Steve Elkington

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Steve Elkington

Personal Information

Birth

December 8, 1962 (age 45)
Inverell, Australia

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight

190 lb (86 kg/14 st)

Nationality

Australia

Wife

Lisa Elkington

Children

Annie Elizabeth
Samuel Ross

Residence

Sydney, Australia
Houston, Texas

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

T3: 1993

T21: 1989, 1990

T2: 2002

Won 1995

Awards

Vardon Trophy

1995

Stephen John Elkington (born December 8, 1962) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1995 to 1998.^[1]

Elkington was born in Inverell, Australia and grew up in Wagga Wagga.^[2]

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 back 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, raising the bar on February 12, 2008 with cracks about "pole-humping" on the 16th hole of the FBR Open and "rubber dongers" used to elude drug testers.

1 Professional wins (16)
2 Major Championships
- 2.1 Wins (1)
- 2.2 Results timeline
3 Team appearances
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Professional wins (16)

[edit] 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.

[edit] PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

1992 Australian Open

[edit] Asian Tour wins (1)

1996 Honda Invitational

[edit] Other wins (4)

1993 Franklin Funds Shark Shootout (with Raymond Floyd)
1995 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Mark Calcavecchia)
1997 Diners Club Matches (with Jeff Maggert)
1998 Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (with Greg Norman)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner 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

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T21
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T31	T41

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	T22	T37	T3	CUT	T5	CUT	T12	30	T11
U.S. Open	T21	T55	CUT	T33	DNP	T36	T40	T24	CUT	T51
The Open Championship	CUT	T44	T34	T48	T67	T6	CUT	CUT	WD	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	T32	T18	T14	T7	1	T3	T45	3	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The Masters	T52	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T33	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	T60	CUT	T2	WD	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	WD	T48	DNP	DNP	T2	DNP	CUT

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