1994 PGA Championship

1994 PGA Championship

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)
«1993 1995»

Southern Hills Country Club

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 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 and Pádraig Harrington in 2008.

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.)

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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1992	67	65	70	67	269	−11	1
Jeff Sluman	United States	1988	70	72	66	75	283	+3	T25
Wayne Grady	Australia	1990	75	68	71	70	284	+4	T30
Hal Sutton	United States	1983	76	69	72	72	289	+9	T55
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1977	69	73	73	75	290	+10	T61
Raymond Floyd	United States	1969, 1982	69	76	73	72	290	+10	T61
Payne Stewart	United States	1989	72	73	72	74	291	+11	T66

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Larry Nelson	United States	1981, 1987	75	71	146	+6
John Mahaffey	United States	1978	72	74	146	+6
John Daly	United States	1991	73	73	146	+6
Paul Azinger	United States	1993	75	74	149	+9
Bob Tway	United States	1986	77	72	149	+9
David Graham	Australia	1979	75	74	149	+9
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973 1975, 1980	79	71	150	+10
Hubert Green	United States	1985	74	76	150	+10

Source:^[7]

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:^[7]

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. "1994 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.

External links

• About.com: 1994 PGA Championship
• PGA.com – 1994 PGA Championship
• Yahoo! Sports: 1994 PGA Championship leaderboard

Coordinates: 36°04′12″N 95°56′46″W / 36.070°N 95.946°W