Nick Price

On August 20, 2004, ANNE M. PERRY; beloved wife of Glen E. Perry; loving mother of Susan M. Hannon, Sharon R. Price and Stacy L. Hall; grandmother of Sean and Ryan Hannon, Nick Price and Alayna Hall. Friends may call at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck Inc., Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road (at Echodale), Tuesday and Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where a Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated Thursday, at 9 A.M. Interment Harford Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society Maryland Division, 8219 Town Center Drive, Baltimore, MD 21236.

On August 20, 2004, ANNE M. PERRY; beloved wife of Glen E. Perry; loving mother of Susan M. Hannon, Sharon R. Price and Stacy L. Hall; grandmother of Sean and Ryan Hannon, Nick Price and Alayna Hall. Friends may call at the family owned Leonard J. Ruck Inc., Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road (at Echodale), Tuesday and Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. where a Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated Thursday, at 9 A.M. Interment Harford Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society Maryland Division, 8219 Town Center Drive, Baltimore, MD 21236.

VIRGINIA WATER, England -- Severiano Ballesteros equaled Gary Player's record of five World Match Play titles with a 10-birdie, no-bogey performance yesterday that gave him a 3-and-2 victory over Zimbabwe's Nick Price."

GULLANE, Scotland - From morning until night, the leaders of the 131st British Open tried to distance themselves from Tiger Woods. First it was Nick Price. Then it was Carl Pettersson and Des Smyth. And, finally, it was Ernie Els. For each run of birdies they made, Muirfield reeled them back in. Price got to 6-under with three birdies on the first five holes. Pettersson and Smyth also got to 6-under later in the day. And Els got to 8-under after making seven birdies for a 29 on the front nine, the lowest nine-hole score ever recorded here at the Open.

PGAThe MastersSite: Augusta, Ga.Schedule: Today-Sunday.Course: Augusta National Golf Club (6,925 yards, par 72).Purse: TBA ($2.7 million last year).Winner's share: TBA ($486,000 last year).TV: USA (Today-tomorrow, 4-6: 30 p.m. and 9-11: 30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 3: 30-6 p.m.; Sunday, 4-7 p.m.).Last year: Tiger Woods had a record-breaking performance in becoming the first person of color to win in a major tournament and the youngest Masters winner at age 21. He shot 70-66-65-69 for a record 18-under 270 total, and record 12-stroke margin over Tom Kite.

LAKE MANASSAS, Va. -- The inaugural Presidents Cup took an unexpected blow yesterday when it was announced that Greg Norman -- the player for whom this event was conceived -- had withdrawn while being treated in Houston for a gastrointestinal condition.Norman, the second-ranked player in the world and the event's leading draw, recently underwent surgery for infected hemorrhoids. But, according to Dr. Richard Andrassy, a Houston physician who is treating Norman, the player's current condition is unrelated to the surgery.

ST. LOUIS -- The third round of a golf tournament is traditionally a day of positioning. Some players move up. Some fall back, especially when the pressure of winning a major event builds.So it was yesterday at Bellerive Country Club, as the PGA Championship leaders leap frogged, fell back and tried to gain the most advantageous spot for today's final round. But at the top, nothing changed, thanks to one clutch putt.You want a champion? Take your pick. There's Gene Sauers, who was supposed to wilt under the pressure but turned in a steady 1-under-par 70 for a 7-under-par 206 and a two-stroke lead over Jeff Maggert and Nick Price.

OAKVILLE, Ontario -- Nick Price had a string of five consecutive birdies and went on to a one-stroke victory in the 82nd Canadian Open Golf Championship."

TULSA, Okla. -- The history of major championships played at Southern Hills Country Club speaks of toughness more than talent, with those who have won here being more blue-collar than blue-blood.A list that included Tommy Bolt and Dave Stockton, Hubert Green and Raymond Floyd, was joined yesterday by Nick Price. The 37-year-old from Zimbabwe, once considered no more than a solid journeyman, continued his amazing two-year stretch of domination.Price not only won the 76th PGA Championship, but also obliterated it: the course, the field and the record books.

LAKE MANASSAS, Va. -- There was a little more nationalism and a lot more competition, a little more gamesmanship and a lot more drama yesterday at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.Though the Presidents Cup didn't quite come of age at the midpoint of this inaugural three-day event, it at least came to life. An early charge by the International team was answered later in the day by the Americans.After the International team climbed out of a gaping first-day hole to close a five-point deficit to two, the U.S. team won the last three alternate-shot matches in the afternoon to move ahead 12-8 going into today's head-to-head competition.

AUGUSTA, Ga. - The tone for the 66th Masters might have been set yesterday morning when 89-year-old legend Sam Snead whacked the ceremonial first tee shot into the mist. The crowd at the tee cheered the ball's flight. Little did they know that it found the forehead of an unsuspecting fan. The unidentified fan was the first casualty at Augusta National this year, but certainly not the last. While a 5-under-par 67 from perennial contender Davis Love III was at the top of a fairly impressive scoreboard by the end of the opening round, the leaders in the clubhouse might have been those in charge of redesigning the course and setting some nasty pin placements.

