Former Tour Player Bud Allin Dies
POSTED: Monday, March 12, 2007
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL -- (Sports Network) - Former PGA Tour and Champions Tour player Bud Allin passed away on Saturday after battling several forms of cancer. He was 62."Bud Allin's life was one of service and commitment, whether it was serving his country in Vietnam as a U.S. Army Officer and being awarded two bronze stars, one with "V" for valor, being awarded winners' trophies on the PGA Tour, Champions Tour and European Tour or serving the members of the various clubs with which he was affiliated," said Champions Tour President Rick George. "All of us will miss Buddy and are saddened to learn of his passing. Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Carol and the entire Allin family for their loss that has affected all of us associated with professional golf." Allin joined the PGA Tour in 1970 and earned five tour victories, with his last coming at the 1976 Pleasant Valley Classic. In 1974, Allin won Doral and the Byron Nelson en route to a ninth-place finish on the PGA Tour money list. In 1994, Allin turned 50 and joined the Champions Tour. He won the 1997 American Express Invitational and his last appearance on the elder circuit was 2000.
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