1996 PGA Championship

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1996 PGA Championship
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Tournament information
DatesAugust 8–11, 1996
LocationLouisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Course(s)Valhalla Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,144 yards (6,532 m)
Field150 players, 81 after cut[1]
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fund$2.4 million
Winner's share$430,000
Champion
United States Mark Brooks
277 (−11), playoff
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Valhalla Golf Club is located in the United States
Valhalla Golf Club
Valhalla
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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]

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.[7]

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Kenny Perry  United States 66 −6
T2 Steve Elkington  Australia 67 −5
Phil Mickelson  United States
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).[8][9]

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
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 68-71=139
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.[10] 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
Vijay Singh  Fiji 69-69-69=207
T4 Steve Elkington  Australia 67-74-67=208 −8
Phil Mickelson  United States 67-67-74=208
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 68-71-69=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:[10]

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.[11] 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. 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.

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Mark Brooks  United States 68-70-69-70=277 −11 Playoff
Kenny Perry  United States 66-72-71-68=277
T3 Steve Elkington  Australia 67-74-67-70=278 −10 140,000
Tommy Tolles  United States 69-71-71-67=278
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][12]

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

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