Allen Miller (golfer)

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1 Amateur wins
2 PGA Tour wins (1)
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Allen L. Miller III is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s.

Miller had a distinguished amateur career. He attended the University of Georgia, and was a member of the golf team. Miller was the #2 ranked amateur in America in 1969 and 1970 by Golf Digest; he was a member of the 1969 and 1971 Walker Cup teams, and the 1970 Eisenhower Trophy team.^[1] He won the 1970 Canadian Amateur Championship.^[2]

Miller turned professional in 1971. He played on the PGA Tour for 15 years and had 18 top-10 finishes. He won the 1974 Tallahassee Open by one stroke over Joe Inman, Eddie Pearce and Dan Sikes with a 14-under-par 274. The event was played during the same week as the Tournament of Champions, where most of the Tours elite players elected to play.^[3] His best finish in a major was T-15 at The Masters in 1975.^[4]

Since retiring from the Tour in 1986, Miller has earned a living primarily as a teaching professional. He also played in a limited number of Senior PGA Tour events; his best finish on this circuit is a T-45 at the 1998 First of America Classic. Miller and his wife, Cindy, who is also a golf teaching professional and a former LPGA Tour player, live in western New York. During the cold months of the year, which in Buffalo can last nine months, they teach at Wehrle Golf Dome.