- Steve Elkington
Stephen John Elkington (born
December 8 ,1962 ) is anAustralia n professionalgolf er who plays on thePGA Tour . He spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of theOfficial 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
url = http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/museum/index.aspx?item=shof&sub=browse&cat=museum_shof&article=P0DEPJ79R2SELHB8NW84
title = Elkington, Steve
work = Sporting Hall of Fame
publisher =Museum of the Riverina
accessdate = 2007-04-26]Elkington has won 10 events on the PGA Tour, most prestigiously the
1995 PGA Championship at theRiviera Country Club , which is his only major and the 1991 and 1997Players Championship s. He finished tied for second in the 2005PGA Championship behind winnerPhil Mickelson which moved him back into the top 50 in theOfficial World Golf Rankings .Elkington was a member of the International Team in the 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000
Presidents Cup s. In 1995, he was awarded theVardon Trophy ; this award is given annually by thePGA 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 inSydney andHouston ,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 (withRaymond Floyd )
*1995Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (withMark Calcavecchia )
*1997 Diners Club Matches (withJeff Maggert )
*1998Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout (withGreg 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-10Team appearances
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Presidents Cup (International team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners), 2000
*World Cup (representing Australia): 1994
*Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997ee also
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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]
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