Between August 1992 and September 1994, he won 11 US Tour events. This golden run of form included three major championships. By the end of 1994 he was the undisputed world number one. He didn't win his first major title, the 1992 USPGA Championship, until he was 35 years old. Price has represented South Africa and Zimbabwe in the World Cup. In 1978 he played for South Africa, while 15 years later turned out for Zimbabwe.

Price should have won the 1982 British Open at Royal Troon, where he led by two strokes with five holes to play. But he covered the final four holes in three over par to finish in a tie for second, one stroke behind champion Tom Watson. Price had dropped two shots at the par-4 15th, then three-putted the par-3 17th for a bogey-four. Price was also second in 1988, when Seve Ballesteros won at Royal Lytham. At Turnberry in 1994, Price finally won the British Open, covering the last seven holes in four- under-par, to pip Jesper Parnevik by one stroke. Parnevik had bogied the final hole.

A young Nick Price pictured during the British Open at Royal Troon in 1982.