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	ABC Sport - Golf - Allenby completes 'triple crown' with Masters win
		Allenby and Bubba Watson of the United States went to a sudden death play-off on the 18th hole, with Allenby holing the ball on his fourth shot to clinch victory.
		Allenby showed cool nerves to land his second shot about 25 feet from the hole, but again Watson answered the challenge to set up roughly a 12-foot putt with his iron shot from the fairway.
		Allenby struck another birdie on the par-5 seventh hole, but O'Hern responded with a birdie of his own on the ninth to enter the back nine with a one-stroke lead.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200512/s1528543.htm (761 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| SPORTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Allenby's round was the best of the day on a surprisingly player-friendly Blue Course at Congressional Country Club, giving him a 9-under 133 total and a two-stroke advantage over first-round leader Matt Gogel, Lee Westwood and fellow Australians Adam Scott and Steve Elkington.
		Robert Allenby has to run hot water over his hand in the morning just to relieve stiffness and make a round of golf possible.
		Allenby is the only player on the leaderboard who has to run hot water over his hand in the morning just to relieve stiffness and make a round of golf possible.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/sports?ArID=95326&SecID=12 (861 words)

	Robert Allenby, Genuity Championship, Golf, Interviews, Quotes, ASAPSports FastScripts, Transcript (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		ROBERT ALLENBY: Well, that is one thing that definitely in the back of my mind has been for a long time is I want to be the first Australian to win the U.S. masters.
		ROBERT ALLENBY: I have been -- obviously I have been using Vern since 1990, so I have been doing a very similar program, but the stuff that we do now is so much better and so far advanced and so much better for your body better for the golf swing.
		ROBERT ALLENBY: I think I am smart enough to realize who is good and who is not.
	www.asapsports.com /golf/2001dryder/022801RA.html (3423 words)

	Robert Allenby leads with opening 63 - Australian Open
		Allenby made his 10th birdie on the final hole on the Peter Thomson-designed par-72 course at Moonah Links on Thursday to break the record that had been set by Spencer Levin of the United States earlier in the day.
		Allenby said he had been having physiotherapy on the hand, though he was still wary of certain shots.
		Allenby said he had been told his tendons were probably tight from overuse and he planned to take a break for up to two months after the Austalian Masters in December.
	www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news05/australian_open2.html (527 words)

	For Allenby, Heat Is a Source of Relief
		Robert Allenby depends on his hands to earn a living, so when they began to swell inexplicably during a tournament in late February, the slight Aussie grew disturbed.
		Meantime, Allenby is taking advantage of the steamy weather that has provided flexibility in his hands and allowed him to continue his confident play at Congressional Country Club.
		At the 455-yard par-4 third, Allenby sent his tee ball 313 yards down the middle of the fairway and used a 9-iron approach that landed four feet from the pin.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/10/AR2005061001769_pf.html (607 words)

	Allenby in a masterclass of his own - Golf - Sport - smh.com.au
		ROBERT Allenby used the words of a young cancer sufferer for inspiration as he completed an historic hat-trick of domestic titles at Huntingdale yesterday, beating American Bubba Watson at the first hole of a sudden-death play-off.
		Allenby, who has raised $8 million for the Challenge program, saw the 13-year-old boy, Kiefer Selvaratnam, in the car park at the course as he prepared for the final day of the $1.25 million Australian Masters.
		Allenby's win followed triumphs in the Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship in the past three weeks, an unprecedented feat made all the more admirable by the fact he has been suffering with hand injuries all year.
	www.smh.com.au /news/golf/allenby-in-a-masterclass-of-his-own/2005/12/11/1134235947706.html (1015 words)

