1994 PGA Tour


The 1994 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to October 30. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Nick Price won the most tournaments, six, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
After twenty years as commissioner of the PGA Tour, Deane Beman stepped down in June and was succeeded by Tim Finchem. Beman, a former tour player, became the tour's second commissioner in 1974 at age 35, following Joseph Dey.
As of 2018, the 1994 seasons remains the only year that an American golfer did not win one of the four majors when all were held.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1994 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Jan 9Mercedes ChampionshipsCalifornia Phil Mickelson 276 1,000,000180,000
Jan 16United Airlines Hawaiian OpenHawaii Brett Ogle 269 1,200,000216,000
Jan 23Northern Telecom OpenArizona Andrew Magee 270 1,100,000198,000
Jan 30Phoenix OpenArizona Bill Glasson 268 1,200,000216,000
Feb 6AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Johnny Miller 281 1,250,000225,000
Feb 13Nissan Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Corey Pavin 271 1,000,000180,000
Feb 20Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Scott Hoch 334 1,100,000198,000
Feb 27Buick Invitational of CaliforniaCalifornia Craig Stadler 268 1,100,000198,000
Mar 6Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida John Huston 274 1,400,000252,000
Mar 13Honda ClassicFlorida Nick Price 276 1,100,000198,000
Mar 20Nestle InvitationalFlorida Loren Roberts 275 1,200,000216,000
Mar 27The Players ChampionshipFlorida Greg Norman 264 2,500,000450,000
Apr 3Freeport-McMoRan ClassicLouisiana Ben Crenshaw 273 1,200,000216,000
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia José María Olazábal 279 2,000,000360,000
Apr 17MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Hale Irwin 266 1,250,000225,000
Apr 24KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Mike Springer 275 1,500,000270,000
May 1Shell Houston OpenTexas Mike Heinen 272 1,300,000234,000
May 8BellSouth ClassicGeorgia John Daly 274 1,200,000216,000
May 15GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Neal Lancaster 132 1,200,000216,000
May 22Memorial TournamentOhio Tom Lehman 268 1,500,000270,000
May 30Southwestern Bell ColonialTexas Nick Price 266 1,400,000252,000
Jun 5Kemper OpenMaryland Mark Brooks 271 1,300,000234,000
Jun 12Buick ClassicNew York Lee Janzen 268 1,200,000216,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenPennsylvania Ernie Els 279 1,700,000320,000
Jun 26Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut David Frost 268 1,200,000216,000
Jul 3Motorola Western OpenIllinois Nick Price 277 1,200,000216,000
Jul 10Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Mark McCumber 267 1,100,000198,000
Jul 17Deposit Guaranty Golf ClassicMississippi Brian Henninger 135 700,000126,000
Jul 17British OpenScotland Nick Price 268 1,650,000178,200
Jul 24New England ClassicMassachusetts Kenny Perry 268 1,000,000180,000
Jul 31Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Dicky Pride 267 1,250,000225,000
Aug 7Buick OpenMichigan Fred Couples 270 1,100,000198,000
Aug 14PGA ChampionshipOklahoma Nick Price 269 1,750,000310,000
Aug 21Sprint InternationalColorado Steve Lowery 35 1,400,000252,000
Aug 28NEC World Series of GolfOhio José María Olazábal 269 2,000,000360,000
Sep 4Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Mike Springer 268 1,000,000180,000
Sep 11Bell Canadian OpenCanada Nick Price 275 1,300,000234,000
Sep 18B.C. OpenNew York Mike Sullivan 266 900,000162,000
Sep 25Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Mark McCumber 265 1,000,000180,000
Oct 2Buick Southern OpenGeorgia Steve Elkington 200 800,000144,000
Oct 9Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Rick Fehr 269 1,100,000198,000
Oct 16Texas OpenTexas Bob Estes 265 1,000,000180,000
Oct 23Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Bruce Lietzke 332 1,500,000270,000
Oct 30The Tour ChampionshipCalifornia Mark McCumber 274 3,000,000540,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Greg Norman68.81
2Fred Couples69.28
3Nick Price69.39
4Tom Lehman69.46
5Mark McCumber69.56

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Nick Price1,499,927196
2Greg Norman1,330,307161
3Mark McCumber1,208,209203
4Tom Lehman1,031,144231
5Fuzzy Zoeller1,016,804190

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Tom Kite9,159,41819
2Greg Norman7,937,86914
3Fred Couples6,889,14911
4Paul Azinger6,774,72811
5Tom Watson6,751,32837

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Awards