1994 PGA Championship

August 2023 1994 PGA Championship 1994PGALogo.jpg August 11–14, 1994 Tulsa, Oklahoma Southern Hills Country Club PGA of America PGA Tour 70 6834 yd 151 players, 76 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=380&date=1994&tourn_name_id=2 PGA of America Tournament Info for: 1994 PGA Championship July 29, 2012 145 (+5) $1,750,000 $310,000 ZWE Nick Price 269 (−11) 1993 1995 USA 1 Southern Hills Country Club 36.070 -95.946 Location in the United States 5 240 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-9VWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5036%2C3561141 Eugene Register-Guard (New York Times) Dorman Larry Price dominant from start to finish August 15, 1994 1D It was Price's second consecutive major and second PGA Championship in three years.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005519/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100627010618/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005519/index.htm dead June 27, 2010 Sports Illustrated Reilly Rick Price Control August 22, 1994 34 Following this win, he moved to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x1tPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WAMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5739%2C4010911 Toledo Blade Price is seventh No. 1 August 15, 1994 19 May 15, 2013 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QtpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NW8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6196%2C8109240 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Price is a major force August 15, 1994 B1 It lasted just a year, lowered to 267 in 1995 at Riviera by Steve Elkington and Colin Montgomerie.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0aNhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iW4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4988%2C8640349 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette How low can they go? August 14, 1995 C-3 (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.https://www.si.com/vault/2000/07/31/285745/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 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 Rushin Steve July 31, 2000 Sports Illustrated 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 Southern Hills Country Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4564584053686051753822153743,4473761644485372074054683524303,3876,834Par444453434354345344443570 Round summaries First round Thursday, August 11, 1994 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 SCO Colin Montgomerie67−3 ZWE Nick PriceT3 USA Fred Couples68−2 ZAF Ernie Els USA Phil Mickelson WAL Ian WoosnamT7 USA Raymond Floyd69−1 ENG David Gilford USA Loren Roberts SCO Sam Torrance USA Lanny Wadkins USA Tom Watson USA D. A. Weibring USA Fuzzy Zoeller Second round Friday, August 12, 1994 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZWE Nick Price67-65=132−8T2 USA Ben Crenshaw70-67=137−3 USA Jay Haas71-66=137 USA Corey Pavin70-67=137T5 USA John Cook71-67=138−2 USA Blaine McCallister74-64=138 ESP José María Olazábal72-66=138T8 USA Glen Day70-69=139−1 ZAF Ernie Els68-71=139 USA Phil Mickelson68-71=139 USA Gil Morgan71-68=139 NZL Frank Nobilo72-67=139 AUS Craig Parry70-69=139 Third round Saturday, August 13, 1994 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZWE Nick Price67-65-70=202−82 USA Jay Haas71-66-68=205−5T3 USA Corey Pavin70-67-69=206−4 USA Phil Mickelson68-71-67=206T5 USA John Cook71-67-69=207−3 USA Ben Crenshaw70-67-70=207 AUS Greg Norman71-69-67=207T8 ZAF Ernie Els68-71-69=208−2 ESP José María Olazábal72-66-70=208 USA Loren Roberts69-72-67=208 USA Jeff Sluman70-72-66=208 USA Tom Watson69-72-67=208 Final round Sunday, August 14, 1994 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 ZWE Nick Price 67-65-70-67=269 −11 310,0002 USA Corey Pavin 70-67-69-69=275 −5 160,0003 USA Phil Mickelson 68-71-67-70=276 −4 110,000T4 USA John Cook 71-67-69-70=277 −3 76,667 ENG Nick Faldo 73-67-71-66=277 AUS Greg Norman 71-69-67-70=277T7 AUS Steve Elkington 73-70-66-69=278 −2 57,500 ESP José María Olazábal 72-66-70-70=278T9 USA Ben Crenshaw 70-67-70-72=279 −1 41,000 USA Tom Kite 72-68-69-70=279 USA Loren Roberts 69-72-67-71=279 USA Tom Watson 69-72-67-71=279 WAL Ian Woosnam 68-72-73-66=279 Source:1994 PGA Championship http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1994&tid=22 August 17, 2013 databasegolf.com References External links PGA.com – 1994 PGA Championship Yahoo! 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