STEVE ELKINGTON

'Steve Elkington'
'Personal Information'
'Birth'
Inverell, Australia
'Height'
'Weight'
'Nationality' Australia
'Wife' Lisa Elkington
'Children' Annie Elizabeth
Samuel Ross
'Residence' Sydney, AUS
Houston, TX
'College' University of Houston
Career
'Turned Pro' 1985
'Current tour' PGA Tour
'Professional wins' 16 (PGA: 10, Other: 6)
Best Results in Major Championships
Wins: 1
MastersT3: 1993
U.S. OpenT21: 1989, 1990
British OpenT2: 2002
PGA Championship 'Won' 1995
Awards
Vardon Trophy 1995

'Steve John Elkington' (born December 8, 1962) is an Australian golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
He was born in Inverell, Australia and grew up in Wagga Wagga.[1]
Elkington has won 10 events on the PGA Tour, most prestigiously the 1995 PGA Championship at the Riviera Country Club, which is his only major and the 1991 and 1997 Players Championships. He finished tied for second in the 2005 PGA Championship behind winner Phil Mickelson which moved him into the Top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
Elkington was a member of the International Team in the 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000 Presidents Cups. In 1995, he was awarded the Vardon Trophy; this award is given annually by the PGA of America to the tour player with the lowest scoring average.
Married to wife, Lisa with children Annie Elizabeth (March 24, 1995); Samuel Ross (February 25, 1997), he resides in Sydney and Houston, Texas.
He is considered the best interviewee of all-time on The Jim Rome Show.

Contents
PGA Tour wins (10)
Other wins (6)
Major Championships
Wins (1)
Results timeline
References
See also
External links

PGA Tour wins (10)



★ 1990 (1) KMart Greater Greensboro Open

★ 1991 (1) The Players Championship

★ 1992 (1) Infiniti Tournament of Champions

★ 1994 (1) Buick Southern Open

★ 1995 (2) Mercedes Championships, 'PGA Championship'

★ 1997 (2) Doral-Ryder Open, The Players Championship

★ 1998 (1) Buick Challenge

★ 1999 (1) Doral-Ryder Open
Major championship is shown in 'bold'.

Other wins (6)



★ 1992 Australian Open (PGA Tour of Australasia)

★ 1993 Franklin Funds Shark Shootout (with Raymond Floyd)

★ 1995 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Mark Calcavecchia)

★ 1996 Honda Invitational (Asian Tour)

★ 1997 Diners Club Matches (with Jeff Maggert)

★ 1998 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Greg Norman)

Major Championships


Wins (1)

'Year'Championship'54 Holes'Winning Score'Margin'Runners Up
1995 PGA Championship 6 shot deficit -17 (68-67-68-64=267) Playoff1 Colin Montgomerie

1 Defeated Colin Montgomerie with birdie on first extra hole
Results timeline

Tournament19881989
The MastersDNPDNP
U.S. OpenDNPT21
The Open ChampionshipDNPDNP
PGA ChampionshipT31T41

Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
The MastersDNPT22T37T3CUTT5CUTT1230T11
U.S. OpenT21T55CUTT33DNPT36T40T24CUTT51
The Open ChampionshipCUTT44T34T48T67T6CUTCUTWDCUT
PGA ChampionshipCUTT32T18T14T7'1'T3T453DNP

Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007
The MastersT52DNPDNPCUTDNPDNPDNPDNP
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPT33DNPCUT
The Open ChampionshipT60CUTT2WDDNPDNPCUTDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNPWDT48DNPDNPT2DNPCUT

DNP = Did not play

WD = Withdrew

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

References


1. Elkington, Steve

See also



Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

External links



Profile on the PGA Tour's official site

Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Ranking site

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