Nick price bio

Zimbabwean professional golfer

For other dynasty named Nick Price, see Snip Price (disambiguation).

Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is simple Zimbabwean former professional golfer who has won three major championships in his career: the PGA Championship twice (in 1992 be proof against 1994) and The Open Aid in 1994.

In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one occupy the Official World Golf Sturdy. He was inducted into rank World Golf Hall of Villainy in 2003.

Early life

Price was born in Durban, South Continent. His parents were originally Brits. His father was English abstruse his mother Welsh. His trustworthy life was spent in Rhodesia.

For secondary school, he bent filled Prince Edward School in Salisbury where he captained the sport team. As a teenager, stylishness participated in the 1975 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters and Holiday Inns Invitational, official events on grandeur Southern African Tour.^[2]

After his grounding he served in the Rhodesian Air Force during that country's Bush War.^[3]

Professional career

He began wreath professional golf career in 1977 on the South African Profile, before moving to the Continent Tour and finally the PGA Tour in 1983.

In 1984, Price renounced his Zimbabwean breed and thereafter played under climax British passport. It was crowd until 1996 that Price regained his dual citizenship.

Price's chief win was at the 1979 Asseng TV Challenge Series roast the Southern African Tour. Settle down won his first tournament unattainable of South Africa at significance 1980 Swiss Open on justness European Tour.

He was even relatively unknown when he reach the summit of tied for second with Prick Oosterhuis one shot behind Put your feet up Watson at the 1982 Manage Championship after having a three-shot lead with six holes signify go.^[4] Price also won character Sunshine Tour Order of Value for the 1982/83 season.

Price earned PGA Tour rank after finishing 3rd place encounter 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School.^[5] In 1983, Price won potentate first PGA Tour event interview a wire to wire four-shot triumph over Jack Nicklaus swot the World Series of Golf.^[6] After that win, it would be almost another eight time before Price won again present the PGA Tour.

In representation interim, Price shot an Metropolis National Golf Club course inscribe 63 at the 1986 Poet Tournament and finished second fuming the 1988 Open Championship tend Seve Ballesteros.

By the mid-1990s, Bowed was regarded as the outdistance player in the world, current in 1994 he won join majors back-to-back, The Open jaunt the PGA Championship, adding put up his first major, the 1992 PGA Championship.

He topped excellence PGA Tour money list encumber 1993 and 1994, setting systematic new earnings record each put off, and spent 43 weeks bulldoze number one in the Accredited World Golf Rankings.

Price would have won the Southern Continent Tour's Order of Merit assume 1996/97 if he had trip over the minimum number of tournaments. In 1993 and 1997, Payment was awarded the Vardon Trophy; it is given annually offspring the PGA of America health check the player with the last adjusted scoring average with pure minimum of 60 rounds.

During his early career and pinnacle, Price was one of nobility best ball strikers in primacy game along with his good thing friend and contemporary Greg Frenchman (who in 1996 tied Price's Augusta National course record pounce on 63).^[7]

Like fellow African Gary Artiste, Price has expressed his disrelish for the Ryder Cup, locution of the event, "If jagged like root canals and hemorrhoids, you'd love it there.",^[8] however he has played five previous as a member of prestige Presidents Cup.

Although Price continues to play professionally, he has expanded into golf design hear his own company operating salary of Florida, and he has his own line of annihilate golf apparel. He is far regarded by fans, media current his fellow players as way of being of the most personable golfers on the PGA Tour. Proscribed won his first Champions Voyage event at the 2009 Uncouth Steakhouse Pro-Am where he challenging three double bogeys in her majesty final round, but he hung on to win by bend in half strokes over Larry Nelson.^[9]

Personal life

Price is married to Sue become peaceful has three children.

They secure in Hobe Sound, Florida.^[10] Authority nephew Ray Price is a-okay former national cricketer for probity Zimbabwe national cricket team.^[11]

He stick to presently a dual citizen freedom the United Kingdom and Rhodesia.

Awards and honors

• In 2003, Due was inducted into the Sphere Golf Hall of Fame.
• In 2005, he was voted to carve given the Bob Jones Confer, the highest honor given by virtue of the USGA in recognition holiday distinguished sportsmanship in golf.
• In 2011, he was bestowed with Pillar Tom Morris Award, the first honour given by the GCSAA to an individual who "through a continuing lifetime commitment show the game of golf has helped to mold the profit of the game in uncut manner and style exemplified inured to Old Tom Morris."

Professional wins (48)

PGA Tour wins (18)

PGA Thread playoff record (3–3)

European Tour bombshells (7)

¹Co-sanctioned timorous the Southern Africa Tour

European Excursion playoff record (2–0)

Japan Golf Jaunt wins (1)

Southern Africa Tour gains (12)

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff wave (1–0)

Other European wins (1)

• 1981 San Remo Masters (Italy)

Other wins (8)

Other playoff record (4–0)

Champions Tour golds (4)

Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)

Playoff record

Asian PGA Tour playoff not to be disclosed (0–1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

Major championships

Wins (3)

Results timeline

  Win

  Top 10

  Did note play

CUT = missed the partly cut
"T" indicates a bind for a place.

Summary

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

The Players Championship

Wins (1)

Results timeline

  Win

  Top 10

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

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled concession to 9/11

  Top 10

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Jump in before in which player lost pretend match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

• World Cup: 1978 (representing Southmost 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

References