{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1994 PGA Championship | image = 1994PGALogo.jpg | dates = August 11–14, 1994 | location = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] | course = [[Southern Hills Country Club]] | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | par = 70 | yardage = {{convert|6834|yd}} | field = 151 players, 76 after cut<ref name=pgamedia94>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=380&date=1994&tourn_name_id=2 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 1994 PGA Championship |access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> | cut = 145 (+5) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]1,750,000 | winners_share = $310,000 | champion = {{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Nick Price]] | score = 269 (−11) | previous = [[1993 PGA Championship|1993]] | next = [[1995 PGA Championship|1995]] }} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Southern Hills Country Club</small> |lat = 36.070 |long = -95.946 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background= |width = 240 }} 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 (he shared the first round lead and then led on his own after every other round) and won his third and final [[Men's major golf championships|major]] title, six strokes ahead of runner-up [[Corey Pavin]].<ref name=pdsfsh>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-9VWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5036%2C3561141|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|agency=''(New York Times)''|last=Dorman |first=Larry |title=Price dominant from start to finish|date=August 15, 1994|page=1D}}</ref> It was Price's second consecutive major and second PGA Championship in three years.<ref name=prctl>{{Cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005519/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627010618/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1005519/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 27, 2010|magazine=Sports Illustrated|last=Reilly|first=Rick|title=Price Control |date=August 22, 1994|page=34}}</ref> Following this win, he moved to the top of the [[Official World Golf Ranking]].<ref name=pisvnuo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x1tPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WAMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5739%2C4010911 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |title=Price is seventh No. 1 |date=August 15, 1994 |page=19 |access-date=May 15, 2013}}</ref>
Price became the first to win the [[The Open Championship|Open Championship]] and PGA Championship in the same year in seven decades, last by [[Walter Hagen]] in [[1924 PGA Championship|1924]]. [[Greg Norman]] had just missed the [[1993 PGA Championship|previous year]], losing in a playoff; it was later accomplished by [[Tiger Woods]] in [[2000 PGA Championship|2000]] and [[2006 PGA Championship|2006]], [[Pádraig Harrington]] in [[2008 PGA Championship|2008]], and [[Rory McIlroy]] in [[2014 Open Championship|2014]].
Price's 269 was a record for the event, passing the 271 of [[Bobby Nichols]] set thirty years earlier in [[1964 PGA Championship|1964]].<ref name=piamf>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QtpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NW8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6196%2C8109240|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Parascenzo |first=Marino |title=Price is a major force |date=August 15, 1994 |page=B1}}</ref> It lasted just a year, lowered to 267 in [[1995 PGA Championship|1995]] at [[Riviera Country Club|Riviera]] by [[Steve Elkington]] and [[Colin Montgomerie]].<ref name=hlctg>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0aNhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iW4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4988%2C8640349|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|title=How low can they go?|date=August 14, 1995|page=C-3}}</ref> (It was further lowered in [[2001 PGA Championship|2001]] by [[David Toms]]' 265.)
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.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/2000/07/31/285745/grand-stand-leaving-his-mark-on-the-birthplace-of-golf-tiger-woods-completed-a-career-grand-slam-by-strolling-to-victory-in-the-british-open |title=Grand Stand Leaving his mark on the birthplace of golf, Tiger Woods completed a career grand slam by strolling to victory in the British Open |last=Rushin |first=Steve |date=July 31, 2000 |magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref>
This was the fifth major held at Southern Hills; it previously hosted the PGA Championship in [[1970 PGA Championship|1970]] and [[1982 PGA Championship|1982]] and the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[1958 U.S. Open (golf)|1958]] and [[1977 U.S. Open (golf)|1977]]. It later hosted the U.S. Open in [[2001 U.S. Open (golf)|2001]] and the PGA Championship in [[2007 PGA Championship|2007]] and [[2022 PGA Championship|2022]].
