Steve Elkington

Steve Elkington
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	Stephen John Elkington
Born	(1962-12-08) 8 December 1962 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Houston, Texas, U.S.
Spouse	Lisa Elkington
Children	2
Career
College	University of Houston
Turned professional	1985
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour (joined 2013)
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour (1990–2011)
Professional wins	17
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	10
Asian Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Other	5
Best results in major championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T3: 1993
U.S. Open	T21: 1989, 1990
The Open Championship	T2: 2002
PGA Championship	Won: 1995
Achievements and awards
Vardon Trophy	1995

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

Early years and education

Elkington was born in Inverell, New South Wales^[2] and grew up in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.^[3] He moved to the United States to attend college at the University of Houston,^[2] where he played on the golf team. He became the first prominent Australian player to play college golf in the United States. He turned professional in 1985.^[2]

Professional career

Elkington has 10 wins on the PGA Tour, all of which were in the 1990s. He has 10 top-10 finishes in major championships, including a win in the 1995 PGA Championship at the Riviera Country Club, and a tie for second in the 2005 PGA Championship behind winner Phil Mickelson,^[4]^[5] which moved him back into the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

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.

Controversies

In December 2013, Elkington was widely condemned for remarks he made on Twitter following a fatal helicopter crash in Glasgow's Clutha pub. He wrote: "Helicopter crashes into Scottish pub… Locals report no beer was spilled." The tweet was quickly deleted but not before being shared by users of the social networking site. The comment provoked a furious backlash from his fellow players and commentators alike.^[6]

In February 2014, Elkington remarked on Twitter that openly gay football player Michael Sam was "leading the handbag throw" at the NFL Combine, which multiple sources described as homophobic.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Personal

Elkington is married and has two children. His family resides in Sydney, Australia and Houston, Texas. Elkington's professional career has been hampered by constant battles with allergies, which caused several absences from tournament play.^[10]

Professional wins (17)

PGA Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	22 Apr 1990	KMart Greater Greensboro Open	−6 (74-71-71-66=282)	2 strokes	Mike Reid, Jeff Sluman
2	31 Mar 1991	The Players Championship	−12 (66-70-72-68=276)	1 stroke	Fuzzy Zoeller
3	12 Jan 1992	Infiniti Tournament of Champions	−9 (69-71-67-72=279)	Playoff	Brad Faxon
4	2 Oct 1994	Buick Southern Open	−16 (66-66-68=200)	5 strokes	Steve Rintoul
5	8 Jan 1995	Mercedes Championships	−10 (69-71-71-67=278)	Playoff	Bruce Lietzke
6	13 Aug 1995	PGA Championship	−17 (68-67-68-64=267)	Playoff	Colin Montgomerie
7	9 Mar 1997	Doral-Ryder Open	−13 (70-66-70-69=275)	2 strokes	Larry Nelson, Nick Price
8	30 Mar 1997	The Players Championship	−16 (66-69-68-69=272)	7 strokes	Scott Hoch
9	10 Oct 1998	Buick Challenge	−21 (66-70-66-65=267)	Playoff	Fred Funk
10	7 Mar 1999	Doral-Ryder Open	−13 (72-70-69-64=275)	1 stroke	Greg Kraft

PGA Tour playoff record (4–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1992	Infiniti Tournament of Champions	Brad Faxon	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1992	Buick Open	Brad Faxon, Dan Forsman	Forsman won with par on second extra hole Faxon eliminated with par on first hole
3	1992	H.E.B. Texas Open	Nick Price	Lost to par on second extra hole
4	1993	KMart Greater Greensboro Open	Rocco Mediate	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
5	1995	Mercedes Championships	Bruce Lietzke	Won with birdie on second extra hole
6	1995	PGA Championship	Colin Montgomerie	Won with birdie on first extra hole
7	1998	Buick Challenge	Fred Funk	Won with par on first extra hole
8	2002	The Open Championship	Stuart Appleby, Ernie Els, Thomas Levet	Els beat Levet on first sudden-death hole, after Appleby and Elkington were eliminated from a four-hole playoff

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

1992 Australian Open

Asian Tour wins (1)

1996 Honda Invitational

Other wins (5)

1993 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Tom Purtzer), 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)

Major championships

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 Montgomerie with birdie on first extra hole.

