Let's make this birthday one to remember.

81 years old (Born on October 13, 1944)

Happy Birthday, Buddy Allin! Just like your precision shots landing fairway-center in your heyday, may all of life's pleasures find the sweet spot on your special day. Your victories—five PGA Tour wins and stunning top-ten finishes at both the 1974 U.S. Open and 1975 PGA Championship—are strokes of brilliance we still admire.

Sure, time passes quicker than a downhill putt at Augusta, but great golfers never really get older—they just perfect their swing. May this birthday be as memorable as that epic birdie streak you once had on tour (we assume success was celebrated with cake). Cheers to many more rounds ahead!