Fulton Allem
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Fulton Peter Allem |
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| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1976 |
| Current tourTemplate:Pluralize from text | Champions Tour |
| Former tourTemplate:Pluralize from text | PGA Tour Sunshine Tour |
| Professional wins | 15 |
| Highest ranking | Template:Infobox golfer/highest ranking |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Sunshine Tour | 10 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T38: 1994 |
| PGA Championship | T31: 1993 |
| U.S. Open | T33: 1994 |
| The Open Championship | T44: 1987, 1991 |
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Fulton Peter Allem (born 15 September 1957) is a South African professional golfer.
Early life
Allem was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa,[1] the middle child of five children and the grandson of a Lebanese trader; he had a privileged upbringing. By the time he came into the world, his family had the largest corn farm in the Southern Hemisphere and the only privately owned grain silos in South Africa. Allem started playing golf at the age of 7 with encouragement from his father. Gary Player, a close family friend, also had a large influence on his early career.[2][3]
Professional career
Allem did not attend college and turned pro in 1976.[1] He spent the early part of his career playing mostly in South Africa. He won 11 times on the Sunshine Tour between 1985 and 1991. A second-place finish in the 1987 NEC World Series of Golf convinced him to join the PGA Tour. Allem's first win on the PGA Tour was at the 1991 Independent Insurance Agent Open.[2]
In 1993, he won twice on the PGA Tour and finished ninth on the money list. He won the Southwestern Bell Colonial and NEC World Series of Golf that year, two of the Tour's most prestigious non-majors.[2]
Since his big year in 1993, Allem has been plagued by a host of medical ailments. In 1994, he suffered a herniated disc in his lower back. In 1998, he developed pericarditis, a potentially fatal inflammation of the sack surrounding the heart. In 2003, there were problems with vertebrae in his cervical spine. He has also suffered multiple heart attacks. These conditions have limited his playing time and adversely affected his play.
Allem began play on the Champions Tour in late 2007 after reaching the age of 50. He recorded three T2 finishes during his first two full seasons.[2]
He has appeared on Fore Inventors Only on The Golf Channel.[2]
Personal life
Allem lives in Central Florida with his wife, Jennifer and their four children. He is sometimes known by the nickname "Fulty", particularly by the other South African players.[3] His youngest brother is the interior designer Charles Allem, Principal of CAD International based in Miami.
Professional wins (15)
PGA Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Oct 1991 | Independent Insurance Agent Open | −15 (71-69-67-66=273) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Billy Ray Brown, Template:Flagicon Mike Hulbert, Template:Flagicon Tom Kite |
| 2 | 30 May 1993 | Southwestern Bell Colonial | −16 (66-63-68-67=264) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Greg Norman |
| 3 | 29 Aug 1993 | NEC World Series of Golf | −10 (68-68-72-62=270) | 5 strokes | Template:Flagicon Jim Gallagher Jr., Template:Flagicon Nick Price, Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler |
Southern Africa Tour wins (10)
Southern Africa Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1986 | Swazi Sun Pro-Am | Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty | Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1987 | Southern Suns South African Open | Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty | Lost to par on second extra hole |
Other South African wins (1)
- 1986 Minolta Match Play Championship
Other wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 Dec 1988 | Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge | −10 (72-71-66-69=278) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Don Pooley |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T52 | T38 | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T52 | T33 | CUT | ||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | T44 | T44 | CUT | CUT | |||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T40 | T31 | T47 |
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Results in The Players Championship
| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T3 | T14 | T11 | CUT | CUT | T20 | T55 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T77 | T66 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
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Results in senior major championships
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Senior PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | |||
| The Tradition | T57 | T21 | T38 | ||
| Senior Players Championship | T18 | T41 | T57 | ||
| U.S. Senior Open | T36 | T53 | |||
| Senior British Open Championship | T32 |
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Team appearances
This list may be incomplete.
- Dunhill Cup (representing South Africa): 1993
- Presidents Cup (International team): 1994
- Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Southern Africa): 1995 (winners)
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Profile on PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Biographical information on PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Profile/Biography on Sunshine Tour's official site". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
External links
- Fulton Allem at the PGA Tour official siteTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Fulton Allem at the Sunshine Tour official siteTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Fulton Allem at the Official World Golf Ranking official siteTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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