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Nick Price

Zimbabwe · born , Durban, South Africa

3major championships

Summary

  • First major 1992 PGA Championship
  • Last major 1994 The Open
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 1992 PGA Championship Bellerive Country Club · 278 (-6) · by 3 strokes from John Cook, Nick Faldo, Jim Gallagher Jr. and Gene Sauers
  2. 1994 PGA Championship Southern Hills Country Club · 269 (-11) · by 6 strokes from Corey Pavin
  3. 1994 The Open Turnberry (Ailsa Course) · 268 (-12) · by 1 stroke from Jesper Parnevik

Near misses

  1. 1982 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · runner-up to Tom Watson · 285
  2. 1987 The Open Muirfield · finished T8 · 284 (E)
  3. 1988 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · runner-up to Seve Ballesteros · 275
  4. 1993 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T6 · 274 (-6)

Rivals

Beat him

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Moments

  1. 1992 PGA Championship Price made a 14-foot par putt on the par-5 17th that John Cook called "the putt of the tournament".
  2. 1992 PGA Championship 54-hole leader Gene Sauers hit into the water on the par-3 6th and shot 75 to fall into a four-way tie for second.
  3. 1994 PGA Championship Nick Price became the first player since Walter Hagen in 1924 to win the Open Championship and the PGA in the same year.
  4. 1994 PGA Championship Price's 269 set a new tournament scoring record in a six-stroke rout, and the event was Arnold Palmer's final PGA Championship.
  5. 1994 Open Price birdied the 16th and then holed a 50-foot eagle putt at the 17th (71st hole).
  6. 1994 Open Parnevik, not checking the scoreboard, went for the flag at the 18th, finished in the rough and bogeyed, when a par would have been enough.

Records and firsts

  1. 1986 Masters Lowest 18-hole round · 63 (-9) (1986; 1996) (Nick Price; Greg Norman)
  2. 1994 Open First Open champion from: Zimbabwe
  3. 1992 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Zimbabwe

Results by championship

    Best day

    1994 The Open

    Turnberry (Ailsa Course) · 268 (-12) · by 1 stroke from Jesper Parnevik

    Price birdied the 16th and then holed a 50-foot eagle putt at the 17th (71st hole).

    Parnevik, not checking the scoreboard, went for the flag at the 18th, finished in the rough and bogeyed, when a par would have been enough.

    Record: Zimbabwe

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1994.

    Career line, 1982–1994

    PGA Championship
    1992 PGA Championship: won1994 PGA Championship: won
    The Open
    1982 The Open: runner-up to Tom Watson1987 The Open: finished T81988 The Open: runner-up to Seve Ballesteros1993 The Open: finished T61994 The Open: won
    198519901995

    7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Nick Price was born on January 28, 1957, in Durban, South Africa. Price won 3 major championships: 2 PGA Championships (1992, 1994) and 1 Open Championship (1994).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (3)

    1. 1992 PGA Championship Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri · 278 (-6) · by 3 strokes from John Cook, Nick Faldo, Jim Gallagher Jr. and Gene Sauers
    2. 1994 PGA Championship Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · 269 (-11) · by 6 strokes from Corey Pavin
    3. 1994 The Open Turnberry (Ailsa Course) · 268 (-12) · by 1 stroke from Jesper Parnevik

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1982 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · runner-up to Tom Watson · 285
    2. 1987 The Open Muirfield · finished T8 · 284 (E)
    3. 1988 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · runner-up to Seve Ballesteros · 275
    4. 1993 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T6 · 274 (-6)

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1986 Masters Lowest 18-hole round · 63 (-9) (1986; 1996) (Nick Price; Greg Norman)
    2. 1994 Open First Open champion from: Zimbabwe
    3. 1992 PGA Championship First PGA champion from: Zimbabwe

    Sources

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    3. Golf Compendium winners list
    4. Golf Compendium 1992
    5. Sports Illustrated 1992
    6. Today's Golfer past champions
    7. BetMGM winner payouts
    8. Today's Golfer purse history
    9. PGA of America club pros who made the cut
    10. PGA of America 1992 leaderboard
    11. Caddie Hall of Fame, Jeff Medlin
    12. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 38
    13. OWGR player event table, 1992
    14. Golf Compendium 1994
    15. PGA of America 1994 leaderboard
    16. OWGR player event table, 1994
    17. R&A 1994
    18. GC 1994
    19. R&A 1987
    20. R&A 1993
    21. R&A one-champion countries