Golf Network News
Sunday 13 August 1995Men’s majorsYear in Review
Elkington wins PGA Championship
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 August 1995 · purse $2,000,000 · winner's share $360,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/19°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/19°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/19°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 72 (cut at 142) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Colin Montgomerie
The golfer
b. 1962-12-08, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia; Australia; age 32 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet