LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Stephen Allan of Australia closed with 4-under 68, his sixth consecutive round in the 60s, to win the Qualifying Tournament on Monday and earn full-exempt status on the PGA Tour next year.

Allan completed six pressure-packed rounds at La Quinta in 32-under 400 and was among 36 players -- the lowest number since 1981 -- to earn their tour cards.

Casey Martin was not among them. He holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole on the Jack Nicklaus Tournament course to finish at 14-under 418, but came up one stroke short of finishing among the top 35 and ties.

Martin's successful lawsuit against the tour, which enables him to ride in a cart, will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month.

David Morland IV of Canada and Brian Wilson finished two strokes behind Allan.

Allan not only earned $50,000 for his victory, he can play in any tournament he chooses next year except for certain limited-field events.

The next 35 will be ranked in order behind those who finished in the top 125 on the money list and other criteria. Among them are former PGA winners Keith Clearwater, Fred Wadsworth and Per-Ulrik Johansson, a five-time winner in Europe.

Missing out by one shot was Joe Daley. That stroke can be traced back to Saturday when, after hitting into the water on No. 17, he had a 2-foot putt for double bogey. The ball went in, bounced off the bottom of the cup and right back out.

Ken Green, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, bogeyed his last hole and missed by one shot, as did Brian Watts, the British Open runner-up in 1998.

SENIOR TOUR: The tour is adding the Allianz Championship to its 2001 schedule. The $1.75-million event, which will be played Sept. 7-9 on a Des Moines, Iowa, course yet to be determined, will take the place of the Comfort Classic.

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