Michael Allen (golfer)

Michael Louis Allen (born January 31, 1959) is an American professional golfer, currently on the Champions Tour.

Allen was born in San Mateo, California and played college golf at the University of Nevada in Reno. He 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 (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 Nationwide Tour from 1997-2001 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 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.

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Jul 15, 1989	Bell's Scottish Open	73-66-70-63=272	−8	2 strokes	José María Olazábal, Ian Woosnam

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

• 1998 Nike Greater Austin Open

Other wins (1)

• 2003 Southern Arizona Open

Champions Tour wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 24, 2009	Senior PGA Championship	74-66-67-67=274	−6	2 strokes	Larry Mize
2	Apr 15, 2012	Encompass Insurance Pro-Am of Tampa Bay	66-67-68=201	−12	3 strokes	Kenny Perry
3	Apr 22, 2012	Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf (with David Frost)	62-63-62=187	−29	1 stroke	John Cook & Joey Sindelar
4	Mar 24, 2013	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	70-68-67=205	−11	1 stroke	Bernhard Langer
5	Oct 20, 2013	Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn	67-65-65=197	−13	Playoff	Olin Browne
6	Feb 9, 2014	Allianz Championship	60-69-69=198	−18	Playoff	Duffy Waldorf
7	Oct 26, 2014	AT&T Championship	70-65-66=201	−15	2 strokes	Marco Dawson
8	Apr 24, 2016	Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf (with Woody Austin)	49-59-48=156	−23	1 stroke	David Frost & Roger Chapman

Champions Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2010	Constellation Senior Players Championship	Mark O'Meara	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2012	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	Willie Wood	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	2013	Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn	Olin Browne	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2014	Allianz Championship	Duffy Waldorf	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Note: Allen never played in the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2009	Senior PGA Championship	−6 (74-66-67-67=274)	2 strokes	Larry Mize

Results timeline

Results are not in chronological order before 2016.

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.