Steve Elkington

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. [ [http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/2007%20Stats/86TO0810.pdf 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking] ]

Elkington was born in Inverell, Australia and grew up in Wagga Wagga.cite web
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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.

Professional wins (16)

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.

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

*1992 Australian Open

Asian Tour wins (1)

*1996 Honda Invitational

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)

Major Championships

Wins (1)

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

Team appearances

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

ee also

*Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

External links

* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/13/13 Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.pga.org.au/default.aspx?s=pgatourplayerprofiledisplay&pid=472 Profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site]
* [http://www.owgr.com/players/bio.sps?ID=579 Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Ranking site]