1994 PGA Championship


The 1994 PGA Championship was the 76th PGA Championship, held August 11–14 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nick Price led wire-to-wire and won his third and final major title, six strokes ahead of runner-up Corey Pavin. It was Price's second consecutive major and second PGA Championship in three years. Following this win, he moved to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Price became the first to win the Open Championship and PGA Championship in the same year in seven decades, last by Walter Hagen in 1924. Greg Norman had just missed the previous year, losing in a playoff; it was later accomplished by Tiger Woods in 2000 and 2006, Pádraig Harrington in 2008, and Rory McIlroy in 2014.
Price's 269 was a record for the event, passing the 271 of Bobby Nichols set thirty years earlier in 1964. It lasted just a year, lowered to 267 in 1995 at Riviera by Steve Elkington and Colin Montgomerie.
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.
This was the fifth major held at Southern Hills; it previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1970 and 1982 and the U.S. Open in 1958 and 1977. It later hosted the U.S. Open in 2001 and the PGA Championship in 2007.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4564584053686051753822153743,4473761644485372074054683524303,3876,834
Par444453434354345344443570

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 11, 1994
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Colin Montgomerie67−3
T1Nick Price67−3
T3Fred Couples68−2
T3Ernie Els68−2
T3Phil Mickelson68−2
T3Ian Woosnam68−2
T7Raymond Floyd69−1
T7David Gilford69−1
T7Loren Roberts69−1
T7Sam Torrance69−1
T7Lanny Wadkins69−1
T7Tom Watson69−1
T7D. A. Weibring69−1
T7Fuzzy Zoeller69−1

Second round

Friday, August 12, 1994
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price67-65=132−8
T2Ben Crenshaw70-67=137−3
T2Jay Haas71-66=137−3
T2Corey Pavin70-67=137−3
T5John Cook71-67=138−2
T5Blaine McCallister74-64=138−2
T5José María Olazábal72-66=138−2
T8Glen Day70-69=139−1
T8Ernie Els68-71=139−1
T8Phil Mickelson68-71=139−1
T8Gil Morgan71-68=139−1
T8Frank Nobilo72-67=139−1
T8Craig Parry70-69=139−1

Third round

Saturday, August 13, 1994
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Nick Price67-65-70=202−8
2Jay Haas71-66-68=205−5
T3Corey Pavin70-67-69=206−4
T3Phil Mickelson68-71-67=206−4
T5John Cook71-67-69=207−3
T5Ben Crenshaw70-67-70=207−3
T5Greg Norman71-69-67=207−3
T8Ernie Els68-71-69=208−2
T8José María Olazábal72-66-70=208−2
T8Loren Roberts69-72-67=208−2
T8Jeff Sluman70-72-66=208−2
T8Tom Watson69-72-67=208−2

Final round

Sunday, August 14, 1994
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Nick Price67-65-70-67=269−11310,000
2Corey Pavin70-67-69-69=275−5160,000
3Phil Mickelson68-71-67-70=276−4110,000
T4John Cook71-67-69-70=277−376,667
T4Nick Faldo73-67-71-66=277−376,667
T4Greg Norman71-69-67-70=277−376,667
T7Steve Elkington73-70-66-69=278−257,500
T7José María Olazábal72-66-70-70=278−257,500
T9Ben Crenshaw70-67-70-72=279−141,000
T9Tom Kite72-68-69-70=279−141,000
T9Loren Roberts69-72-67-71=279−141,000
T9Tom Watson69-72-67-71=279−141,000
T9Ian Woosnam68-72-73-66=279−141,000

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