PGAThe MastersSite: Augusta, Ga.Schedule: Today-Sunday.Course: Augusta National Golf Club (6,925 yards, par 72).Purse: TBA ($2.7 million last year).Winner's share: TBA ($486,000 last year).TV: USA (Today-tomorrow, 4-6: 30 p.m. and 9-11: 30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday, 3: 30-6 p.m.; Sunday, 4-7 p.m.).Last year: Tiger Woods had a record-breaking performance in becoming the first person of color to win in a major tournament and the youngest Masters winner at age 21. He shot 70-66-65-69 for a record 18-under 270 total, and record 12-stroke margin over Tom Kite.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- They heard the roars and saw the fist pumps. They watched the scoreboards at Augusta National and waited for a blip or a bogey or something to give them the tiniest shred of hope that someone other than Tiger Woods will win the 61st Masters.It happened just once, but that was before Woods continued his obliteration of the course's fabled back nine.It did not happen again yesterday, and might not for the remainder of the tournament.By the time the 21-year-old marvel had left the course last night, after a 6-under par 66 had given him a two-round total of 8-under 136 and a three-shot lead, what nearly amounted to a collective concession speech was being given throughout the grounds.

LAKE MANASSAS, Va. -- The United States pairing of Fred Couples-Davis Love III hit the rival International team where it hurt the most during the first day of the Presidents Cup matches at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club yesterday.The two Americans raised their record for this event to 4-0 by beating Greg Norman-Robert Allenby twice, 2 and 1 in the morning betterball and 1-up in the afternoon foursomes.Theirs was the final match to be decided for the day. When Allenby missed a five-foot par putt for a half, the resulting point boosted the host nation to a 7 1/2 -2 1/2 lead, the same margin it held at this stage two years ago.No more than one hole separated the teams throughout.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- He has never won a major in a fairly distinguished 18-year career; flirting but never finishing, a perennial people's choice who somehow has stayed on the periphery. He has had his close calls here, too, at Augusta National.But now Jay Haas finds himself in position to do what he has never done before, something that only one American -- Fred Couples in 1992 -- has accomplished in the past seven years: take home the most coveted jacket in sports.With a stunning round of 8-under-par 64 yesterday, a round that ended with a string of four straight birdies and left him one shot off the course record, the 41-year-old Haas charged into the lead at the 1995 Masters.

LAKE MANASSAS, Va. -- There was a little more nationalism and a lot more competition, a little more gamesmanship and a lot more drama yesterday at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.Though the Presidents Cup didn't quite come of age at the midpoint of this inaugural three-day event, it at least came to life. An early charge by the International team was answered later in the day by the Americans.After the International team climbed out of a gaping first-day hole to close a five-point deficit to two, the U.S. team won the last three alternate-shot matches in the afternoon to move ahead 12-8 going into today's head-to-head competition.

TULSA, Okla. -- He is the most dominant player in a group that has taken over the sport, a favorite to win nearly every time he tees it up. Clearly, he is the hottest player in the world right now and, quite possibly, the best.Forget about the other foreign-born players who have bigger names and more lucrative endorsement contracts. Reigning British Open champion Nick Price might not get the attention of Greg Norman or have the power of reigning U.S. Open champion Ernie Els.All he does is win.Looking to become the first player since Tom Watson in 1982 to capture back-to-back major championships, Price went from sharing the first-round lead in the 76th PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club to padding it to tournament record proportions.

TURNBERRY, Scotland -- If only Jesper Parnevik had stolen a glance. Sneaked a peek. Overheard a whisper from the gallery. Maybe then the 123rd British Open championship would belong not to Nick Price, but to Parnevik, who picked the worst time yesterday to ignore the two largest scoreboards in all of golf.But that's what he did, and Price has the prized Claret Jug and a second major title to prove it."Oh, boy," said Price, whose 4-under 66 yesterday put him at 12-under for the tournament, one shot shy of the Open record set last year.

LAKE MANASSAS, Va. -- The inaugural Presidents Cup took an unexpected blow yesterday when it was announced that Greg Norman -- the player for whom this event was conceived -- had withdrawn while being treated in Houston for a gastrointestinal condition.Norman, the second-ranked player in the world and the event's leading draw, recently underwent surgery for infected hemorrhoids. But, according to Dr. Richard Andrassy, a Houston physician who is treating Norman, the player's current condition is unrelated to the surgery.

TULSA, Okla. -- David Leadbetter was an obscure golf teacher who had set up shop just outside Orlando, Fla. Nick Price was an obscure European tour pro who was looking for help with his game. They had known each other from their days as junior players in Rhodesia."He wanted to play on the American tour," Leadbetter recalled Sunday night. "There were a lot of pieces missing, but the one thing Nick could always do was strike the ball."That was the fall of 1981. The following summer, Price nearly lost his obscurity forever when he almost won the British Open at Troon.