Hosted by
Jim Fitzroy, CGCS
Celebrate GCSAA!
Tuesday, Feb. 8
5:30 - 8:30 pm
Reception venue update: The reception following the Celebrate GCSAA! program will be held at the Peabody Hotel's new Grotto Pool area. After the program, a bagpiper will lead the way over to the reception.
Presented in partnership with Syngenta
GCSAA President Jim Fitzroy, CGCS, serves as host as the asssociation honors the winners of GCSAA's most prestigious awards. One of the evening's highlights will be the presentation of GCSAA’s most coveted honor, the Old Tom Morris Award, to World Golf Hall of Fame member Nick Price. The festivities then continue with food, networking and fun.
Nick Price
Old Tom Morris Award winner Nick Price
A true gentleman and champion, Price will regale the audience with stories of his rise to stardom from his days as a youth growing up on Zimbabwe to his life today on the Champions Tour. He has won three majors and finished second in two others. Two victories on the Champions Tour this year brings his total to three, to go with 18 PGA Tour wins and 24 international wins. Between 1992 and 1994, Price won 16 of the 54 tournaments he played in worldwide, the victories including the 1992 PGA Championship, 1993 Players Championship, and both the British Open and PGA Championship in 1994.
Price was named Player of the Year twice each by the PGA Tour and PGA of America. He earned two Vardon Trophies from the PGA of America and one Byron Nelson Award from the PGA Tour for the lowest scoring average of the season. Price was the PGA Tour's leading money winner two times. He is a five-time member of the Presidents Cup international team and won the Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines as a 17-year-old.
Price spent 43 weeks atop the World Golf Rankings and won the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit in 1983. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003 and received the Bob Jones Award from the USGA in 2005. Price shares the course record at Augusta National with Greg Norman after a third round 63 in the 1986 Masters.
In 2002, Price was the first winner of the ASAP Sports/Jim Murray Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for his consistent and thoughtful cooperation and accommodation to the media. Later that year, he received the annual Payne Stewart Award from the PGA Tour for his respect for the game, his professional conduct and his commitment to charities.
Price's charitable foundation supports charities that benefit children within Palm Beach County (Fla.) and his native homeland of Zimbabwe. Price has been the major supporter of the Harare Shelter, a program for children in Zimbabwe and he also supports a variety of charitable programs in Palm Beach County. In addition, he formed the Nick Price Junior Golf Foundation in 1997 to support junior golf development in Zimbabwe.
After the session, cap off the evening with a reception featuring food and refreshments. The combination of entertainment, fellowship and networking is the perfect way to begin the week in Orlando.