Nick Price named 2011 Ambassador of Golf
World Golf Hall of Fame Member Nick Price received the 2011 Ambassador of Golf Award Wednesday, Aug. 3 at Firestone Country Club, the venue for this week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. The Ambassador of Golf Award is presented annually to a person or persons who have fostered the ideals of the game on an international level and whose concern for others extends beyond the golf course.
An 18-time winner on the PGA TOUR, highlighted by three major championship victories including back-to-back grand slam titles at the 1994 British Open and PGA Championship, Price has long been one of the most respected players on both the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour and has left his mark on charitable organizations across South Florida.
"A most-deserving recipient both for his accomplishments on the golf course and in the community, we are pleased to honor Nick Price as the 2011 Ambassador of Golf," said PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem, on behalf of the International Federation of PGA Tours. "Nick has been a world-class player for more than four decades and has truly been an international ambassador for the game of golf. He has helped to grow the game and give back to those less fortunate since turning professional in 1977. Still winning on the Champions Tour and showing no signs of slowing down, Nick truly deserves to join the venerable list of past Ambassador of Golf Award recipients."
"I'm extremely honored to be the recipient of this year's Ambassador of Golf Award," Price said. When I look at the list of past recipients, I am humbled and extremely proud."
Price added that this honor was even more special because he was joining legends like Byron Nelson, who was selected the year of Price's breakthrough victory at Firestone when he triumphed over Jack Nicklaus in the 1983 World Series of Golf.
"It was pretty nerve-wracking for me because I had Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin, (Isao) Aoki, the powerhouses of golf right around me and they were just waiting for me to falter. On the 18th green, Jack Nicklaus had waited and he was one of my idols and he came up and shook my hand and congratulated me. That made me feel really good. Beating Jack in Ohio is not the easiest thing to do."
After turning 50 in January of 2007, Price joined the Champions Tour and waited two years before breaking through on the over-50 circuit at the 2009 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am. He collected his fourth Champions Tour victory earlier this year at the Toshiba Classic, equaling the Champions Tour's 18-hole scoring record with an 11-under 60 in the opening round, his lowest-career round as a professional.
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