1994 PGA Championship

The 1994 PGA Championship was the 76th PGA Championship, held August 11–14 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nick Price led wire-to-wire (he shared the first round lead and then led on his own after every other round) and won his third and final major title, six strokes ahead of runner-up Corey Pavin.[2] It was Price's second consecutive major and second PGA Championship in three years.[3] Following this win, he moved to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking.[4]

1994 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 11–14, 1994
LocationTulsa, Oklahoma
Course(s)Southern Hills Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,834 yards (6,249 m)
Field151 players, 76 after cut[1]
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fund$1,750,000
Winner's share$310,000
Champion
Nick Price
269 (−11)
Southern Hills Country Club
Location in the United States

Price became the first to win the Open Championship and PGA Championship in the same year in seven decades, last by Walter Hagen in 1924. Greg Norman had just missed the previous year, losing in a playoff; it was later accomplished by Tiger Woods in 2000 and 2006, Pádraig Harrington in 2008, and Rory McIlroy in 2014.

Price's 269 was a record for the event, passing the 271 of Bobby Nichols set thirty years earlier in 1964.[5] It lasted just a year, lowered to 267 in 1995 at Riviera by Steve Elkington and Colin Montgomerie.[6] (It was further lowered in 2001 by David Toms' 265.)

Price's 6-stroke win was the largest margin of victory at a major championship between Jack Nicklaus' 7-stroke victory at the 1980 PGA Championship and Tiger Woods' 12-stroke victory at the 1997 Masters Tournament. Price later described it as the best he'd ever played.[7]

This was the fifth major held at Southern Hills; it previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1970 and 1982 and the U.S. Open in 1958 and 1977. It later hosted the U.S. Open in 2001 and the PGA Championship in 2007.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4564584053686051753822153743,4473761644485372074054683524303,3876,834
Par444453434354345344443570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 11, 1994

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Colin Montgomerie Scotland67−3
Nick Price Zimbabwe
T3Fred Couples United States68−2
Ernie Els South Africa
Phil Mickelson United States
Ian Woosnam Wales
T7Raymond Floyd United States69−1
David Gilford England
Loren Roberts United States
Sam Torrance Scotland
Lanny Wadkins United States
Tom Watson United States
D. A. Weibring United States
Fuzzy Zoeller United States

Second round

Friday, August 12, 1994

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price Zimbabwe67-65=132−8
T2Ben Crenshaw United States70-67=137−3
Jay Haas United States71-66=137
Corey Pavin United States70-67=137
T5John Cook United States71-67=138−2
Blaine McCallister United States74-64=138
José María Olazábal Spain72-66=138
T8Glen Day United States70-69=139−1
Ernie Els South Africa68-71=139
Phil Mickelson United States68-71=139
Gil Morgan United States71-68=139
Frank Nobilo New Zealand72-67=139
Craig Parry Australia70-69=139

Third round

Saturday, August 13, 1994

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price Zimbabwe67-65-70=202−8
2Jay Haas United States71-66-68=205−5
T3Corey Pavin United States70-67-69=206−4
Phil Mickelson United States68-71-67=206
T5John Cook United States71-67-69=207−3
Ben Crenshaw United States70-67-70=207
Greg Norman Australia71-69-67=207
T8Ernie Els South Africa68-71-69=208−2
José María Olazábal Spain72-66-70=208
Loren Roberts United States69-72-67=208
Jeff Sluman United States70-72-66=208
Tom Watson United States69-72-67=208

Final round

Sunday, August 14, 1994

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Nick Price Zimbabwe67-65-70-67=269−11310,000
2Corey Pavin United States70-67-69-69=275−5160,000
3Phil Mickelson United States68-71-67-70=276−4110,000
T4John Cook United States71-67-69-70=277−376,667
Nick Faldo England73-67-71-66=277
Greg Norman Australia71-69-67-70=277
T7Steve Elkington Australia73-70-66-69=278−257,500
José María Olazábal Spain72-66-70-70=278
T9Ben Crenshaw United States70-67-70-72=279−141,000
Tom Kite United States72-68-69-70=279
Loren Roberts United States69-72-67-71=279
Tom Watson United States69-72-67-71=279
Ian Woosnam Wales68-72-73-66=279

Source:[8]

References

  1. "Tournament Info for: 1994 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  2. Dorman, Larry (August 15, 1994). "Price dominant from start to finish". Eugene Register-Guard. (New York Times). p. 1D.
  3. Reilly, Rick (August 22, 1994). "Price Control". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
  4. "Price is seventh No. 1". Toledo Blade. August 15, 1994. p. 19. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  5. Parascenzo, Marino (August 15, 1994). "Price is a major force". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B1.
  6. "How low can they go?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 14, 1995. p. C-3.
  7. Rushin, Steve (July 31, 2000). "Grand Stand Leaving his mark on the birthplace of golf, Tiger Woods completed a career grand slam by strolling to victory in the British Open". Sports Illustrated.
  8. "1994 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
Preceded by
1994 Open Championship
Major Championships Succeeded by
1995 Masters

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