Michael Allen (golfer)


Michael Louis Allen is an American professional golfer, currently on the PGA Tour Champions.
WWW michaelallengolf.com

Early life and amateur career

Allen was born in San Mateo, California and played college golf at the University of Nevada in Reno.

Professional career

Allen turned professional in 1984 and played on the European Tour 1986-89 and 1992, winning the 1989 Scottish Open. Allen played on the PGA Tour 1990-95, 2002, and 2004-09. He has played over 300 events on the PGA Tour and has three second-place finishes and three third-place finishes, but no wins. He played on the Nationwide Tour from 1997 to 2001 and 2003, winning the Nike Greater Austin Open in 1998.
Allen received a special invitation to play at the Senior PGA Championship on the Champions Tour at the Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio because of his career earnings on the PGA Tour. He was a surprise winner of the event in his Champions Tour debut making his first win a [Men's Men's major golf championships|major golf championships|major]. He shot a first round of 4-over-par, but made only 3 bogeys in the final 3 rounds to win by 2 strokes over Larry Mize and 3 strokes over Bruce Fleisher.
A member of the Olympic Club in San Francisco since age 14, Allen qualified for the U.S. Open in 2012 at age 53. At the previous Opens at Olympic in 1987 and 1998, he had failed to make the field.

Professional wins (11)

Other wins (1)

PGA Tour Champions wins (8)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1May 24, 2009Senior PGA Championship74-66-67-67=274−62 strokes

Results in major championships

Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012
U.S. OpenT12CUTT67CUTT56
The Open Championship
PGA ChampionshipCUTT47T19

Note: Allen never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010
The Players ChampionshipT27CUT63CUT

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

Senior major championships

Results timeline

Results are not in chronological order
Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
The TraditionT24T9T5T9T5T58T54NTT42T40T63
Senior PGA Championship1T11T1111T20T59T26T51WDNTT4037T70T72T44
Senior Players Championship2T17T9T4T15T26T69T12T57T52T3163T26T74
U.S. Senior OpenT6T7T335T26T265NT
Senior British Open ChampionshipT13T30T28T18T26T29T25T51T35NT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic