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Michael Allen

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. This game does not have any fixed standard playing area, but an ideal measurement can be decided as per the availability of space and number of players involved. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is now becoming an increasingly popular sport across all sections of society.

Michael Allen was born in San Mateo, California. His height is 6 foot and weight is 195 pounds. He turned professional in 1984. In 1989 he won Bell's Scottish Open on the European Tour. 1993 was his career best at the Professional Golfers' Association, PGA Tour where he finished a T3 in Northern Telecom and Phoenix Opens. In 1998 he earned his first career Nationwide Tour victory at the Greater Austin Open, shooting a final-round 76 as winds in excess of 40 mph dropped the wind chill into the low 20s.

In 2003 he qualified at PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament for the seventh time in his career and finished in the third-place. In 2004 he finished in the top 125 on the money list for just the second time in his career and first since finishing 73rd in 1993. In 2005 he reached T10 at the MCI Heritage and finished T6 at the B.C. Open. He opened with even par-72, but closing rounds of 63 to 64 moved into the top-10 for the second time this season. His nationwide tour victories include 1998 Nike Greater Austin Open and international victories include the 1989 Bell's Scottish Open.

Michael Allen with all his dedication and devotion in his play achieved many goals in his overall career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best player in the history of golf.

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