Results timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	T22	T37	T3	CUT	T5	CUT	T12	30	T11
U.S. Open	DNP	T21	T21	T55	CUT	T33	DNP	T36	T40	T24	CUT	T51
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	T44	T34	T48	T67	T6	CUT	CUT	WD	CUT
PGA Championship	T31	T41	CUT	T32	T18	T14	T7	1	T3	T45	3	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Masters Tournament	T52	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T33	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T60	CUT	T2	WD	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	WD	T48	DNP	DNP	T2	DNP	CUT	T39	CUT	T5	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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	1	2	2	5	11	8
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	9
The Open Championship	0	1	0	1	2	2	15	7
PGA Championship	1	1	2	5	6	8	19	13
Totals	1	2	3	8	10	18	57	37

Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Team appearances

Presidents Cup (International team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners), 2000
World Cup (representing Australia): 1994
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

References

↑ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking
1 2 3 "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Steve Elkington profile". Sporting Hall of Fame. Museum of the Riverina. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ "Golf Major Championships". Retrieved 5 September 2011.
↑ McEwan, Michael (2 December 2013). "Elkington blasted for Glasgow helicopter tweet". bunkered. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
↑ Coscarelli, Joe (25 February 2014). "Professional Golfer Steve Elkington Really Thinks He Nailed This Michael Sam Gay Joke". New York. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
↑ Schilken, Chuck (25 February 2014). "Golfer Steve Elkington tweets homophobic joke about Michael Sam". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
↑ Uribarri, Jaime (25 February 2014). "Golfer Steve Elkington writes homophobic tweet about Michael Sam". New York Daily News. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
↑ Reilly, Rick (August 21, 1995). "Nothing To Sneeze At". Sports Illustrated.

External links

Steve Elkington at the PGA Tour official site
Steve Elkington at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
Steve Elkington at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

Steve Elkington in the Presidents Cup

International Presidents Cup team – 1994

Fulton Allem Robert Allenby Steve Elkington David Frost Bradley Hughes Mark McNulty Frank Nobilo Craig Parry Nick Price Peter Senior Vijay Singh Tsukasa Watanabe David Graham (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12 – 20

International Presidents Cup team – 1996

Robert Allenby Steve Elkington Ernie Els David Frost Mark McNulty Frank Nobilo Greg Norman Masashi Ozaki Craig Parry Nick Price Peter Senior Vijay Singh Peter Thomson (non-playing captain)

Lost: 15.5 – 16.5

International Presidents Cup team – 1998

Stuart Appleby Steve Elkington Ernie Els Carlos Franco Shigeki Maruyama Frank Nobilo Greg Norman Naomichi Ozaki Craig Parry Nick Price Vijay Singh Greg Turner Peter Thomson (non-playing captain)

Won: 20.5 – 11.5

International Presidents Cup team – 2000

Robert Allenby Stuart Appleby Michael Campbell Steve Elkington Ernie Els Carlos Franco Retief Goosen Shigeki Maruyama Greg Norman Nick Price Vijay Singh Mike Weir Peter Thomson (non-playing captain)

Lost: 10.5 – 21.5

Players Championship champions

1974 Jack Nicklaus 1975 Al Geiberger 1976 Jack Nicklaus 1977 Mark Hayes 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Lanny Wadkins 1980 Lee Trevino 1981 Raymond Floyd† 1982 Jerry Pate 1983 Hal Sutton 1984 Fred Couples 1985 Calvin Peete 1986 John Mahaffey 1987 Sandy Lyle† 1988 Mark McCumber 1989 Tom Kite 1990 Jodie Mudd 1991 Steve Elkington 1992 Davis Love III 1993 Nick Price 1994 Greg Norman 1995 Lee Janzen 1996 Fred Couples 1997 Steve Elkington 1998 Justin Leonard 1999 David Duval 2000 Hal Sutton 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Craig Perks 2003 Davis Love III 2004 Adam Scott 2005 Fred Funk 2006 Stephen Ames 2007 Phil Mickelson 2008 Sergio García† 2009 Henrik Stenson 2010 Tim Clark 2011 K. J. Choi† 2012 Matt Kuchar 2013 Tiger Woods 2014 Martin Kaymer 2015 Rickie Fowler†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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