Robert Allenby

Robert Allenby
Personal information
Born	12 July 1971 (1971-07-12) (age 38) 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	20
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
European Tour	4
PGA Tour of Australasia	12
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters	T22: 2006
U.S. Open	T7: 2004
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. He turned professional in 1992 and was soon successful, 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 12 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.

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^[1]. He resides in Jupiter, Florida.

Amateur wins (4)

• 1989 (1) Australian Juniors Amateur Championship
• 1990 (2) Victorian Amateur Championship (Australia), Riversdale Cup
• 1991 (1) Riversdale Cup

Professional wins (20)

PGA Tour wins (4)

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

PGA Tour playoff record (3-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2000	Shell Houston Open	Craig Stadler	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2000	Advil Western Open	Nick Price	Won with par on first extra hole: Price bogey
3	2001	Nissan Open	Brandel Chamblee, Toshi Izawa, Dennis Paulson, Jeff Sluman, Bob Tway	Won with birdie on first playoff hole: other five players made par
4	2008	Stanford St. Jude Championship	Trevor Immelman, Justin Leonard	Lost to Leonard birdie on second extra hole: Immelman, Allenby: par, Leonard: birdie

European Tour wins (4)

• 1994 (1) Honda Open
• 1996 (3) Alamo English Open, Peugeot Open de France, One 2 One British Masters

PGA of Australasia Tour wins (12)

• 1991 (1) Victorian Open (as an amateur)
• 1992 (2) Johnnie Walker Classic (see note), Perak Masters
• 1993 (1) Optus Players Championship
• 1994 (1) Heineken Australian Open
• 1995 (1) Heineken Classic
• 2000 (1) Australian PGA Championship
• 2001 (1) Australian PGA Championship
• 2003 (1) MasterCard Masters
• 2005 (3) Australian Open, Australian PGA Championship, MasterCard Masters

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.

Results in major championships

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

Results in World Golf Championship events

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
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1990

Professional

• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1994, 1997
• World Cup of Golf (representing Australia): 1993, 1995
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996, 2000, 2003 (tie), 2009

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour of Australasia wins

References

External links

• Profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site
• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Profile on the European Tour's official site
• Results in ranking tournaments over the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site

v • d • e International Presidents Cup team – 1994 Fulton Allem • Robert Allenby • Steve Elkington • David Frost • Bradley Hughes • Mark McNulty • Frank Nobilo • Craig Parry • Nick Price • Peter Senior • Vijay Singh • Tsukasa Watanabe • David Graham (non-playing captain)

v • d • e International Presidents Cup team – 1996 Robert Allenby • Steve Elkington • Ernie Els • David Frost • Mark McNulty • Frank Nobilo • Greg Norman • Masashi Ozaki • Craig Parry • Nick Price • Peter Senior • Vijay Singh • Peter Thomson (non-playing captain)

v • d • e International Presidents Cup team – 2000 Robert Allenby • Stuart Appleby • Michael Campbell • Steve Elkington • Ernie Els • Carlos Franco • Retief Goosen • Shigeki Maruyama • Greg Norman • Nick Price • Vijay Singh • Mike Weir • Peter Thomson (non-playing captain)

v • d • e International Presidents Cup team – 2003 Robert Allenby • Stuart Appleby • K.J. Choi • Tim Clark • Ernie Els • Retief Goosen • Stephen Leaney • Peter Lonard • Adam Scott • Nick Price • Vijay Singh • Mike Weir • Gary Player (non-playing captain)

v • d • e International Presidents Cup team – 2009 Robert Allenby • Ángel Cabrera • Tim Clark • Ernie Els • Retief Goosen • Ryo Ishikawa • Geoff Ogilvy • Adam Scott • Vijay Singh • Camilo Villegas • Mike Weir • Yang Yong-eun • Greg Norman (non-playing captain)