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Steve Elkington

Australia · born , Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1995 PGA Championship
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 1995 PGA Championship Riviera Country Club · 267 (-17) · won a playoff against Colin Montgomerie

Near misses

  1. 1995 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T6 · 284 (-4)
  2. 2002 The Open Muirfield · runner-up to Ernie Els · 278 · lost playoff
  3. 2005 PGA Championship Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) · runner-up to Phil Mickelson · 277

Rivals

Beat him

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Next in the chain: Ernie Els' rivals →

Moments

  1. 1995 PGA Championship Elkington came from six back with a closing 64 and won with a 25-foot birdie on the first playoff hole, the 18th.
  2. 1995 PGA Championship Brad Faxon shot a major-record 28 on the front nine on his way to a 63, which secured his Ryder Cup spot.

Records and firsts

  1. 1995 PGA Championship lowest final round by a winner · 64 (1995; 2020) (Steve Elkington; Collin Morikawa)

Results by championship

    Best day

    1995 PGA Championship

    Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, California · 267 (-17) · won a playoff against Colin Montgomerie (Elkington 3; Montgomerie 4)

    Elkington came from six back with a closing 64 and won with a 25-foot birdie on the first playoff hole, the 18th.

    Brad Faxon shot a major-record 28 on the front nine on his way to a 63, which secured his Ryder Cup spot.

    Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1995.

    Career line, 1995–2005

    PGA Championship
    1995 PGA Championship: won2005 PGA Championship: runner-up to Phil Mickelson
    The Open
    1995 The Open: finished T62002 The Open: runner-up to Ernie Els
    199520002005

    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Steve Elkington was born on December 8, 1962, in Inverell, New South Wales, Australia. Elkington won one major championship: the 1995 PGA Championship.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1995 PGA Championship Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, California · 267 (-17) · won a playoff against Colin Montgomerie (Elkington 3; Montgomerie 4)

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1995 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T6 · 284 (-4)
    2. 2002 The Open Muirfield · runner-up to Ernie Els · 278 · lost playoff
    3. 2005 PGA Championship Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower) · runner-up to Phil Mickelson · 277

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1995 PGA Championship lowest final round by a winner · 64 (1995; 2020) (Steve Elkington; Collin Morikawa)

    Sources

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    3. Golf Compendium winners list
    4. Golf Compendium 1995
    5. Sports Illustrated 1995
    6. Today's Golfer past champions
    7. BetMGM winner payouts
    8. Today's Golfer purse history
    9. PGA of America club pros who made the cut
    10. Fox News/AP, Dave Renwick
    11. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 35
    12. OWGR player event table, 1995
    13. R&A 1995
    14. Golf Compendium scoring records