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Nick Price

Zimbabwean professional golfer

Field	Value
name	Nick Price
image	Nick Price.jpg
caption	Price in 1994
fullname	Nicholas Raymond Leige Price
birth_date
birth_place	Durban, Natal, Union of South Africa
height
weight	190 lb
nationality	Rhodesia (until 1978)
Southern Rhodesia (1979–1980)
(1980–)
residence	Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
yearpro	1977
extour	PGA Tour
European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Champions Tour
prowins	48
pgawins	18
eurowins	7
sunwins	12
japwins	1
auswins	2
champwins	4
otherwins	11
majorwins	3
masters	5th: 1986
usopen	4th/T4: 1992, 1998
open	Won: 1994
pga	Won: 1992, 1994
wghofid	nick-price
wghofyear	2003
award1	Southern Africa Tour
Order of Merit winner
year1	1982–83, 1996–97
award2	PGA Tour
money list winner
year2	1993, 1994
award3	PGA Tour
Player of the Year
year3	1993, 1994
award4	PGA Player of the Year
year4	1993, 1994
award5	Byron Nelson Award
year5	1997
award6	Vardon Trophy
year6	1993, 1997
award7	Payne Stewart Award
year7	2002
award8	Bob Jones Award
year8	2005
award9	Old Tom Morris Award
year9	2011
module	{{Infobox person	embed=yes
signature	Nick_Price_signature.jpg

Southern Rhodesia (1979–1980) (1980–) European Tour Sunshine Tour Champions Tour Order of Merit winner](southern-africa-tour-order-of-merit-winners) money list winner](pga-tour-money-list-winners) Player of the Year](pga-tour-player-of-the-year) 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.

After his schooling he served in the Rhodesian Air Force during that country's Bush War.

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. 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. 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. 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.[[File:Nick Price CanOpen.jpg|thumb|right|upright|200px|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).

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.", 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.

Personal life

Price is married to Sue and has three children. They live in Hobe Sound, Florida. His nephew Ray Price is a former national cricketer for the Zimbabwe national cricket team.

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	USA Jack Nicklaus
2	5 May 1991	GTE Byron Nelson Classic	−10 (68-64-70-68=270)	1 stroke	USA Craig Stadler
3	8 Sep 1991	Canadian Open	−15 (71-69-67-66=273)	1 stroke	USA David Edwards
4	16 Aug 1992	PGA Championship	−6 (70-70-68-70=278)	3 strokes	USA John Cook, ENG Nick Faldo,
USA Jim Gallagher Jr., USA Gene Sauers
5	25 Oct 1992	H.E.B. Texas Open	−21 (67-62-68-66=263)	Playoff	AUS Steve Elkington
6	28 Mar 1993	The Players Championship	−18 (64-68-71-67=270)	5 strokes	GER Bernhard Langer
7	27 Jun 1993	Canon Greater Hartford Open	−9 (67-70-69-65=271)	1 stroke	USA Roger Maltbie, USA Dan Forsman
8	4 Jul 1993	Sprint Western Open	−19 (64-71-67-67=269)	5 strokes	AUS Greg Norman
9	1 Aug 1993	Federal Express St. Jude Classic	−18 (69-65-66-66=266)	3 strokes	USA Jeff Maggert, USA Rick Fehr
10	13 Mar 1994	Honda Classic	−12 (70-67-73-66=276)	1 stroke	AUS Craig Parry
11	30 May 1994	Southwestern Bell Colonial	−14 (65-70-67-64=266)	Playoff	USA Scott Simpson
12	3 Jul 1994	Motorola Western Open (2)	−11 (67-67-72-71=277)	1 stroke	USA Greg Kraft
13	17 Jul 1994	The Open Championship	−12 (69-66-67-66=268)	1 stroke	SWE Jesper Parnevik
14	14 Aug 1994	PGA Championship (2)	−11 (67-65-70-67=269)	6 strokes	USA Corey Pavin
15	11 Sep 1994	Bell Canadian Open (2)	−13 (67-72-68-68=275)	1 stroke	USA Mark Calcavecchia
16	20 Apr 1997	MCI Classic	−15 (65-69-69-66=269)	6 strokes	USA Brad Faxon, SWE Jesper Parnevik
17	2 Aug 1998	FedEx St. Jude Classic (2)	−16 (65-67-70-66=268)	Playoff	USA Jeff Sluman
18	19 May 2002	MasterCard Colonial (2)	−13 (69-65-66-67=267)	5 strokes	USA Kenny Perry, USA David Toms

PGA Tour playoff record (3–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Western Open	USA Fred Couples, ZAF David Frost,
USA Tom Kite	Kite won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1992	H.E.B. Texas Open	AUS Steve Elkington	Won with par on second extra hole
3	1994	Southwestern Bell Colonial	USA Scott Simpson	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1995	NEC World Series of Golf	USA Billy Mayfair, AUS Greg Norman	Norman won with birdie on first extra hole
5	1998	FedEx St. Jude Classic	USA Jeff Sluman	Won with birdie on second extra hole
6	2000	Advil Western Open	AUS 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	ESP Manuel Calero
2	6 Oct 1985	Trophée Lancôme	−13 (66-71-67-71=275)	Playoff	ENG Mark James
3	16 Aug 1992	PGA Championship	−6 (70-70-68-70=278)	3 strokes	USA John Cook, ENG Nick Faldo,
USA Jim Gallagher Jr., USA Gene Sauers
4	17 Jul 1994	The Open Championship	−12 (69-66-67-66=268)	1 stroke	SWE Jesper Parnevik
5	14 Aug 1994	PGA Championship (2)	−11 (67-65-70-67=269)	6 strokes	USA Corey Pavin
6	16 Feb 1997	Dimension Data Pro-Am1	−20 (67-66-66-69=268)	8 strokes	ZAF David Frost
7	23 Feb 1997	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1	−19 (67-66-70-66=269)	Playoff	ZAF David Frost

