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]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 11–14, 1994 |
| Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Course(s) | Southern Hills Country Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,834 yards (6,249 m) |
| Field | 151 players, 76 after cut[1] |
| Cut | 145 (+5) |
| Prize fund | $1,750,000 |
| Winner's share | $310,000 |
| Champion | |
 Nick Price | |
| 269 (−11) | |
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
edit| 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
editFirst round
editThursday, August 11, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Colin Montgomerie | 67 | −3 |
| Nick Price | |||
| T3 |  Fred Couples | 68 | −2 |
 Ernie Els | |||
| Phil Mickelson | |||
 Ian Woosnam | |||
| T7 | Raymond Floyd | 69 | −1 |
 David Gilford | |||
| Loren Roberts | |||
| Sam Torrance | |||
| Lanny Wadkins | |||
| Tom Watson | |||
| D. A. Weibring | |||
| Fuzzy Zoeller |
Second round
editFriday, August 12, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 67-65=132 | −8 |
| T2 | Ben Crenshaw | 70-67=137 | −3 |
| Jay Haas | 71-66=137 | ||
| Corey Pavin | 70-67=137 | ||
| T5 | John Cook | 71-67=138 | −2 |
| Blaine McCallister | 74-64=138 | ||
 José María Olazábal | 72-66=138 | ||
| T8 | Glen Day | 70-69=139 | −1 |
| Ernie Els | 68-71=139 | ||
| Phil Mickelson | 68-71=139 | ||
| Gil Morgan | 71-68=139 | ||
 Frank Nobilo | 72-67=139 | ||
 Craig Parry | 70-69=139 |
Third round
editSaturday, August 13, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 67-65-70=202 | −8 |
| 2 | Jay Haas | 71-66-68=205 | −5 |
| T3 | Corey Pavin | 70-67-69=206 | −4 |
| Phil Mickelson | 68-71-67=206 | ||
| T5 | John Cook | 71-67-69=207 | −3 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 70-67-70=207 | ||
| Greg Norman | 71-69-67=207 | ||
| T8 | Ernie Els | 68-71-69=208 | −2 |
| José María Olazábal | 72-66-70=208 | ||
| Loren Roberts | 69-72-67=208 | ||
| Jeff Sluman | 70-72-66=208 | ||
| Tom Watson | 69-72-67=208 |
Final round
editSunday, August 14, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 67-65-70-67=269 | −11 | 310,000 |
| 2 | Corey Pavin | 70-67-69-69=275 | −5 | 160,000 |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | 68-71-67-70=276 | −4 | 110,000 |
| T4 | John Cook | 71-67-69-70=277 | −3 | 76,667 |
| Nick Faldo | 73-67-71-66=277 | |||
| Greg Norman | 71-69-67-70=277 | |||
| T7 | Steve Elkington | 73-70-66-69=278 | −2 | 57,500 |
| José María Olazábal | 72-66-70-70=278 | |||
| T9 | Ben Crenshaw | 70-67-70-72=279 | −1 | 41,000 |
| Tom Kite | 72-68-69-70=279 | |||
| Loren Roberts | 69-72-67-71=279 | |||
| Tom Watson | 69-72-67-71=279 | |||
| Ian Woosnam | 68-72-73-66=279 |
Source:[8]
References
edit- ^ "Tournament Info for: 1994 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ^ Dorman, Larry (August 15, 1994). "Price dominant from start to finish". Eugene Register-Guard. (New York Times). p. 1D.
- ^ Reilly, Rick (August 22, 1994). "Price Control". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
- ^ "Price is seventh No. 1". Toledo Blade. August 15, 1994. p. 19. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ Parascenzo, Marino (August 15, 1994). "Price is a major force". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B1.
- ^ "How low can they go?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 14, 1995. p. C-3.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "1994 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
External links
edit- PGA.com – 1994 PGA Championship
- Yahoo! Sports: 1994 PGA Championship leaderboard