ZIMBABWE golf legend and World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Nick Price will receive one of golf’s most prestigious honours — the Gold Tee Award – from the Metropolitan Golf Writers’ Association (MGWA) at the 64th National Awards Dinner in New York June 9.
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Widely regarded as one of the nicest people in the game, Price joins select company in the list of past Gold Tee recipients who include legends Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Nancy Lopez, Tom Watson, Annika Sorenstam, Phil Mickelson and last year’s honoree Fred Couples.
The Gold Tee is the MGWA’s highest honour awarded to an individual whose career achievements exemplify the best spirit and traditions of the sport of golf.
Price won three major championships during his illustrious career, the 1992 and 1994 PGA Championships and the 1994 Open Championship (British Open).
In August 1994, Price was ranked number one in the world, a position he held for 43 consecutive weeks, a stretch that has only been bettered by Tiger Woods.
Born in South Africa and raised in Zimbabwe, Price won 18 PGA Tour events as well as 24 international victories.
In 1993 (four wins) and 1994 (six), he was the PGA Tour player of the year, the PGA of America player of the year and the PGA Tour’s leading money winner. Price (58), was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.
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This October in South Korea, Price will once again captain the international team in the Presidents Cup.
“As great a player as Nick Price has been, he’s even a better person,” MGWA president Bruce Beck said in a statement yesterday.
“We’re very excited to honour Nick with the Gold Tee.”
Since 1952, the MGWA has recognised the game’s greatest players, contributors, and organisations at its National Awards Dinner, the longest running and often the largest golf dinner in the US each year.
