Nick Price

Template:Short description {{#invoke:Other people|otherPeople}} Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is a Zimbabwean former professional golfer who has won three major championships in his career: the PGA Championship twice (in 1992 and 1994) and The Open Championship in 1994. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.

Early life

Price was born in Durban, South Africa. His parents were originally British. His father was English and his mother Welsh. His early life was spent in Rhodesia. For secondary school, he attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury where he captained the golf team. As a teenager, he participated in the 1975 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters and Holiday Inns Invitational, official events on the Southern African Tour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After his schooling he served in the Rhodesian Air Force during that country's Bush War.<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Professional career

He began his professional golf career in 1977 on the South African Tour, before moving to the European Tour and finally the PGA Tour in 1983. In 1984, Price renounced his Zimbabwean citizenship and thereafter played under his British passport. It was not until 1996 that Price regained his dual citizenship.

Price's first win was at the 1979 Asseng TV Challenge Series on the Southern African Tour. He won his first tournament outside of South Africa at the 1980 Swiss Open on the European Tour. He was still relatively unknown when he finished tied for second with Peter Oosterhuis one shot behind Tom Watson at the 1982 Open Championship after having a three-shot lead with six holes to go.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> Price also won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit for the 1982/83 season.

Price earned PGA Tour membership after finishing 3rd place at 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1983, Price won his first PGA Tour event with a wire to wire four-shot triumph over Jack Nicklaus at the World Series of Golf.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After that win, it would be almost another eight years before Price won again on the PGA Tour. In the interim, Price shot an Augusta National Golf Club course record 63 at the 1986 Masters Tournament and finished second at the 1988 Open Championship to Seve Ballesteros.

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Nick Price with Canadian Open trophy

By the mid-1990s, Price was regarded as the best player in the world, and in 1994 he won two majors back-to-back, The Open and the PGA Championship, adding to his first major, the 1992 PGA Championship. He topped the PGA Tour money list in 1993 and 1994, setting a new earnings record each time, and spent 43 weeks at number one in the Official World Golf Rankings.

Price would have won the Southern African Tour's Order of Merit in 1996/97 if he had met the minimum number of tournaments. In 1993 and 1997, Price was awarded the Vardon Trophy; it is given annually by the PGA of America to the player with the lowest adjusted scoring average with a minimum of 60 rounds.

During his early career and peak, Price was one of the best ball strikers in the game along with his good friend and contemporary Greg Norman (who in 1996 tied Price's Augusta National course record of 63).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Like fellow African Gary Player, Price has expressed his distaste for the Ryder Cup, saying of the event, "If you like root canals and hemorrhoids, you'd love it there.",<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> but he has played five times as a member of the Presidents Cup.

Although Price continues to play professionally, he has expanded into golf design with his own company operating out of Florida, and he has his own line of signature golf apparel. He is widely regarded by fans, media and his fellow players as one of the most personable golfers on the PGA Tour. He won his first Champions Tour event at the 2009 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am where he had three double bogeys in his final round, but he hung on to win by two strokes over Larry Nelson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

Price is married to Sue and has three children. They live in Hobe Sound, Florida.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His nephew Ray Price is a former national cricketer for the Zimbabwe national cricket team.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

He is presently a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.

Awards and honors

• In 2003, Price was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
• In 2005, he was voted to be given the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the USGA in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.
• In 2011, he was bestowed with Old Tom Morris Award, the highest honour given by the GCSAA to an individual who "through a continuing lifetime commitment to the game of golf has helped to mold the welfare of the game in a manner and style exemplified by Old Tom Morris."

Professional wins (48)

PGA Tour wins (18)

Legend
Major championships (3)
Players Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Aug 1983	World Series of Golf	−10 (66-68-69-67=270)	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus
2	5 May 1991	GTE Byron Nelson Classic	−10 (68-64-70-68=270)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler
3	8 Sep 1991	Canadian Open	−15 (71-69-67-66=273)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon David Edwards
4	16 Aug 1992	PGA Championship	−6 (70-70-68-70=278)	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon John Cook, Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo, Template:Flagicon Jim Gallagher Jr., Template:Flagicon Gene Sauers
5	25 Oct 1992	H.E.B. Texas Open	−21 (67-62-68-66=263)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Steve Elkington
6	28 Mar 1993	The Players Championship	−18 (64-68-71-67=270)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer
7	27 Jun 1993	Canon Greater Hartford Open	−9 (67-70-69-65=271)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Roger Maltbie, Template:Flagicon Dan Forsman
8	4 Jul 1993	Sprint Western Open	−19 (64-71-67-67=269)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Greg Norman
9	1 Aug 1993	Federal Express St. Jude Classic	−18 (69-65-66-66=266)	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jeff Maggert, Template:Flagicon Rick Fehr
10	13 Mar 1994	Honda Classic	−12 (70-67-73-66=276)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Craig Parry
11	30 May 1994	Southwestern Bell Colonial	−14 (65-70-67-64=266)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Scott Simpson
12	3 Jul 1994	Motorola Western Open (2)	−11 (67-67-72-71=277)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Greg Kraft
13	17 Jul 1994	The Open Championship	−12 (69-66-67-66=268)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik
14	14 Aug 1994	PGA Championship (2)	−11 (67-65-70-67=269)	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin
15	11 Sep 1994	Bell Canadian Open (2)	−13 (67-72-68-68=275)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia
16	20 Apr 1997	MCI Classic	−15 (65-69-69-66=269)	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon, Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik
17	2 Aug 1998	FedEx St. Jude Classic (2)	−16 (65-67-70-66=268)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jeff Sluman
18	19 May 2002	MasterCard Colonial (2)	−13 (69-65-66-67=267)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Kenny Perry, Template:Flagicon David Toms

PGA Tour playoff record (3–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Western Open	Template:Flagicon Fred Couples, Template:Flagicon David Frost, Template:Flagicon Tom Kite	Kite won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1992	H.E.B. Texas Open	Template:Flagicon Steve Elkington	Won with par on second extra hole
3	1994	Southwestern Bell Colonial	Template:Flagicon Scott Simpson	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1995	NEC World Series of Golf	Template:Flagicon Billy Mayfair, Template:Flagicon Greg Norman	Norman won with birdie on first extra hole
5	1998	FedEx St. Jude Classic	Template:Flagicon Jeff Sluman	Won with birdie on second extra hole
6	2000	Advil Western Open	Template:Flagicon Robert Allenby	Lost to par on first extra hole

European Tour wins (7)

Legend
Major championships (3)
Other European Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	31 Aug 1980	Swiss Open	−21 (65-69-67-66=267)	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Manuel Calero
2	6 Oct 1985	Trophée Lancôme	−13 (66-71-67-71=275)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Mark James
3	16 Aug 1992	PGA Championship	−6 (70-70-68-70=278)	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon John Cook, Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo, Template:Flagicon Jim Gallagher Jr., Template:Flagicon Gene Sauers
4	17 Jul 1994	The Open Championship	−12 (69-66-67-66=268)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik
5	14 Aug 1994	PGA Championship (2)	−11 (67-65-70-67=269)	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin
6	16 Feb 1997	Dimension Data Pro-Am1	−20 (67-66-66-69=268)	8 strokes	Template:Flagicon David Frost
7	23 Feb 1997	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1	−19 (67-66-70-66=269)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon David Frost

¹Co-sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1985	Trophée Lancôme	Template:Flagicon Mark James	Won with par on third extra hole
2	1997	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship	Template:Flagicon David Frost	Won with par on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	12 Sep 1999	Suntory Open	−8 (67-71-70-68=276)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Shigeki Maruyama

Southern Africa Tour wins (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	25 Oct 1979	Asseng TV Challenge Series			Template:Flagicon John Bland, Template:Flagicon Allan Henning, Template:Flagicon Phil Simmons
2	14 Feb 1981	SAB South African Masters	−7 (69-75-67-70=281)	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty
3	13 Feb 1982	Sigma Vaal Reefs Open	−13 (70-66-64-71=275)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon John Bland, Template:Flagicon Denis Watson
4	12 Jan 1985	ICL International	−20 (67-66-69-66=268)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Gavan Levenson
5	31 Jan 1993	ICL International (2)	−15 (66-72-65-70=273)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty, Template:Flagicon Bruce Vaughan
6	23 Jan 1994	ICL International (3)	−21 (61-69-65-72=267)	9 strokes	Template:Flagicon David Frost, Template:Flagicon Bruce Vaughan
7	26 Nov 1995	Zimbabwe Open	−22 (70-65-66-65=266)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Brenden Pappas
8	16 Feb 1997	Dimension Data Pro-Am1	−20 (67-66-66-69=268)	8 strokes	Template:Flagicon David Frost
9	23 Feb 1997	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1	−19 (67-66-70-66=269)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon David Frost
10	30 Nov 1997	Zimbabwe Open (2)	−19 (68-67-66-68=269)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty, Template:Flagicon Brenden Pappas
11	22 Feb 1998	Dimension Data Pro-Am (2)	−12 (69-67-68-72=276)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty
12	29 Nov 1998	Zimbabwe Open (3)	−17 (69-68-71-63=271)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tjaart van der Walt

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1984	Goodyear Classic	Template:Flagicon John Bland	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	1997	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship	Template:Flagicon David Frost	Won with par on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Nov 1989	West End South Australian Open	−15 (70-71-67-69=277)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Lucien Tinkler, Template:Flagicon Paul Foley
2	8 Nov 1992	Air New Zealand Shell Open	−9 (70-65-73-63=271)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Lucas Parsons

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1992	Air New Zealand Shell Open	Template:Flagicon Lucas Parsons	Won with par on first extra hole

Other European wins (1)

• 1981 San Remo Masters (Italy)

Other wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	11 Nov 1992	PGA Grand Slam of Golf	−7 (70-67=137)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Tom Kite
2	5 Dec 1993	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge	−24 (67-66-66-65=264)	12 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty
3	12 Nov 1995	Hassan II Golf Trophy	−6 (69-71-74-72=286)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Roger Chapman
4	7 Dec 1997	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge (2)	−13 (71-68-68-68=275)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els, Template:Flagicon Davis Love III
5	6 Dec 1998	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge (3)	−15 (67-68-72-66=273)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods
6	10 Jul 2001	CVS Charity Classic (with Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia)	−15 (60-59=119)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon and Template:Flagicon Gary Player
7	20 Jun 2006	CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (2) (with Template:Flagicon Tim Clark)	−19 (61-62=123)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon and Template:Flagicon Mike Weir
8	23 Jun 2009	CVS Caremark Charity Classic (3) (with Template:Flagicon David Toms)	−16 (66-60=126)	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Laura Diaz and Template:Flagicon Matt Kuchar

Other playoff record (4–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1992	PGA Grand Slam of Golf	Template:Flagicon Tom Kite	Won with par on first extra hole
2	1998	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
3	2001	CVS Charity Classic (with Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia)	Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon and Template:Flagicon Gary Player	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2006	CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (with Template:Flagicon Tim Clark)	Template:Flagicon Brad Faxon and Template:Flagicon Mike Weir	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Champions Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Apr 2009	Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am	−9 (66-67-71=204)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson
2	25 Apr 2010	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara)	−28 (62-64-62=188)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon John Cook and Template:Flagicon Joey Sindelar
3	6 Jun 2010	Principal Charity Classic	−14 (67-65-67=199)	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour III
4	13 Mar 2011	Toshiba Classic	−17 (60-68-68=196)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mark Wiebe

Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2009	Principal Charity Classic	Template:Flagicon Fred Funk, Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty	McNulty won with birdie on fourth extra hole Price eliminated by birdie on second hole
2	2010	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara)	Template:Flagicon John Cook and Template:Flagicon Joey Sindelar	Won with par on second extra hole

Playoff record

Asian PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2002	Macau Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Lianwei	Lost to par on fifth extra hole

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1991	Zimbabwe Open	Template:Flagicon Grant Turner, Template:Flagicon Keith Waters	Waters won with birdie on fifth extra hole Price eliminated by par on first hole

Major championships

Wins (3)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1992	PGA Championship	2 shot deficit	−6 (70-70-68-70=278)	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon John Cook, Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo, Template:Flagicon Jim Gallagher Jr., Template:Flagicon Gene Sauers
1994	The Open Championship	1 shot deficit	−12 (69-66-67-66=268)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik
1994	PGA Championship (2)	3 shot lead	−11 (67-65-70-67=269)	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin

Results timeline

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT			T39
PGA Championship

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament					CUT		5	T22	T14	CUT
U.S. Open				T48		CUT		T17	T40	CUT
The Open Championship	T27	T23	T2	CUT	T44	CUT		T8	2	CUT
PGA Championship				T67	T54	5	CUT	T10	T17	T46

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament		T49	T6	CUT	T35	CUT	T18	T24	CUT	T6
U.S. Open		T19	T4	T11	CUT	T13		T19	4	T23
The Open Championship	T25	T44	T51	T6	1	T40	T45	CUT	T29	T37
PGA Championship	T63		1	T31	1	T39	T8	T13	T4	5

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Masters Tournament	T11	CUT	T20	T23	T6	CUT
U.S. Open	T27	CUT	T8	T5	T24	T9	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T21	T14	T28	T30	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	T29	CUT				CUT

Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	4	11	20	13
U.S. Open	0	0	0	3	5	12	20	15
The Open Championship	1	2	0	3	5	9	27	20
PGA Championship	2	0	0	5	7	9	20	16
Totals	3	2	0	12	21	41	87	64

• Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1989 PGA – 1992 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (five times)

The Players Championship

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1993	The Players Championship	1 shot lead	−18 (64-68-71-67=270)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer

Results timeline

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Players Championship	7	T22	T58	T24	DQ	CUT	T16	T9	8	1	CUT	T37	T46	T24	T8	3	T3	T10	T9	CUT	T42	T32	T27

Template:Legend Template:Legend CUT = missed the halfway cut
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Match Play	T17	T33		R16	R16	R64	R64
Championship	T4	T5	NT1	T15	T48
Invitational	T3	T20	T29	T28	T42	T46

¹Cancelled due to 9/11
Template:Legend Template:Legend QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Rhodesia): 1976

Professional

• World Cup: 1978 (representing South Africa), 1993 (representing Zimbabwe)
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Zimbabwe): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners), 2000, 2003 (tie), 2013 (non-playing captain), 2015 (non-playing captain), 2017 (non-playing captain)
• Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Southern Africa): 1995 (winners)
• Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing Champions Tour): 2007, 2008 (winners), 2009, 2010

See also

• 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
• List of men's major championships winning golfers

External links

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