Jamie Allan

Jamie Allan
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	c. 1850 Scotland
Nationality	Scotland
Career
Status	Professional
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T2: 1879
PGA Championship	DNP

Jamie Allan (born c. 1850 – unknown) was a Scottish professional golfer who played in the late 19th century. Allan had two top-10 finishes in the Open Championship. His best performance was a tie for second place in the 1879 Open Championship. His last confirmed appearance in the Open Championship came in 1888.

Allan was born in Scotland circa 1850.

Allan served as the professional at Royal North Devon Golf Club in Westward Ho!, Devon, England. He possessed a knack for lofting his golf ball, a skill that he demonstrated on occasion to the Royal North Devon members. It is unclear what the trick entailed. It is surmised that he was able to hit a shot much higher than was thought possible with the pitching clubs in use at the time.

The 1879 Open Championship was the 19th Open Championship, held 27 September at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Allan shot rounds of 88-84=172. Jamie Anderson won the Championship for the third successive time, by three strokes from Allan and Andrew Kirkaldy.

In October 1879, Allan was paired in a serious money match against Jamie Anderson for stakes totaling £200. Anderson won £25 each (£75 total) for winning the first three matches. Allan was able to stave off a complete sweep by winning on his home course. The two players also agreed on a monetary prize of £100 (which was won by Anderson) for the overall total for the play on four courses combined. They played the match on these courses: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Prestwick Golf Club, and Royal North Devon Golf Club. Allan was defeated in the match 8 and 7 and ended up losing £175 (£16 thousand today).

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