1Co-sanctioned by the Southern Africa Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1985	Trophée Lancôme	ENG Mark James	Won with par on third extra hole
2	1997	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship	ZAF 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	JPN 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			ZAF John Bland, ZAF Allan Henning,
ZAF Phil Simmons
2	14 Feb 1981	SAB South African Masters	−7 (69-75-67-70=281)	4 strokes	ZIM Mark McNulty
3	13 Feb 1982	Sigma Vaal Reefs Open	−13 (70-66-64-71=275)	5 strokes	ZAF John Bland, ZIM Denis Watson
4	12 Jan 1985	ICL International	−20 (67-66-69-66=268)	1 stroke	ZAF Gavan Levenson
5	31 Jan 1993	ICL International (2)	−15 (66-72-65-70=273)	2 strokes	ZIM Mark McNulty, USA Bruce Vaughan
6	23 Jan 1994	ICL International (3)	−21 (61-69-65-72=267)	9 strokes	ZAF David Frost, USA Bruce Vaughan
7	26 Nov 1995	Zimbabwe Open	−22 (70-65-66-65=266)	1 stroke	ZAF Brenden Pappas
8	16 Feb 1997	Dimension Data Pro-Am1	−20 (67-66-66-69=268)	8 strokes	ZAF David Frost
9	23 Feb 1997	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship1	−19 (67-66-70-66=269)	Playoff	ZAF David Frost
10	30 Nov 1997	Zimbabwe Open (2)	−19 (68-67-66-68=269)	2 strokes	ZIM Mark McNulty, ZAF Brenden Pappas
11	22 Feb 1998	Dimension Data Pro-Am (2)	−12 (69-67-68-72=276)	5 strokes	ZIM Mark McNulty
12	29 Nov 1998	Zimbabwe Open (3)	−17 (69-68-71-63=271)	5 strokes	ZAF 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	ZAF John Bland	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	1997	Alfred Dunhill South African PGA Championship	ZAF 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	AUS Lucien Tinkler, AUS Paul Foley
2	8 Nov 1992	Air New Zealand Shell Open	−9 (70-65-73-63=271)	Playoff	AUS Lucas Parsons

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1992	Air New Zealand Shell Open	AUS 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	USA Tom Kite
2	5 Dec 1993	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge	−24 (67-66-66-65=264)	12 strokes	ZIM Mark McNulty
3	12 Nov 1995	Hassan II Golf Trophy	−6 (69-71-74-72=286)	2 strokes	ENG Roger Chapman
4	7 Dec 1997	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge (2)	−13 (71-68-68-68=275)	1 stroke	ZAF Ernie Els, USA Davis Love III
5	6 Dec 1998	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge (3)	−15 (67-68-72-66=273)	Playoff	USA Tiger Woods
6	10 Jul 2001	CVS Charity Classic
(with USA Mark Calcavecchia)	−15 (60-59=119)	Playoff	USA Brad Faxon and ZAF Gary Player
7	20 Jun 2006	CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic (2)
(with ZAF Tim Clark)	−19 (61-62=123)	Playoff	USA Brad Faxon and CAN Mike Weir
8	23 Jun 2009	CVS Caremark Charity Classic (3)
(with USA David Toms)	−16 (66-60=126)	3 strokes	USA Laura Diaz and USA Matt Kuchar

Other playoff record (4–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1992	PGA Grand Slam of Golf	USA Tom Kite	Won with par on first extra hole
2	1998	Nedbank Million Dollar Challenge	USA Tiger Woods	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
3	2001	CVS Charity Classic
(with USA Mark Calcavecchia)	USA Brad Faxon and ZAF Gary Player	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2006	CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic
(with ZAF Tim Clark)	USA Brad Faxon and CAN 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	USA Larry Nelson
2	25 Apr 2010	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
(with USA Mark O'Meara)	−28 (62-64-62=188)	Playoff	USA John Cook and USA Joey Sindelar
3	6 Jun 2010	Principal Charity Classic	−14 (67-65-67=199)	4 strokes	USA Tommy Armour III
4	13 Mar 2011	Toshiba Classic	−17 (60-68-68=196)	1 stroke	USA Mark Wiebe

Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2009	Principal Charity Classic	USA Fred Funk, IRL 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 USA Mark O'Meara)	USA John Cook and USA 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	CHN Zhang Lianwei	Lost to par on fifth extra hole

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1991	Zimbabwe Open	ENG Grant Turner, ENG 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	USA John Cook, ENG Nick Faldo,
USA Jim Gallagher Jr., USA Gene Sauers
1994	The Open Championship	1 shot deficit	−12 (69-66-67-66=268)	1 stroke	SWE Jesper Parnevik
1994	PGA Championship (2)	3 shot lead	−11 (67-65-70-67=269)	6 strokes	USA Corey Pavin

Results timeline

Tournament	1975	1978
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

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

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

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	DEU 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

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

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

References

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Miller, Geoffrey. (19 July 1982 }}{{Dead link). "Watson Wins Open by One Shot". [[Ocala Star-Banner]].
Gould, David. (1999). "Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament". St. Martin's Press.
(29 August 1983). "Price is right in golf World Series". [[Rome News-Tribune]].
Mayo, Michael. (12 April 1996). "Norman Masters Augusta". [[Sun-Sentinel]].
(2007). "The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations". [[Skyhorse Publishing]].
(9 April 2009). "Nick Price claims first Champions Tour win". Golf Channel.
"Nick Price: Bio".
Williams, Jeff. (June 2011). "Gentleman Nick".

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