1996 PGA Championship

August 2023 1996 PGA Championship 1996PGALogo.jpg August 8–11, 1996 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Valhalla Golf Club PGA of America PGA TourEuropean Tour 72 7144 yd 150 players, 81 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=383&date=1996&tourn_name_id=2 PGA of America Tournament Info for: 1996 PGA Championship July 17, 2012 145 (+1) $2.4 million $430,000 USA Mark Brooks 277 (−11), playoff 1995 1997 USA 1 ValhallaGolf Club 38.242 -85.472 Location in the United States 240 The 1996 PGA Championship was the 78th PGA Championship, held August 8–11 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Mark Brooks won his only major championship with a birdie at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Kentucky native Kenny Perry.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qeoyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=128DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5632%2C8451756 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Brooks snatches crown August 12, 1996 B1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y8wiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BvIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6441%2C2425172 Spokesman-Review Associated Press PGA ends in a photo finish August 12, 1996 C1http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008578/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119150519/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008578/index.htm dead January 19, 2013 Sports Illustrated Diaz Jaime Victor at Valhalla August 19, 1996https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qeoyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=128DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5632%2C8451756 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Mario Brooks snatches crown August 12, 1996 B-1 Defending champion Steve Elkington was a stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for third. It was the second consecutive and final sudden-death playoff at the PGA Championship, which changed to a three-hole aggregate format, first used in 2000 at Valhalla. It was the second major played in Kentucky and the first in 44 years; the PGA Championship, a match play event through 1957, was played in Louisville in 1952 at Big Spring Country Club. The championship returned to Valhalla just four years later in 2000, and again in 2014 and 2024, and after hosting the Ryder Cup in 2008. Course designer and five-time champion Jack Nicklaus missed the cut by a single stroke at age 56. He also missed the cut by one stroke in 2000 at age 60, his final appearance in the PGA Championship. Course layout Valhalla Golf Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4255151993554604156051654153,5545651654703502084104504325403,5907,144Par453444534365344344453672 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JHAaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7C0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2571%2C2936749 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Rogers Phil (Dallas Morning News) On untested course, anyone could win August 8, 1996 1C Round summaries First round Thursday, August 8, 1996 Friday, August 9, 1996 Kenny Perry shot a first round 66 (−6) to take the lead, finishing in the dark. Weather delayed play for nearly four hours and sixty players completed their first rounds on Friday morning.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W1xPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2799%2C2822862 Toledo Blade Block news alliance Perry storms into lead Parascenzo Marino August 9, 1996 31 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Kenny Perry66−6T2 AUS Steve Elkington67−5 USA Phil MickelsonT4 USA Mark Brooks68−4 USA Russ Cochran USA Joel Edwards USA Lee Janzen AUS Greg Norman ZWE Nick Price WAL Ian Woosnam Second round Friday, August 9, 1996 Phil Mickelson, age 26, played 24 holes on Friday and carded consecutive rounds of 67 to take a three stroke lead at 134 (−10).