	ESPN.com - Golf Online - Allenby storms to win in Riviera playoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Allenby proved one more time that while he may be shaky in regulation, he's deadly in sudden death.
		Allenby is 7-0 in playoffs worldwide, and all three of his PGA Tour victories have gone extra holes.
		Robert Allenby is happy to win the Nissan Open on the first playoff hole.
	espn.go.com /golfonline/tours/s/2001/0225/1110170.html (1371 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Allenby shakes off flu to win
		Veteran Robert Allenby defeated three fellow Australians to win the Australian Masters golf tournament on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at the Huntingdale course on Sunday.
		Allenby said after the match that he hoped his victory would relaunch his career as a contender.
		Allenby said he felt his three rivals could sense he was confident.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/290341.htm (560 words)

	Sports: Aussie hopes Bay Hill sets him up for a run at majors
		Robert Allenby picks up where he left off last year, trails leader by one entering third round.
		Robert Allenby did it last year and got a few pats on the back and great appreciation in his homeland.
		Allenby looked like he was going to be a major player on the PGA Tour when he won four times in 2000-2001, finishing 16th on the money list both years.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/03/18/news_pf/Sports/Aussie_hopes_Bay_Hill.shtml (742 words)

	Allenby spurns home PGA event - theage.com.au
		Robert Allenby has upset organisers by forgoing pursuit of a third-straight Australian PGA Championship title in favour of a big money event in South Africa.
		Allenby, who is Australia's top-ranked golfer, said on Tuesday that he had accepted an invitation to make his debut in the 12-man Nedbank Challenge in Sun City, South Africa, the same week, starting November 28.
		Allenby said he was disappointed to learn that Roosenburg had told the Australian media last week that he had committed to the PGA.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/10/16/1034561211139.html (442 words)

	Unprecedented Feat Deserves A Hand
		All Allenby did was become the first golfer ever to sweep Australia's so-called Triple Crown by winning the Australian Open, PGA and Masters in consecutive starts.
		During his Australian victory tour, Allenby was careful to do everything else he could with his left hand (teeing the ball up, taking the ball out of the hole or from his caddie).
		Allenby said it's the first time he's gone more than two weeks without hitting a club since he suffered a broken sternum and facial injuries in a serious car accident in Spain in 1996.
	www.shark.com /sharkwatch/parreport/122605.php (942 words)

	news - 2006 FBR OPEN INTERVIEWS: Robert Allenby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		ROBERT ALLENBY: There's not many I could repeat because most things that come out at 4:00 in the afternoon out of someone's mouth around that hole is not too pleasant.
		ROBERT ALLENBY: I mean, I couldn't hold the club the first week in my right hand, and I kind of think it might have been maybe a blessing.
		ROBERT ALLENBY: You know, it did feel a lot better after about the first three or four weeks, and the last two weeks it started getting a little bit achy again, I think because I was hitting balls.
	www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=142761&src=0 (2316 words)

	Allenby plays through hand pain to capture his second Australian Open crown
		Robert Allenby managed only a 77 Sunday at Moonah Links, but held off three of his countrymen to win by a single shot.
		Allenby, who aggravated his injured right hand in Saturday's third round, avoided a playoff by parring the par-5 18th, chipping to 10 feet and then two-putting for the win.
		Allenby said he struggled with his confidence over the opening third of his round, and that showed as the 34-year-old dropped four strokes in the first six holes to be out in 39.
	www.pga.com /news/tours/european/australian112705.cfm (744 words)

	Robert Allenby: Left himself on wrong side of holes often (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		ROBERT ALLENBY: I'll be going out there with the frame of mind that I know I have to play aggressive.
		ROBERT ALLENBY: Yeah, coming down the stretch there, apart from 16, I just hit the wrong club off the tee and didn't commit to the club I had, tried to hit too easy with a 2-iron, and I should have hit a 3.
		ROBERT ALLENBY: You've got a guy like Tiger Woods sitting right up behind you, and I think Mickelson is there, Ernie is there, so you've got like the top three or four players in the world right on your heels.
	www.golf.com /gdc/news/article.asp?id=6213 (1758 words)

