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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) | |
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Southern Hills Country Club
The 1994 PGA Championship was the 76th PGA Championship, held August 11–14 at Southern Hills Country ClubinTulsa, 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 Hagenin1924. Greg Norman had just missed the previous year, losing in a playoff; it was later accomplished by Tiger Woodsin2000 and 2006, Pádraig Harringtonin2008, and Rory McIlroyin2014.
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 1995atRivierabySteve Elkington and Colin Montgomerie.[6] (It was further lowered in 2001byDavid 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. Openin1958 and 1977. It later hosted the U.S. Open in 2001 and the PGA Championship in 2007 and 2022.
| 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 |
Thursday, 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
|
Friday, 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 |
Saturday, 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 |
Sunday, 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]
36°04′12″N 95°56′46″W / 36.070°N 95.946°W / 36.070; -95.946
