1997 PLAYERS champion

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May. 7, 2008

TOURNAMENT RECAP: Steve Elkington became the first wire-to-wire winner since his countryman Greg Norman in 1994. His rounds of 66-69-68-69 gave him a seven-shot victory at 272, breaking the record for the widest victory margin. Scott Hoch, who shot a tournament-best 65 in the third round, was second. Fred Couples, who finished tied for 10th, scored a hole-in-one on the 17th hole -- only the third ace in PLAYERS history at the island hole.

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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	4	4	3	4	3	4	32	3	4	3	2	4	4	5	3	6	34	66
Round 2	4	5	3	3	4	3	4	3	5	34	5	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	35	69
Round 3	3	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	5	32	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	5	36	68
Round 4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	2	5	35	4	6	4	2	3	4	5	3	3	34	69

1997 PLAYERS leaderboard

Pos	Player	Rnd1	Rnd2	Rnd3	Rnd4	Total	Earnings
1	Steve Elkington	66	69	68	69	272/-16	$630,000
2	Scott Hoch	69	71	65	74	279/-9	$378,000
3	Loren Roberts	70	74	67	69	280/-8	$238,000
4	Brad Faxon	70	69	72	70	281/-7	$168,000
5	Billy Andrade	68	72	68	74	282/-6	$140,000
6	Tom Lehman	67	71	73	72	283/-5	$126,000
T7	Mark Brooks	72	68	70	74	284/-4	$109,083
T7	Colin Montgomerie	70	70	71	73	284/-4	$109,083
T7	Tommy Tolles	70	67	73	74	284/-4	$109,083
T10	Russ Cochran	67	74	72	72	285/-3	$84,000
T10	Fred Couples	71	74	71	69	285/-3	$84,000
T10	Ernie Els	68	71	72	74	285/-3	$84,000
T10	Kirk Triplett	71	68	70	76	285/-3	$84,000