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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 11–14, 1994 |
| Location | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Course(s) | Southern Hills Country Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,834 yards (6,249 m) |
| Field | 151 players, 76 after cut[1] |
| Cut | 145 (+5) |
| Prize fund | $1,750,000 |
| Winner's share | $310,000 |
| Champion | |
 Nick Price | |
| 269 (−11) | |
The1994 PGA Championship was the 76thPGA Championship, held August 11–14 atSouthern Hills Country Club inTulsa, Oklahoma.Nick Price led wire-to-wire (he shared the first round lead and then led on his own after every other round) and won his third and finalmajor title, six strokes ahead of runner-upCorey Pavin.[2] It was Price's second consecutive major and second PGA Championship in three years.[3] Following this win, he moved to the top of theOfficial World Golf Ranking.[4]
Price became the first to win theOpen Championship and PGA Championship in the same year in seven decades, last byWalter Hagen in1924.Greg Norman had just missed theprevious year, losing in a playoff; it was later accomplished byTiger Woods in2000 and2006,Pádraig Harrington in2008, andRory McIlroy in2014.
Price's 269 was a record for the event, passing the 271 ofBobby Nichols set thirty years earlier in1964.[5] It lasted just a year, lowered to 267 in1995 atRiviera bySteve Elkington andColin Montgomerie.[6] (It was further lowered in2001 byDavid Toms' 265.)
Price's 6-stroke win was the largest margin of victory at a major championship between Jack Nicklaus' 7-stroke victory at the1980 PGA Championship and Tiger Woods' 12-stroke victory at the1997 Masters Tournament. Price later described it as the best he'd ever played.[7]
This was the fifth major held at Southern Hills; it previously hosted the PGA Championship in1970 and1982 and theU.S. Open in1958 and1977. It later hosted the U.S. Open in2001 and the PGA Championship in2007 and2022.
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 456 | 458 | 405 | 368 | 605 | 175 | 382 | 215 | 374 | 3,447 | 376 | 164 | 448 | 537 | 207 | 405 | 468 | 352 | 430 | 3,387 | 6,834 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Thursday, August 11, 1994
Friday, August 12, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 67-65=132 | −8 |
| T2 |  Ben Crenshaw | 70-67=137 | −3 |
| Jay Haas | 71-66=137 | ||
| Corey Pavin | 70-67=137 | ||
| T5 | John Cook | 71-67=138 | −2 |
| Blaine McCallister | 74-64=138 | ||
 José María Olazábal | 72-66=138 | ||
| T8 | Glen Day | 70-69=139 | −1 |
 Ernie Els | 68-71=139 | ||
| Phil Mickelson | 68-71=139 | ||
| Gil Morgan | 71-68=139 | ||
 Frank Nobilo | 72-67=139 | ||
 Craig Parry | 70-69=139 |
Saturday, August 13, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 67-65-70=202 | −8 |
| 2 | Jay Haas | 71-66-68=205 | −5 |
| T3 | Corey Pavin | 70-67-69=206 | −4 |
| Phil Mickelson | 68-71-67=206 | ||
| T5 | John Cook | 71-67-69=207 | −3 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 70-67-70=207 | ||
| Greg Norman | 71-69-67=207 | ||
| T8 | Ernie Els | 68-71-69=208 | −2 |
| José María Olazábal | 72-66-70=208 | ||
| Loren Roberts | 69-72-67=208 | ||
| Jeff Sluman | 70-72-66=208 | ||
| Tom Watson | 69-72-67=208 |
Sunday, August 14, 1994
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Price | 67-65-70-67=269 | −11 | 310,000 |
| 2 | Corey Pavin | 70-67-69-69=275 | −5 | 160,000 |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | 68-71-67-70=276 | −4 | 110,000 |
| T4 | John Cook | 71-67-69-70=277 | −3 | 76,667 |
 Nick Faldo | 73-67-71-66=277 | |||
| Greg Norman | 71-69-67-70=277 | |||
| T7 | Steve Elkington | 73-70-66-69=278 | −2 | 57,500 |
| José María Olazábal | 72-66-70-70=278 | |||
| T9 | Ben Crenshaw | 70-67-70-72=279 | −1 | 41,000 |
| Tom Kite | 72-68-69-70=279 | |||
| Loren Roberts | 69-72-67-71=279 | |||
| Tom Watson | 69-72-67-71=279 | |||
 Ian Woosnam | 68-72-73-66=279 |
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