Nick Price

Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a Zimbabwean professional golfer who has won three major championships in his career the PGA Championship twice and The Open Championship in 1994. In the mid1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.

Price was born in Durban, Union of South Africa. His parents were originally British and his early life was spent in Rhodesia . He attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury , where he captained the golf team. After his schooling he served in the Rhodesian Air Force during that countrys Bush War. He is at present a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. He began his professional golf career in 1977 on the Southern Africa Tour, before moving to the European Tour and finally the PGA Tour in 1983. In 1984, Price renounced his Zimbabwean citizenship and thereafter played under his British passport. It was not until 1996 that Price would regain his dual citizenship. Price is married to Sue and has three children. They live in Hobe Sound, Florida. Prices nephew Ray Price is a national cricketer for Zimbabwe.

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