Early years

Robert Allenby was born in Melbourne, Victoria. His father had emigrated to Australia from Leeds, England as a young man.

Professional career

He turned professional in 1992 and was successful almost immediately, 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 13 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 20 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. In December 2009 Allenby became the first Australian to win the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa, defeating Henrik Stenson in a playoff. It was his first professional win in four years, but he did not have to wait long for the next as he returned home to claim his fourth Australian PGA Championship title the following week.

Allenby missed the cut in the 2011 Masters Tournament by one stroke after bogeying the 18th hole of the second round. In February 2012, Allenby missed an opportunity to end an eleven-year drought on the PGA Tour, when he took a two stroke advantage to the 72nd hole of the Mayakoba Golf Classic. He hit his tee shot into the trees on the right and proceeded to make double bogey to fall into a playoff with rookie John Huh. He lost out at the eighth extra hole when he could only bogey the par three 10th, leaving Huh with a tap in par for the tournament. Both players had made par on all seven previous holes throughout the playoff until this point.

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. He resides in Jupiter, Florida. On 22 June 2000, Allenby was awarded the Australian Sports Medal.

Controversy

Allenby has gained controversy with his statements he made at the 2009 and 2011 Presidents Cups. In 2009, following a loss to American Anthony Kim in the Sunday singles, Allenby accused Kim of partying all night on the eve of the Singles matches. That statement was vehemently denied by Kim and the members of the American team. In 2011, following a 0-4-0 record at the Presidents Cup where he failed to gain any points for the International team, he asserted that his record wasn't completely his fault and cited his partners' poor play as a reason. His partners, including Geoff Ogilvy, were displeased with Allenby's comments.

The following week, at the Australian PGA Championship, Allenby got into contention which resulted in Ogilvy making a tweet that Allenby perceived as being sarcastic. After the tournament ended, Allenby exchanged heated words with Ogilvy and came close to having a physical altercation with Ogilvy.

In July 2015 at the RBC Canadian Open, Allenby had a verbal altercation with his caddie, Mick Middlemo, after playing four holes. While Allenby says that he was verbally abused and threatened by Middlemo, Middlemo says Allenby was verbally abusive. Middlemo walked off the course and Allenby selected a school principal from the gallery to carry his clubs the rest of the round. Later reports from another caddy in the group, Simon Clarke, seemed to indicate the problem was with Allenby. "I've known Rob for a long time and I've known Mick for a long time," Clarke said. "It's disappointing that at age 42, or however old he is, he's still treating people that way and how many good caddies he's gone through.

Alleged kidnapping

On 17 January 2015, after missing the cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii, Allenby was at a bar in Honolulu, Hawaii, when he says he was kidnapped, robbed and beaten, before being dumped in a park several miles away. An arrest was made concerning the false use of Allenby's credit card for adult entertainment purposes. The case was "mistaken identity".

Amateur wins (4)

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

Professional wins (22)

PGA Tour wins (4)

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

PGA Tour playoff record (3-2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2000	Shell Houston Open	Craig Stadler	Won with par on fourth extra hole
2	2000	Advil Western Open	Nick Price	Won with par on first extra hole
3	2001	Nissan Open	Brandel Chamblee, Toshi Izawa, Dennis Paulson, Jeff Sluman, Bob Tway	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2008	Stanford St. Jude Championship	Trevor Immelman, Justin Leonard	Leonard won with birdie on second extra hole
5	2012	Mayakoba Golf Classic	John Huh	Lost to par on eighth extra hole

European Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	12 Jun 1994	Honda Open	−12 (72-67-68-69=276)	Playoff	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2	9 Jun 1996	Alamo English Open	−10 (69-71-69-69=278)	1 stroke	Ross McFarlane, Colin Montgomerie
3	30 Jun 1996	Peugeot Open de France	−16 (70-65-68-69=272)	Playoff	Bernhard Langer
4	31 Aug 1996	One 2 One British Masters	−4 (69-71-71-73=284)	Playoff	Miguel Ángel Martín

European Tour playoff record (3-0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1994	Honda Open	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Won with par on third extra hole
2	1996	Peugeot Open de France	Bernhard Langer	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1996	One 2 One British Masters	Miguel Ángel Martín	Won on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	6 Dec 2009	Nedbank Golf Challenge	−11 (68-70-68-71=277)	Playoff	Henrik Stenson

PGA of Australasia Tour wins (13)

• 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
• 2009 (1) Australian PGA Championship

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

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	T33	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T46
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	T60	T15	T55	T10	T19	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	T49	T13	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	DNP	47	T29	T39	CUT	CUT	T22	CUT	T42	T38
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	T12	T39	T7	CUT	T16	CUT	T18	CUT
The Open Championship	T36	T47	CUT	T43	CUT	T52	T16	CUT	T7	T52
PGA Championship	T19	T16	T10	T39	T9	CUT	T20	CUT	T31	T24

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Masters Tournament	T45	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T29	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	T27	T48	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	T26	CUT	DNP	DNP

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	7
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	1	4	14	8
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	2	5	20	14
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	2	7	18	11
Totals	0	0	0	0	5	17	64	40

• Most consecutive cuts made - 7 (2000 Open Championship - 2002 U.S. Open)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 1 (five times)

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Accenture Match Play Championship	DNP	R32	R64	R16	R32	QF	R32	R64	R64
Cadillac Championship	T25	NT1	T31	T21	T54	DNP	T26	T3	T20
Bridgestone Invitational	T12	T23	T2	T6	T9	DNP	T22	81	T20

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012
Accenture Match Play Championship	R64	R32	R64	DNP
Cadillac Championship	T28	T11	T15	DNP
Bridgestone Invitational	T2	DNP	T48	69
HSBC Champions	T23	T21	DNP	T56

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
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1990

Professional

• World Cup (representing Australia): 1993, 1995, 2009
• Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1994, 1997
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996, 2000, 2003 (tie), 2009, 2011

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