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ELKINGTON, Steve
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PGA TOUR VICTORIES (10):
1990 Kmart Greater Greensboro Open. 1991 THE PLAYERS
Championship. 1992 Infiniti Tournament of Champions.
1994 Buick Southern Open. 1995 Mercedes Championships,
PGA Championship. 1997 Doral-Ryder Open, THE PLAY-
ERS Championship. 1998 Buick Challenge. 1999 Doral-
Ryder Open.
INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (2):
1992 Australian Open [Aus]. 1996 Honda Invitational [Asia].
OTHER VICTORIES (4):
1993 Franklin Templeton Shootout [with Raymond Floyd].
1995 Franklin Templeton Shootout [with Mark Calcavecchia].
1997 Diners Club Matches [with Jeff Maggert]. 1998 Franklin
Templeton Shootout [with Greg Norman].
BEST 2007 PGA TOUR FINISHES:
T5—Buick Open; T6—Reno-Tahoe Open.
2007 SEASON:
After T12 and T16 at the PLAYERS and AT&T Classic in
May, respectively, posted his best finish of the year with a
T5 at the Buick Open in early July. Was his best finish since
a T2 at the 2005 PGA Championship. Credited the solid play
to the urging of his 10-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter,
who enjoy watching him play golf…That solid play continued
in August as he posted a T6 at the Reno-Tahoe Open
four months before his 45th birthday.
Steve Elkington
EXEMPT STATUS: 111th on 2007 money list
FULL NAME: Stephen John Elkington
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: December 8, 1962
BIRTHPLACE: Inverell, Australia
RESIDENCE: Sydney, Australia and Houston, TX; plays
out of Champions GC
PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 4-4
Events Cuts FedExCup Pts/ Earnings/
Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Rank Rank
1984A 1 1
1985A 2 2
1985 5 5 1 9,897/180
1986 5 3 1 12,705/194
1987 35 19 2 7 75,738/118
1988 29 19 2 9 149,972/79
1989 29 21 1 1 3 9 231,062/61
1990 26 24 1 4 14 548,564/18
1991 28 17 1 4 10 549,120/25
1992 24 21 1 2 3 9 14 746,352/12
1993 23 23 1 1 8 14 675,383/17
1994 20 15 1 2 5 294,943/62
1995 21 16 2 2 7 11 1,254,352
1996 19 15 1 1 5 9 459,637/42
1997 17 14 2 1 3 9 1,320,411/8
1998 16 10 1 1 4 5 695,775/42
1999 21 18 1 3 7 1,086,376/35
2000 17 15 1 2 232,785/154
2001 20 14 2 4 437,200/117
2002 23 17 1 1 3 5 1,084,535/59
2003 14 6 2 154,124/187
2004 20 15 1 243,238/179
2005 20 16 1 3 5 1,410,350/54
2006 17 10 3 255,197/181
2007 25 17 2 8 89,096/88 911,875/111
Total 477 353 10 9 9 67 155 12,839,591
EUROPEAN TOUR
Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings
2007 3
* Majors and World Golf Championships are considered official on multiple tours*
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2006: Made 10 cuts in 17 starts and finished in the top-25
three times...Best effort of the season was a T17 at the
John Deere Classic. 2005: Made the cut in 16 of 20 starts
and earned a career-best $1,410,350. Finished 54th on the
money list, his best since 35th in 1999...Collected his first
top-10 since a T2 at the 2002 British Open with a T6 at
weather-delayed PLAYERS Championship. Played 30 holes
on Monday to complete his third top-10 finish at the event
in 16 appearances. Won the event in 1991 and 1997...
Finished T5 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee,
his fourth top-five finish since his last victory on TOUR, the
1999 Doral-Ryder Open...Contended for his second PGA
Championship title, but fell one stroke short of Phil
Mickelson. Finished T2 at Baltusrol, moving him into the top
50 in the Official World Golf Ranking which earned him a
spot in the NEC Invitational the next week. It was his ninth
top-10 out of 50 career major championship appearances.
2004: Started the year making the cut in all five starts during
the eight-week stretch of the West Coast Swing...Best
finish of the season was T18 at the Reno-Tahoe Open. 2003:
His 14 appearances were least of his career. Finished 187th
on money list, lowest since joining the TOUR full-time in
1987...Withdrew after first-round 86 at the British Open,
and did not play the remainder of the season. 2002: T2 at
the British Open, his best finish at a major since third at the
1998 PGA. Closed with rounds of 68-66 to join eventual
champion Ernie Els, Stuart Appleby and Thomas Levet in
FAMILY: Wife, Lisa; Annie Elizabeth (3/24/95); Samuel
Ross (2/25/97)
EDUCATION: University of Houston (1985, Recreation)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Caricature drawing, fishing,
hunting, gardening
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1985
Q SCHOOL: 1986
PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
four-hole playoff at 6-under-par 278. Eliminated after missing
6-foot par putt on fourth and final hole of playoff. 2001:
Lingering injuries limited effective play early in the year.
Was 117th on the money list...Played well late in the season.
Had back-to-back T6s in the Marconi Pennsylvania
Classic and Texas Open. 2000: Year riddled with injuries and
ailments. Made only 17 appearances...Injured wrist in first
round of Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, where he
missed cut, then withdrew from the next week's Shell
Houston Open. Withdrawal was second in a row in his
adopted hometown. Sinus history forced withdrawals from
THE PLAYERS and U.S. Open...Underwent surgery on Aug.
11, three days before PGA, to repair torn hip and ball socket...A
Captain's Pick by Peter Thomson for the International
Presidents Cup team. 1999: Won for third straight year with
victory at the Doral-Ryder Open, which included a closing 64
that featured six consecutive birdies. 1998: Captured ninth
TOUR title and second Buick Challenge win in a playoff over
Fred Funk. 1997: Reached top 10 again thanks to two more
victories. Trailed David Duval by two strokes entering final
round of Doral-Ryder Open before earning two-stroke victory
with closing 69. Three weeks later was dominant at THE
PLAYERS with wire-to-wire seven-stroke victory over Scott
Hoch. At the time, joined Jack Nicklaus and Fred Couples as
only two-time winners of event. 1995: First top-10 finish on
the money list, when he won twice and finished second
twice...Opened year with second Mercedes Championships
title. Birdied second playoff hole to defeat Bruce
Year 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
Masters T22 T37 T3 CUT T5 CUT T12 30 T11
U.S. Open T21 T21 T55 CUT T33 T36 T40 T24 CUT T51
British Open CUT T44 T34 T48 T67 T6 CUT CUT W/D CUT
PGA T31 T41 CUT T32 T18 T14 T7 1 T3 T45 3
THE PLAYERS CUT T54 CUT T16 1 CUT T16 T51 W/D T19 1 T38
TOUR Championship 10 9 T22 T23 T2 T17
Accenture Match Play T33
Bridgestone Invitational 39
American Express Champ T34
Year 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Masters T52 CUT
U.S. Open T33 CUT
British Open T60 CUT T2 W/D CUT
PGA W/D T48 T2 CUT
THE PLAYERS T63 CUT T26 T6 T12
Accenture Match Play Championship T33 T33
Bridgestone Invitational T23 T68 T49
CA Championship W/D
NATIONAL TEAMS: Presidents Cup (4), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000; World Cup, 1994; Dunhill
Cup (4), 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.
PGA TOUR 2008 Guide
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