1994 PGA Championship

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
Zimbabwe Nick Price
269 (−11)
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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 and 2022.

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 Score To par
T1 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 67 −3
Zimbabwe Nick Price
T3 United States Fred Couples 68 −2
South Africa Ernie Els
United States Phil Mickelson
Wales Ian Woosnam
T7 United States Raymond Floyd 69 −1
England David Gilford
United States Loren Roberts
Scotland Sam Torrance
United States Lanny Wadkins
United States Tom Watson
United States D. A. Weibring
United States Fuzzy Zoeller

Second round

Friday, August 12, 1994

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

Third round

Saturday, August 13, 1994

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

Final round

Sunday, August 14, 1994

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Zimbabwe Nick Price 67-65-70-67=269 −11 310,000
2 United States Corey Pavin 70-67-69-69=275 −5 160,000
3 United States Phil Mickelson 68-71-67-70=276 −4 110,000
T4 United States John Cook 71-67-69-70=277 −3 76,667
England Nick Faldo 73-67-71-66=277
Australia Greg Norman 71-69-67-70=277
T7 Australia Steve Elkington 73-70-66-69=278 −2 57,500
Spain José María Olazábal 72-66-70-70=278
T9 United States Ben Crenshaw 70-67-70-72=279 −1 41,000
United States Tom Kite 72-68-69-70=279
United States Loren Roberts 69-72-67-71=279
United States Tom Watson 69-72-67-71=279
Wales Ian Woosnam 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. Archived from the original on June 27, 2010.
  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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