1994 PGA Championship

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1994 PGA Championship
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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
Zimbabwe Nick Price
269 (−11)
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Southern Hills Country Club is located in the United States
Southern Hills Country Club
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Location in the United States

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]

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[]

Main article: Southern Hills Country Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 456 458 405 368 605 175 382 215 374 3,447 376 164 448 537 207 405 468 352 430 3,387 6,834
Par 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 35 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 35 70

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 11, 1994

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Colin Montgomerie  Scotland 67 −3
Nick Price  Zimbabwe
T3 Fred Couples  United States 68 −2
Ernie Els  South Africa
Phil Mickelson  United States
Ian Woosnam  Wales
T7 Raymond Floyd  United States 69 −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

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 67-65=132 −8
T2 Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-67=137 −3
Jay Haas  United States 71-66=137
Corey Pavin  United States 70-67=137
T5 John Cook  United States 71-67=138 −2
Blaine McCallister  United States 74-64=138
José María Olazábal  Spain 72-66=138
T8 Glen Day  United States 70-69=139 −1
Ernie Els  South Africa 68-71=139
Phil Mickelson  United States 68-71=139
Gil Morgan  United States 71-68=139
Frank Nobilo  New Zealand 72-67=139
Craig Parry  Australia 70-69=139

Third round[]

Saturday, August 13, 1994

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 67-65-70=202 −8
2 Jay Haas  United States 71-66-68=205 −5
T3 Corey Pavin  United States 70-67-69=206 −4
Phil Mickelson  United States 68-71-67=206
T5 John Cook  United States 71-67-69=207 −3
Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-67-70=207
Greg Norman  Australia 71-69-67=207
T8 Ernie Els  South Africa 68-71-69=208 −2
José María Olazábal  Spain 72-66-70=208
Loren Roberts  United States 69-72-67=208
Jeff Sluman  United States 70-72-66=208
Tom Watson  United States 69-72-67=208

Final round[]

Sunday, August 14, 1994

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 67-65-70-67=269 −11 310,000
2 Corey Pavin  United States 70-67-69-69=275 −5 160,000
3 Phil Mickelson  United States 68-71-67-70=276 −4 110,000
T4 John Cook  United States 71-67-69-70=277 −3 76,667
Nick Faldo  England 73-67-71-66=277
Greg Norman  Australia 71-69-67-70=277
T7 Steve Elkington  Australia 73-70-66-69=278 −2 57,500
José María Olazábal  Spain 72-66-70-70=278
T9 Ben Crenshaw  United States 70-67-70-72=279 −1 41,000
Tom Kite  United States 72-68-69-70=279
Loren Roberts  United States 69-72-67-71=279
Tom Watson  United States 69-72-67-71=279
Ian Woosnam  Wales 68-72-73-66=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.

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