He was awarded the Vardon Trophy in 1995, given to the PGA Tour player with the lowest scoring average for the season. In 2013, Steve Elkington made headlines due to inflammatory remarks he has posted to his Twitter account. Steve tweeted insensitive remarks about a helicopter that crashed and caused several fatalities. A few months later he made insensitive remarks over twitter about Michael Sam the first openly gay NFL football player. He began competing on the Champions Tour in 2013. He has earned more than $15 million from his career on the course alone.
