The Open at Turnberry: Part 3: Remarkable Finish Rewarded Price for Fine Form
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THE fairness of the test at Turnberry, with no tricks or sleight of hand to muddy the waters, has consistently rewarded the game's most accomplished golfers over the past 30 years or so. If Tom Watson in 1977 and Greg Norman in 1986 could be singled out as form players when they lifted the Claret Jug, Nick Price was also an imposing figure when he arrived in south Ayrshire for the 123rd Open in 1994.
In the period between 1992 and 1994, the Zimbabwean won no fewer than 16 of the 54 events he entered around the world, including the Players, the Open and two US PGA titles. Of all those successes, none was more dramatic or improbable than the astonishing denouement of the championship at Turnberry.See the full content of this document
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The Open at Turnberry: Part 3: Remarkable Finish Rewarded Price for Fine Form
Having decided at 52 not to tee up on the championship's return - he feared the recent course changes would make the links too long for him to contend - Price still regards that victory on the Ailsa as the proudest moment of his career.
"After coming close in 1982 and 1988, to actually have the Claret...See the full content of this document
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