1991 PLAYERS champion

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May. 7, 2008

TOURNAMENT RECAP: Steve Elkington stepped out of the shadow of fellow Aussie Greg Norman to overtake third-round leaders Paul Azinger and Fuzzy Zoeller with a series of birdies. When Zoeller missed his birdie chance to force a playoff, Elkington seized his opportunity to take a one-shot victory at 276. "Greg's the big shark, and I'm just a little fish," he said. "But now I'm a bigger fish than I was yesterday." Elkington birdied the 18th hole in the final round, the only champion to accomplish that feat and win by one.

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Elkington's scorecard at TPC Sawgrass

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	72
Yardage	388	526	162	384	454	381	439	215	582	3531	395	529	336	172	438	426	497	132	440	3365	6896
Round 1	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	34	3	5	3	3	3	4	5	3	3	32	66
Round 2	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	34	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	36	70
Round 3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	36	4	5	4	2	5	4	5	3	4	36	72
Round 4	4	5	2	3	4	4	5	3	5	35	3	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	3	33	68

1991 PLAYERS leaderboard

Pos	Player	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Total	Earnings
1	Steve Elkington	66	70	72	68	276/-12	$288,000
2	Fuzzy Zoeller	68	68	69	72	277/-11	$172,800
T3	Paul Azinger	67	68	69	74	278/-10	$83,200
T3	Phil Blackmar	67	72	69	70	278/-10	$83,200
T3	John Cook	71	73	69	65	278/-10	$83,200
T6	Bernhard Langer	70	70	71	69	280/-8	$53,600
T6	Bruce Lietzke	71	72	68	69	280/-8	$53,600
T6	Curtis Strange	71	68	70	71	280/-8	$53,600
T9	Bob Lohr	68	71	68	74	281/-7	$41,600
T9	Nick Price	68	75	67	71	281/-7	$41,600
T9	Gene Sauers	68	74	68	71	281/-7	$41,600
T9	Bobby Wadkins	68	74	69	70	281/-7	$41,600