For him, being runner-up changes everything.
"It's like being runner-up at the prom," Allen said.
The former Ryder Cup player has now finished third, second and second in his last three events, the middle of those being runner-up to Phil Mickelson in the Open at Muirfield.
Perhaps he has been affected by being runner-up in three of the four majors last year, but he said: "We're competing against a guy that's dominating a sport unlike anyone else.
She commented: 'Lauren Bacall failed to chase me out of Hollywood; Katrina won't force me out of New Orleans.' Born in 1918 in Arizona, she was raised by her grandparents and was prompted to head for Hollywood after being runner-up in the 1935 Miss Arizona Pageant.
Having narrowly missed out on the title to Hanagan on the final day of the season in 2010, he added: "It's a great feeling, much better than being runner-up".
Stanford's win, in a time of two hours, four minutes and 39 seconds, followed being runner-up in the San Diego round in April and lifted her from 18th to fifth in the world rankings. .
Davies won bronze in his debut Olympics at Athens 2004 in the pool but now the Open Water is his preferred event after being runner-up at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
She is portrayed by Diana DeGarmo, who is famed for being runner-up on the third season of the reality television competition American Idol.
"He has been runner up too many times.
It's runner envy, really.
