electric championship at Hualalai; t6—u.S.Senior open; t7—posco E&c Songdo championshippresented By gale Int’l.; t10—3m championship2010 SeASon:Split time between the pga tour and the champions tourwith success on both tours…Finished t25 in the seasonopeningSony open in Hawaii and stayed in the aloha StateeXeMPt StAtUS: 130th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: michael Louis allenHeiGHt: 6-0weiGHt: 195BiRtHDAte: January 31, 1959BiRtHPLAce: San mateo, caReSiDence: Scottsdale, aZ; plays out of mesa cc(mesa, aZ)PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1988 11990 30 16 4 $95,319/1401991 29 15 2 47,626/1771992 16 4 11,455/2331993 27 15 2 3 6 231,072/731994 32 17 2 91,191/1621995 21 7 1 1 55,825/1971996 1 1 2,425/3621999 12000 1 1 4,936/2001 1 1 1 91,734/2002 29 9 1 108,777/1972004 28 15 1 2 4 882,872/882005 30 15 2 5 591,829/1302006 25 17 3 470,946/1532007 22 15 1 2 4 162/1,279 1,016,952/952008 28 18 1 3 5 96,922/90 981,263/1062009 22 15 1 6 440/108 741,066/1102010 17 8 1 2 3 161/243 726,631/130total 361 189 3 3 16 47 6,151,918nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1992 1 1 $1,125/2191995 5 3 1 4,840/1581997 20 9 3 4 26,792/751998 21 10 1 4 7 67,482/421999 24 10 1 3 22,871/932000 11 8 1 3 6 103,373/492001 21 13 2 4 59,864/712003 24 14 1 2 7 89,201/55total 127 68 1 2 15 32 375,548cHAMPionS toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1Year events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings Rank2009 3 1 1 2 $402,661 412010 14 3 1 7 10 1,196,770 9total 17 1 3 1 8 12 1,599,431* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*to finish third the following week at the mitsubishi Electricchampionship at Hualalai on the champions tour, thanksto three consecutive 6-under 66s…posted a 7-under 65 onhis 51st birthday in the final round of the Farmers Insuranceopen to climb from t36 to t5, his best finish in 13 startsat the torrey pines event. posted five consecutive birdies(Nos. 5-9) in the final round, the most in a row by any playeron the South course during the week…on the leaderboardthroughout most of the u.S. Senior open and eventuallywas t6 at Sahalee…Fired a closing-round 67 to finish t2,one stroke behind Fred Funk at the champions tour’s JELD-WEN tradition in august. Led all players in the event with25 birdies and was the clubhouse leader at 11-under-parSunday before Funk made a birdie at No. 16 to grab a leadhe never relinquished…Finished second for his third careerrunner-up finish at the Viking classic, at 12-under 276, threeshots behind winner Bill Haas. Entered the final round fourshots behind Haas and caught the leader on the 12th hole at14-under. He then recorded a double bogey on the 13th holewhile Haas birdied to increase the lead to three strokes. Itwas his first start on the pga tour since July at the JohnDeere classic. Was 166th on the money list entering theViking classic and moved to 117th with his second-placefinish…the following week, was runner-up again, this timeon the champions tour when he fell in a one-hole playoffFAMiLY: Wife, cynthia; christy (12/8/93), michelle(6/3/97)eDUcAtion: university of Nevada (1982, Horticulture)SPeciAL inteReStS: Sports, wine, reading, politics,motorcyclestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1984Q ScHooL: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2003,2005, 2006nationwide tour AlumnusPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYto mark o’meara at the constellation Energy Senior playerschampionship. made a late run with three birdies in hisfinal five holes to pull even at the end of 72 holes, but hehit his tee shot on the first extra hole into the right roughwhich eventually led to a bogey and his second-place finishin the year’s final major championship.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished 110th on the money list with one top-10and six top-25 finishes, tying a career high (1993). alsowon the Senior pga championship in his champions tourdebut in may...Finished t5 at the Wyndham championshipto become the second golfer (Fred Funk in 2007) and theonly champions tour player to qualify and compete in thepga tour playoffs for the FedExcup...made just threestarts on the champions tour. parlayed a sponsor’s exemptionat the Senior pga championship into his first careerchampions tour win. rebounded from a 4-over-par 74 startwith rounds of 66-67-67 to win the crown at the canterburygc near cleveland. Became the first sponsor exemption towin a champions tour event since mark Wiebe did so atthe 2007 SaS championship. also became the 14th playerto win his debut. also t13 at the Senior British open andt30 at the Walmart First tee open at pebble Beach. 2008:made a late surge to keep his tour card, finishing No.106 on the money list, thanks to two top-10 finishes in hisYear 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10u.S. openDQBritish open cut t52 t53pgat61tHE pLaYErS cut t62the Barclays t50 67 cut t52 cut t40BmW championship 85 t36 t7 t36Year 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10u.S. open t12 cut t67 cutpga cut t47 t19tHE pLaYErS t27 cut 63 cutthe Barclays cut cut t22 t36 t65 cutDeutsche Bank championship t59 cut t61 t27BmW championship cut t27 cut cutcHAMPionS toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 09 10Senior pga championship 1 t11Senior British open t13 t30u.S. Senior opent6JELD-WEN traditiont2constellation Energy Senior players 22-224 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com