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Sunday 17 July 1994PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Price wins the Open
Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 July 1994 · Nick Price’s win no. 13 on the PGA Tour · purse £1,000,000 GBP
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R118°/9°C · wind 25 km/h S, gusts 46 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R214°/12°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 39 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R314°/9°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/9°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Jesper Parnevik SWE · 269Birdied the 16th and 17th to reach 12 under, then, without looking at the leaderboard, came up short with a wedge at the 18th and bogeyed it; Price, a group behind, eagled the 17th Golf: Price profits from outrageous stroke of genius - The Independent (Tim Glover), 18 Jul 1994
156 started · cut +3, 81 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Turnberry (Ailsa Course), Turnberry
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jesper Parnevik
From the papers
The Independent (Tim Glover)
18 July 1994
I had my left hand on this trophy in 1982 and my right hand in 1988. Now I've got both hands on it and it's a wonderful feeling.
The Independent (Tim Glover)
19 July 1994
My heartbeat was up to about 250 when I made that putt on 17 and it did not slow down until I made the putt on 18,
The Independent (Tim Glover)
18 July 1994
I was trying to get to 13 under. That was the figure I had in mind. Maybe I should have had a glimpse at the scoreboard when I was on the 18th
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | 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 | Anders Forsbrand | 72 · 71 · 66 · 64 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Mark James | 72 · 67 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | David Feherty | 68 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −7 |
| 7 | Brad Faxon | 69 · 65 · 67 · 73 | 274 | −6 |
| T8 | Nick Faldo | 75 · 66 · 70 · 64 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Tom Kite | 71 · 69 · 66 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T8 | Colin Montgomerie | 72 · 69 · 65 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-28, Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa; ZIM; turned pro 1977; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 2; world No. 3 that week (OWGR rankBefore (player events table, week 29 1994)).
What’s in the bag
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