1996 PGA Championship

1996 PGA Championship
Tournament information

Dates	August 8–11, 1996
Location	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Course(s)	Valhalla Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,144 yards (6,532 m)
Field	137 players, 81 after cut^[1]
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	$2.4 million
Winner's share	$430,000
Champion
Mark Brooks
277 (−11), playoff
«1995 1997»

Valhalla
Golf Club

Location in the United States

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.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] 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 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

Main article: Valhalla Golf Club

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	425	515	199	355	460	415	605	165	415	3,554	565	165	470	350	208	410	450	432	540	3,590	7,144
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	36	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	36	72

Source:^[6]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Steve Elkington	Australia	1995	67	74	67	70	278	−10	T3
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1992, 1994	68	71	69	72	280	−8	T13
Paul Azinger	United States	1993	70	75	71	69	285	−3	T29
Jeff Sluman	United States	1988	72	72	72	71	287	−1	T41
Wayne Grady	Australia	1990	74	67	78	72	291	+3	T65
Payne Stewart	United States	1989	73	70	73	76	292	+4	T69
Larry Nelson	United States	1981, 1987	76	70	76	73	295	+15	T71

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973 1975, 1980	77	69	146	+2
John Daly	United States	1991	72	74	146	+2
Bob Tway	United States	1986	75	73	148	+4
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1977	75	77	152	+8
Hal Sutton	United States	1983	73	81	154	+10
Hubert Green	United States	1985	79	77	156	+12

Source:^[7]

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.^[8]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Kenny Perry	United States	66	−6
T2	Steve Elkington	Australia	67	−5
T2	Phil Mickelson	United States	67	−5
T4	Mark Brooks	United States	68	−4
	Russ Cochran	United States
	Joel Edwards	United States
	Lee Janzen	United States
	Greg Norman	Australia
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe
	Ian Woosnam	Wales

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).^[9]^[10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-67=134	−10
2	Justin Leonard	United States	71-66=137	−7
T3	Mark Brooks	United States	68-70=138	−6
	Kenny Perry	United States	66-72=138
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69=138
T6	Lee Janzen	United States	68-71=139	−5
T6	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	68-72=139	−5
T8	Mike Brisky	United States	71-69=140	−4
	Russ Cochran	United States	68-72=140
	David Edwards	United States	69-71=140
	Brad Faxon	United States	72-68=140
	Jim Furyk	United States	70-70=140
	Greg Norman	Australia	68-72=140
	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	73-67=140
	Tommy Tolles	United States	69-71=140
	Tom Watson	United States	69-71=140
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	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.^[11] Seeking his first major title, Mickelson fell three strokes back after a 74 (+2).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Russ Cochran	United States	68-72-65=205	−11
T2	Mark Brooks	United States	68-70-69=207	−9
T2	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69-69=207	−9
T4	Steve Elkington	Australia	67-74-67=208	−8
	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-67-74=208
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	69-71-69=208
T7	Mike Brisky	United States	71-69-69=209	−7
	Justin Leonard	United States	71-66-72=209
	Greg Norman	Australia	68-72-69=209
	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	73-67-69=209
	Kenny Perry	United States	66-72-71=209

Source:^[11]

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.^[12] The second shot of defending champion Steve Elkington found a greenside bunker; he had a 10-foot (3 m) birdie putt to join the playoff, but could not convert.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Mark Brooks	United States	68-70-69-70=277	−11	Playoff
T1	Kenny Perry	United States	66-72-71-68=277	−11	Playoff
T3	Steve Elkington	Australia	67-74-67-70=278	−10	140,000
T3	Tommy Tolles	United States	69-71-71-67=278	−10	140,000
T5	Justin Leonard	United States	71-66-72-70=279	−9	86,667
	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	73-67-69-70=279
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69-69-72=279
T8	Lee Janzen	United States	68-71-71-70=280	−8	57,500
	Per-Ulrik Johansson	Sweden	73-72-66-69=280
	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-67-74-72=280
	Larry Mize	United States	71-70-69-70=280
	Frank Nobilo	New Zealand	69-72-71-68=280
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	68-71-69-72=280

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[7]

Scorecard

	Birdie		Bogey

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
Brooks	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11
Perry	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11

Source:^[13]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the 540-yard (494 m) 18th hole; the par-5 was the course's second-easiest hole on Sunday.^[12] 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,^[14] ending the playoff.^[1]^[2] 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).^[3]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Mark Brooks	United States	4	−1	430,000
2	Kenny Perry	United States	x	−	260,000

Source:^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 "Tournament Info for: 1996 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
1 2 3 Parascenzo, Marino (August 12, 1996). "Brooks snatches crown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B1.
1 2 3 4 "PGA ends in a photo finish". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. August 12, 1996. p. C1.
↑ Diaz, Jaime (August 19, 1996). "Victor at Valhalla". Sports Illustrated.
↑ Parascenzo, Mario (August 12, 1996). "Brooks snatches crown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B-1.
↑ Rogers, Phil (August 8, 1996). "On untested course, anyone could win". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. (Dallas Morning News). p. 1C.
1 2 "1996 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (August 9, 1996). "Perry storms into lead". Toledo Blade. Block news alliance. p. 31.
↑ "Mickelson's major challenge". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. August 10, 1996. p. C1.
↑ Parascenzo, Marino (August 10, 1996). "Tips help Mickelson". Toledo Blade. Block news alliance.
1 2 Bonk, Thomas (August 11, 1996). "Cochran now lefty at PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1G.
1 2 Bonk, Thomas (August 12, 1996). "Playoff putt earns Brooks a major title". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. 1C.
↑ "PGA Leaders' Cards". Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. August 12, 1996. p. 2B.
↑ Weinreb, Michael (August 12, 1996). "Brooks corrals first major". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. (Akron Beacon Journal). p. 1C.

External links

About.com: 1996 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1996 PGA Championship

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Key figures

Frank Chirkinian

Music composers	Earl Klugh ("Take It From The Top") Dave Loggins ("Augusta") David Barrett ("The Gift") E.S. Posthumus ("Burlingame", "Thrill of Victory") Lalo Schifrin ("St. Ives Theme") Yanni ("Fanfare")

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Coordinates: 38°14′31″N 85°28′19″W / 38.242°N 85.472°W / 38.242; -85.472

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