1994 Open Championship: Nick Price wins at Turnberry (Ailsa Course)
Nick Price won the 1994 Open Championship at Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Scotland with 268 (−12), by 1 stroke over Jesper Parnevik.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1994 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 14 July 1994 to 17 July 1994
- Course
- Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Scotland
- Edition
- 123rd Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 70
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 81 (cut at 143)
- Purse
- £1,100,000 · winner's share £110,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Nick Price · age 37 · Zimbabwe · born Durban, South Africa
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- Winning score
- 69-66-67-66 = 268 (−12) · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Jesper Parnevik (269)
- 54-hole leaders
- Brad Faxon, Fuzzy Zoeller (201) · Nick Price was 1 stroke back
- Deciding hole
- No. 17, round 4
- Caddie
- Jeff "Squeaky" Medlin
- Low amateur
- Warren Bennett (286)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 69 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Jesper Parnevik | 68 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 269 | −11 |
| 3 | Fuzzy Zoeller | 71 | 66 | 64 | 70 | 271 | −9 |
| T4 | David Feherty | 68 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Anders Forsbrand | 72 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Mark James | 72 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 273 | −7 |
| 7 | Brad Faxon | 69 | 65 | 67 | 73 | 274 | −6 |
| T8 | Colin Montgomerie | 72 | 69 | 65 | 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Nick Faldo | 75 | 66 | 70 | 64 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Tom Kite | 71 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 275 | −5 |
What happened at the 1994 Open Championship
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.
After birdieing the 16th, Price holed a 50-foot eagle putt at the 17th (71st hole) while Parnevik, ahead of him, bogeyed the 18th, and Price then parred the last to win by one.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).