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sG1XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1646%2C6934834 Spokesman-Review Associated Press Mickelson's major challenge August 10, 1996 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XFxPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3665%2C2996679 Toledo Blade Block news alliance Tips help Mickelson Parascenzo Marino August 10, 1996 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Phil Mickelson67-67=134−102 USA Justin Leonard71-66=137−7T3 USA Mark Brooks68-70=138−6 USA Kenny Perry 66-72=138 FIJ Vijay Singh69-69=138T6 USA Lee Janzen68-71=139−5 ZWE Nick Price68-71=139T8 USA Mike Brisky71-69=140−4 USA Russ Cochran 68-72=140 USA David Edwards 69-71=140 USA Brad Faxon 72-68=140 USA Jim Furyk 70-70=140 AUS Greg Norman 68-72=140 SWE Jesper Parnevik 73-67=140 USA Tommy Tolles 69-71=140 USA Tom Watson 69-71=140 WAL Ian Woosnam 68-72=140 Third round Saturday, August 10, 1996 Kentucky native Russ Cochran shot a course record 65 (−7) to take the 54-hole lead, two strokes ahead of Mark Brooks and Vijay Singh. Brooks eagled the par-4 15th, holing out from the fairway.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NABRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5824%2C3130377 Eugene Register-Guard (Los Angeles Times) Bonk Thomas Cochran now lefty at PGA August 11, 1996 1G Seeking his first major title, Mickelson fell three strokes back after a 74 (+2). PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Russ Cochran68-72-65=205−11T2 USA Mark Brooks68-70-69=207−9 FIJ Vijay Singh 69-69-69=207T4 AUS Steve Elkington67-74-67=208−8 USA Phil Mickelson 67-67-74=208 ZWE Nick Price 68-71-69=208T7 USA Mike Brisky71-69-69=209−7 USA Justin Leonard 71-66-72=209 AUS Greg Norman 68-72-69=209 SWE Jesper Parnevik 73-67-69=209 USA Kenny Perry 66-72-71=209 Source: Final round Sunday, August 11, 1996 Native sons of Kentucky had different results on Sunday as Cochran shot 77 (+5) in the final pairing and faded while Perry had a 68 (−4) and waited as the clubhouse leader at 277 (−11). Playing with Cochran, Brooks birdied the par-5 final hole to force a playoff. Perry bogeyed the same hole after a hooked tee shot and was in the television booth with CBS-TV, not hitting balls.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NQBRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6067%2C3225208 Eugene Register-Guard (Los Angeles Times) Bonk Thomas Playoff putt earns Brooks a major title August 12, 1996 1C The second shot of defending champion Steve Elkington found a greenside bunker; he had a 10 ft 0 on birdie putt to join the playoff, but could not convert. Tolles had a long eagle putt to tie but missed, while Singh also needed a birdie to join the playoff but made bogey to finish 2 behind. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Mark Brooks 68-70-69-70=277 −11 Playoff USA Kenny Perry 66-72-71-68=277T3 AUS Steve Elkington 67-74-67-70=278 −10 140,000 USA Tommy Tolles 69-71-71-67=278T5 USA Justin Leonard 71-66-72-70=279 −9 86,667 SWE Jesper Parnevik 73-67-69-70=279 FJI Vijay Singh 69-69-69-72=279T8 USA Lee Janzen 68-71-71-70=280 −8 57,500 SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson 73-72-66-69=280 USA Phil Mickelson 67-67-74-72=280 USA Larry Mize 71-70-69-70=280 NZL Frank Nobilo 69-72-71-68=280 ZWE Nick Price 68-71-69-72=280 Source:1996 PGA Championship http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1996&tid=22 July 24, 2014 databasegolf.com Scorecard BirdieBogey Final round Hole  1  2  3    4    5  6789101112131415161718Par453444534534434445 USA Brooks −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 USA Perry −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bSEeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_acEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2279%2C2246693 Tuscaloosa News PGA Leaders' Cards Associated Press August 12, 1996 2B Playoff The sudden-death playoff began on the 540 yd 0 on 18th hole; the par-5 was the course's second-easiest hole on Sunday. Brooks reached the green in two and birdied while Perry's tee shot again found the rough on the left and his fourth was a chip that did not reach the green,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QMcoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7i0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5955%2C4944163 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Akron Beacon Journal) Brooks corrals first major Weinreb Michael August 12, 1996 1C ending the playoff. It was Brooks' second birdie at the hole in twenty minutes; in regulation he hit his third shot from the greenside sand to within four feet (1.3 m). PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Mark Brooks 4−1430,0002 USA Kenny Perry x−260,000 Source: References 2 External links Full results PGA.com – 1996 PGA Championship 1996 38.242 -85.472 type:event title Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Louisville, Kentucky PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship Category:1996 in Louisville, Kentucky