	CNN.com - Sick Allenby hangs on for victory - Dec. 7, 2003
		Australian Allenby was taken to the second playoff hole by compatriot Adam Scott before he sealed victory by holing a birdie putt from three feet.
		Allenby, 32, who was playing in his home city, had battled influenza and stomach cramps all week.
		Allenby had sunk a 10-foot par putt at the 72nd hole to join a four-way playoff with Scott, triple Australian Masters winner Craig Parry and joint Australian PGA champion Jarrod Moseley.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/SPORT/12/07/golf.australia.reut (458 words)

	ESPN.com - Golf Online - Allenby keeps Aussie attack alive in Houston
		Allenby, who started the third round in a three-way tie for the lead, shot a 4-under-par 68 that included a scare on No. 17 and held a one-shot lead in the $2.8 million Houston Open.
		Allenby, trying to match countryman Stuart Appleby's Houston Open victory last year, had a 54-hole total of 13-under 203 and the slim lead over Craig Stadler, who shot a 69.
		Roberts shot a third-round 72 and dropped into a group of six at 207.
	espn.go.com /golfonline/tours/s/2000/0429/508431.html (541 words)

	Allenby ready to pounce - Golf - Sport - theage.com.au
		ROBERT Allenby put himself in position to win his second tournament in a week in the third round of the Australian PGA Championship at Coolum yesterday.
		Allenby was so exhausted by his gutsy victory in the Australian Open at Moonah Links last week that he could barely pick up his feet when he first arrived at Coolum.
		Remarkably, the Robert Trent Jones jnr course stood up to nature's pummelling of very heavy of rain in the previous two days, with the field resembling drowned rats rather than professional golfers, but given an even break by the weather yesterday, their skills were on show.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/12/03/1133422149079.html?from=rss (700 words)

	Pgatour Australasia > News Display
		Victorian Robert Allenby has shaken off ongoing problems with his right hand to shoot a new course record 63 at the Australian Open and claim the outright lead on the Moonah Links course.
		A birdie at the last saw Allenby move to nine-under, one stroke clear of 21-year-old American Spencer Levin, who had come in under the old course record as well with a 64, while Scott Laycock carded a 65.
		Allenby took advantage of the two long par fives on the front nine - the second and fourth - and landed birdies at both, but these sandwiched a bogey five where he three-putted.
	www.pgatour.com.au /?s=newsdisplay&aid=4910 (658 words)

	ESPN.com - GOLF - Robert Allenby - Player Card
		Robert Allenby became the first player to win the Australian Open, PGA and Masters in the same season, beating Bubba Watson with a par on the first hole of a playoff.
		Robert Allenby increased his lead to four strokes, shooting an even-par 72 Friday in the second round of the Australian Open.
		Robert Allenby's 65 was the best round of the day at the Booz Allen Classic, giving him a 9-under 133 total and a two-stroke advantage after three rounds in Bethesda, Md.
	sports.espn.go.com /golf/players/content?playerId=5 (199 words)

	Robert Allenby holds on to claim Australian Open title
		Robert Allenby won his second Australian Open title on Sunday after he squandered a big lead but still managed to scrape home by a single shot at the Moonah Links course near Melbourne.
		Allenby shot a final-round, five-over 77 to finish with a four-under-par 284 total that left him a stroke clear of fellow Australians Nick O'Hern, John Senden and Paul Sheehan.
		Allenby said his hand was so painful that he even contemplated pulling out of the tournament but was glad he had not.
	www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news05/australian_open5.html (742 words)

	CNNSI.com & The Augusta Chronicle - Augusta - The Masters - International pride - Tuesday March 26, 2002 08:31 PM
		Now that Allenby is among the world's top players, with four victories worldwide in the past year, he believes he can be the first Aussie to don a green jacket.
		Allenby is one of a record 38 international golfers in the field, three more than the 2000 total, which was the most ever in a Masters.
		As for Allenby and his hopes of winning the Masters, he may not have the experience around Augusta National Golf Club to compete for the title just yet.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /augusta/news/2001/03/28/allenby_international (656 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Golf \| Allenby survives wobble
		Allenby, the overnight leader, had to make a 10-foot putt at the final hole on Sunday to finish on 11-under par and make the play-off.
		Allenby, 32, who was playing in his home city and had battled influenza and stomach cramps all week, maintained his perfect record of eight win in eight play-offs.
		Allenby also needed to sink a 25-foot putt for birdie on the first play-off hole before Scott coolly made his birdie attempt from 15 feet after Moseley and Parry had dropped out of contention.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/golf/3298097.stm (228 words)

