Name: FULTON ALLEM

Birthdate: September 15, 1957

Birth Place: Kroonstad, South Africa

Age: 51 Ht.: 5'11" Wt.: 215

Home: Heathrow, Fla.

Turned Professional: 1976

Joined PGA Tour: 1987

Joined Champions Tour: 2008

PGA Tour Victories: 3 - 1991 Independent Insurance Agent Open, 1993 Southwestern Bell Colonial, 1993 World Series of Golf

Wins around the World: Winner of 11 South African events including the 1988 Sun City Million Dollar Challenge and 15 wins total world wide.

Player Notes: Strong player who started his professional career playing on the South African Tour, he started to play golf at age 7, under the tutelage of his father. Countryman Gary Player had large influence on his early career. Got his first break in the United States when invited to play in the 1986 Memorial. His career in America didn't really get started until he won the 1987 South African PGA Championship and was invited to play in the NEC World Series of Golf. Allem played four great rounds at Firestone and finished as runner-up just three back of winner Curtis Strange. He got a check of $86,400 for the victory and for the year earned $88,734 which got him a 105 finish on the money list and his tour card for 1988.

Becoming one of the more flamboyant players on tour, he kept his card every year and had his first victory in Houston at the 1991 Independent Insurance Agent Open. The 1991 season was terrible for Allem, as he was hampered all year with a herniated disk. In a way, caught a big break because the Independent Insurance Agent tournament was suppose to be played in May but rain forced it to be postponed till October in an open slot before the Tour Championship. Going into that week Allem was 143rd on the money list and needed a strong finish to keep his tour card and won.

The next big break came in 1993 when he outdueled Greg Norman with a final round 67 to win the Southwestern Bell Colonial. That victory earned him a spot back at Firestone, the site where he got his tour card six years previously. Again Firestone was kind to him as he was just a shot from the lead going into the final round, shot 62 and won the NEC World Series of Golf by five shots. Not only did he win $360,000, which then was the 3rd biggest prize in golf and is today Allem's biggest check in golf, but more importantly gave him a ten-year exemption on the PGA Tour which kept him on the tour though 2004. After the win in '93 it became a struggle with injuries to his back and he only had seven top-ten finishes, the best a T4th in the 1996 Doral Ryder Open. After 1993 when he finished ninth on the money list his best finish was 102nd in 1997 when he had four top-ten finishes.

Did achieve one big honor in 1994 when he was given a captain’s choice to play in the Presidents Cup.

In his career Allem played in 403 events on the PGA Tour with three wins, one 2nd and one 3rd. He had 20 top-ten finishes, 62 top-25 finishes and made 194 cuts. He had total winnings of $3,144,319 for his 22 years playing the tour, officially he played between 1988 and 2004.

Wasn't eligible for the Champions Tour until mid-September of 2007, finished T36th in his first start at the SAS Championship and T55th in the AT&T Championship.

2008 Champions Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 18; top-10 finishes- 4; scoring average 70.55 (ranked 16th); money - $546,242 (ranked 34th); best finish - T2nd, Turtle Bay Championship and Dick's Sporting Goods Open.