==Course layout== {{main|Southern Hills Country Club}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total |- | align="center"|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''' |- | align="center"|Par||4||4||4||4||5||3||4||3||4||'''35'''||4||3||4||5||3||4||4||4||4||'''35'''||'''70''' |}
==Round summaries== ===First round=== ''Thursday, August 11, 1994''
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Colin Montgomerie]]||rowspan="2" align=center|67||rowspan="2" align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Nick Price]] |- |rowspan="4" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Couples]]||rowspan="4" align=center|68||rowspan="4" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]] |- | {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Woosnam]] |- |rowspan="8" align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Raymond Floyd]]||rowspan="8" align=center|69||rowspan="8" align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Gilford]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Loren Roberts]] |- | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Torrance]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lanny Wadkins]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[D. A. Weibring]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fuzzy Zoeller]] |}
===Second round=== ''Friday, August 12, 1994'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1|| {{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Nick Price]]||align=center|67-65=132||align=center|−8 |- |rowspan="3" align=center|T2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]]||align=center|70-67=137||rowspan="3" align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jay Haas]]|| align=center|71-66=137 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Corey Pavin]]|| align=center|70-67=137 |- |rowspan="3" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Cook (golfer)|John Cook]]||align=center|71-67=138||rowspan="3" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Blaine McCallister]]|| align=center|74-64=138 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José María Olazábal]]|| align=center|72-66=138 |- |rowspan="6" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Glen Day]]||align=center|70-69=139||rowspan="6" align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]]|| align=center|68-71=139 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]]|| align=center|68-71=139 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gil Morgan]]|| align=center|71-68=139 |- | {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Frank Nobilo]]|| align=center|72-67=139 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Craig Parry]]|| align=center|70-69=139 |}
===Third round=== ''Saturday, August 13, 1994''
{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1|| {{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Nick Price]]||67-65-70=202||align=center|−8 |- |align=center|2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jay Haas]]||71-66-68=205||align=center|−5 |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Corey Pavin]]|| align=center|70-67-69=206|| rowspan="2" align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]]|| align=center|68-71-67=206 |- |rowspan="3" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Cook (golfer)|John Cook]]|| align=center |71-67-69=207||rowspan="3" align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]]|| align=center|70-67-70=207 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]]|| align=center|71-69-67=207 |- |rowspan="5" align=center|T8|| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]]|| align=center |68-71-69=208||rowspan="5" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José María Olazábal]]|| align=center|72-66-70=208 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Loren Roberts]]|| align=center|69-72-67=208 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Sluman]]|| align=center|70-72-66=208 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]|| align=center|69-72-67=208 |}
===Final round=== ''Sunday, August 14, 1994'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|ZWE}} '''[[Nick Price]]''' || 67-65-70-67=269 || align=center|−11 || align=center|310,000 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Corey Pavin]] || 70-67-69-69=275 || align=center|−5 || align=center|160,000 |- | align=center|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]] || 68-71-67-70=276 || align=center|−4 || align=center|110,000 |- | rowspan=3 align=center|T4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Cook (golfer)|John Cook]] || 71-67-69-70=277 || rowspan=3 align=center|−3 || rowspan=3 align=center|76,667 |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Faldo]] || 73-67-71-66=277 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]] || 71-69-67-70=277 |- | rowspan=2 align=center|T7 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Elkington]] || 73-70-66-69=278 || rowspan=2 align=center|−2 || rowspan=2 align=center|57,500 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[José María Olazábal]] || 72-66-70-70=278 |- | rowspan=5 align=center|T9 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]] || 70-67-70-72=279 || rowspan=5 align=center|−1 || rowspan=5 align=center|41,000 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Kite]] || 72-68-69-70=279 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Loren Roberts]] || 69-72-67-71=279 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] || 69-72-67-71=279 |- | {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ian Woosnam]] || 68-72-73-66=279 |} Source:<ref name="dbg94pga">{{cite web|title=1994 PGA Championship|url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1994&tid=22|access-date=August 17, 2013|publisher=databasegolf.com}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040904003806/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1994.html PGA.com] – 1994 PGA Championship *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110522161631/https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/1994/33 Yahoo! Sports: 1994 PGA Championship leaderboard]
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