	CNN.com - Toilet injury hits leader's hopes - Nov 26, 2005
		Allenby defied a howling wind, shooting a par 72 to be nine-under par 207 after 54 holes and five clear at the top of the leaderboard.
		Allenby said the injury occurred with three holes to play as he attempted to lock the toilet door.
		Allenby said he would continue to receive treatment during the night in a bid to be fit to claim a title he believes is his for the taking.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/11/26/golf.australia (693 words)

	Allenby two off the pace - Golf - Sport - smh.com.au
		Robert Allenby overcame intermittent stomach cramps to trail American leaders Davis Love and Jim Furyk by two shots after the opening round at the Players Championship here today.
		Allenby said he often had to wait for the cramps to subside before hitting a shot, but his ailment obviously didn't do him any harm.
		Allenby, who was out in the first group of the day, is equal third with German Bernhard Langer and Spaniard Miguel Jimenez.
	www.smh.com.au /news/golf/allenby-two-off-the-pace/2006/03/24/1143083952224.html (516 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| SPORTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		One day after he shattered the tournament record for the shortest match, Woods had to go the distance against Robert Allenby, squeaking by with a 7-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to advance into the third round of the Match Play Championship.
		Allenby, the first player to sweep Australia's three majors, stayed in front of him all day.
		Against Allenby, it took him that long simply to get his first lead, stuffing an approach into a foot on the 10th for a 1-up edge.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/sports?AC=&ArID=114101&SecID=12 (1053 words)

	Fantasy Golf- USATODAY.com
		ET Robert Allenby withdrew from the Memorial due to a bad back.
		ET Robert Allenby and Bernhard Langer are tied for third place at 5-under after round one at The Players Championship.
		Several Aussies are hot right now, and Allenby certainly falls into that group, while the 48-year-old Langer had a great day on a course he has a nice history on.
	fantasygolf.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=GOL&id=158 (170 words)

	news - 2006 BAY HILL INVITATIONAL INTERVIEWS: March 17: Robert Allenby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		ROBERT ALLENBY: 17 was into the wind this morning a little bit, obviously it's died down to nothing now, but just trying to smooth a little flighted 3 iron in there.
		ROBERT ALLENBY: Well, the only way it's affected me is I just feel sorry for Dion that he's not here.
		ROBERT ALLENBY: 13, I hit 5 wood off the tee there and hit a sand iron to about ten feet.
	www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=156683&src=0 (2698 words)

	Shell Houston Open, Texas. US PGA TOUR. Robert Allenby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Allenby started the day one stroke ahead of Stadler, shooting a 72 to tie the former Masters champion at 13 under.
		The first hole was tied with bogeys after Allenby found water and made a sensational up and down for a bogey and Stadler missed a 5 foot par putt.
		Allenby's close friend, Stuart Appleby, followed him throughout the day and was the first to congratulate Allenby after the victory.
	www.ausgolf.com.au /houstonopen.htm (1576 words)

	Allenby Breaks Record at Australian Open
		Australia's Robert Allenby overcame a hand injury and shot a course-record 9-under-par 63 on Thursday for a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Australian Open.
		Allenby, who said inflammation in his right hand was so bad four days ago that he could hardly pick up a club, finished just minutes after 21-year-old American Spencer Levin finished with an 8-under 64.
		Allenby hurt his hand three weeks ago and had to withdraw from a tournament in the United States last week.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/24/sports/s011815S59.DTL&type=golf (381 words)

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