Michael Louis Allen (born January 31, 1959) is an American

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, currently on the PGA Tour Champions.

Early life and amateur career

Allen was born in

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and played college golf at the

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Professional career

Allen turned professional in 1984 and played on the

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1986-89 and 1992, winning the 1989 Scottish Open. Allen played on the

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1990-95, 2002, and 2004-09. He has played over 300 events on the PGA Tour and has three second-place finishes (2004 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, 2007 Turning Stone Resort Championship and 2010 Viking Classic) and three third-place finishes, but no wins. He played on the

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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,

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because of his career earnings on the

. He was a surprise winner of the event in his Champions Tour debut making his first win a

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. 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

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since age 14, Allen qualified for the U.S. Open in

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at age 53. At the previous Opens at Olympic in

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and

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, he had failed to make the field.

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (1)

Nike Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

*2003 Southern Arizona Open

PGA Tour Champions wins (8)

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (2–2)

Results in major championships

''Note: Allen never played in the

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

Results in The Players Championship

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

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Results are not in chronological order'' CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to

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