Allan Kournikova

Allan Kournikova^[a] (Russian: А́ллан Ку́рников, romanized: Allan Kournikov; born September 22, 2004)^[1] is a youth golfer.^[2] He won the U.S. Kids Golf European Championships in 2011–2015, and the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships from 2011 to 2013 and in 2015.^[3][4] He was also featured in the 2013 documentary film The Short Game.^[5] He is the half-brother of former professional tennis player Anna Kournikova.^[6]

Allan Kournikova[a]
Personal information
Born	(2004-09-22) September 22, 2004 (age 20) Russia
Residence	Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Career
Status	Amateur

Background

Allan Kournikova was born in Russia on September 22, 2004, to Alla Kournikova and composer/instrumentalist Baron Michael Moog de Medici.^[7][6]

At age two, he took lessons in horseback riding and competed in international show jumping events.^[6]

Golf professionals began to take notice of Kournikova at age 4, marveling at his skill.^[8]

When he was eight, Kournikova took classes at Palm Beach Virtual School to allow time for golf training.^[9]

Kournikova won the U.S. Kids Golf European Championships in 2011–2015 and the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships from 2011 to 2013 and in 2015.^[3][4]

By 2012, his repeat world championships in golf were mentioned in The Wall Street Journal.^[10]

His defense of his title at the 2012 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship was chronicled in the 2013 documentary film The Short Game.^[11]

In June and August 2013, Kournikova won three consecutive titles in the European and world championships in the division for 8-year-olds.^[12] In May 2014, Kournikova won the European championship by 22 strokes.^[13] He won the 10-year-old divisions of the 2015 European World Championship and 2015 U.S. Kids World Championship by four strokes and nine strokes, respectively.^[14][15]

Controversy

In January 2010, Kournikova's mother, Alla Kournikova, was convicted of third-degree felony child neglect for leaving him at home without supervision while she ran errands. The 5-year-old jumped from a second-floor window and was found wet, crying, bruised and bleeding by a neighbor, who called police.^[16] Kournikova was treated at a local hospital.^[16]

Notes

1. Russian surnames are inflected based on the gender of the bearer. Kournikova uses the female form of his surname; the linguistically correct form would be Kournikov.