Allen Doyle

Doyle was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.^[1] He raised in the Boston suburb of Norwood, Massachusetts.^[2] He attended Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.^[1]

Doyle attended Norwich University in Vermont. He currently hosts an annual golf tournament to benefit the Norwich Hockey Team.^[3][4] During his time at Norwich he finished runner-up at the Massachusetts Amateur, losing to Peter Drooker, 1 up, in the finals.^[5]

Doyle moved to the south after college and settled in Georgia. He won the Georgia Amateur and Sunnehanna Amateur several times over the course of his amateur career.

At the age of 46, Doyle turned professional.^[6] In 1995, his first full professional season, he won three times on the Nike Tour. From 1996 to 1998 Doyle competed in 58 PGA Tour events, making the cut in 31, including two top-10 finishes.^[7]

Doyle became eligible to play on the Senior PGA Tour when he turned 50 in July 1998 and won four official money events in 1999, including the Senior PGA Championship. In 2001, he won his second senior major, the Senior Players Championship, and led the tour on the money list. In 2005, he claimed a third major at the U.S. Senior Open, coming behind from a nine stroke deficit with a 63 in the final round.^[8] He successfully defended his U.S. Senior Open title in 2006 by defeating Tom Watson at Prairie Dunes Country Club^[9] and becoming the oldest U.S. Senior Open Champion at 57 years, 11 months and 17 days.^[10] His career earnings on the Champions Tour at the time of his retirement is listed as $13,401,250.^[11]

Doyle owns and operates The Doyle Golf Center driving range in La Grange, Georgia.^[12] As a philanthropist, Doyle has donated over $1,000,000 to various charities including family members of slain rescuers of the 9/11 attacks.^[13][14][15]

• Doyle is a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
• Doyle is a member of the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.^[16]

• 1978 Georgia Amateur^[17]
• 1979 Georgia Amateur^[17]
• 1982 Georgia Amateur^[17]
• 1984 Georgia Mid-Amateur^[18]
• 1986 Georgia Mid-Amateur^[18]
• 1987 Georgia Amateur,^[17] Georgia Mid-Amateur^[18]
• 1988 Georgia Amateur,^[17] Georgia Mid-Amateur,^[18] Rice Planters Amateur^[19]
• 1989 Sunnehanna Amateur, Georgia Mid-Amateur^[18]
• 1990 Sunnehanna Amateur, Georgia Amateur,^[17] Rice Planters Amateur^[19]
• 1991 Cardinal Amateur^[20]
• 1992 Sunnehanna Amateur
• 1993 Northeast Amateur
• 1994 Dogwood Invitational, Sunnehanna Amateur, Porter Cup, Cardinal Amateur,^[20] Rice Planters Amateur^[19]

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Allen only played in the U.S. Open.

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy: 1990, 1992, 1994 (team winners and individual leader)
• Walker Cup: 1989 (injured, did not play), 1991 (winners), 1993 (winners)

• 1995 Nike Tour graduates
• 1996 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• List of golfers with most Champions Tour major championship wins
• List of golfers with most Champions Tour wins
• Champions Tour awards