The PGA Championship

Tournament Info for: 1995 PGA Championship
Date:	August 10 - 13, 1995
Site:	Riviera Country Club
Champion:	Steve Elkington
Purse:	$2,000,000.00
Field:	150
Cut at:	70
Par:	35 - 36 - 71 (6,956 yards)
Players Advanced:	142

Australian-born Steve Elkington, playing what he called "the round of my life," posted a final-round 7-under-par 64 at historic Riviera Country Club for a 72-hole total of 17-under-par 267. Elkington's performance shattered the year-old PGA Championship record by Nick Price by two strokes. Moments later, Scotland's Colin Montgomerie registered a 65 to tie the record total that was the lowest 72-hole score in a U.S. major championship and tied Greg Norman's all-time major championship total at the 1993 British Open. Elkington went on to make a 25-foot birdie putt at the 18th green, and watched as Montgomerie missed his 20-foot birdie attempt on the right side of the cup. Elkington concluded the year by winning his first Vardon Trophy for lowest adjusted scoring average. The 77th PGA Championship produced the lowest course average in championship history (71.09) and the second most sub-par rounds (194). Among the records set was a final-round 63 by Brad Faxon, who finished fifth. Faxon's performance included a front-nine 28 for the lowest nine-hole score in PGA Championship history. Faxon salvaged his gem by making a 15-foot par-saving putt on the 18th green.

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