14 Facts About Nick Price

1.

Nick Price was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.

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2.

Nick Price attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury, where he captained the golf team.

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3.

Nick Price is at present a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.

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4.

Nick Price 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.

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5.

In 1984, Nick Price renounced his Zimbabwean citizenship and thereafter played under his British passport.

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6.

Nick Price's nephew Ray Nick Price is a former national cricketer for the Zimbabwe national cricket team.

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7.

Nick Price won his first tournament outside of South Africa at the 1980 Swiss Open.

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8.

Nick Price 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.

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9.

Nick Price earned PGA Tour membership after finishing 3rd place at 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School.

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10.

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.

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11.

Nick Price 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.

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12.

In 1993 and 1997, Nick Price was awarded the Vardon Trophy; which is given annually by the PGA of America to the player with the lowest adjusted scoring average with a minimum of 60 rounds.

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13.

Nick Price is widely regarded by fans, media and his fellow players as one of the most personable golfers on the PGA Tour.

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14.

Nick Price 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.

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