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1996 PGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1996 PGA Championship
image	1996PGALogo.jpg
dates	August 8–11, 1996
location	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
course	Valhalla Golf Club
org	PGA of America
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
par	72
yardage	7144 yd
field	150 players, 81 after cut
cut	145 (+1)
purse	$2.4 million
winners_share	$430,000
champion	USA Mark Brooks
score	277 (−11), playoff
previous	[1995](1995-pga-championship)
next	[1997](1997-pga-championship)

European Tour |USA Golf Club 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. 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

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

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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.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Kenny Perry	66	−6
T2	AUS Steve Elkington	67	−5
USA Phil Mickelson
T4	USA Mark Brooks	68	−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).

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Phil Mickelson	67-67=134	−10
2	USA Justin Leonard	71-66=137	−7
T3	USA Mark Brooks	68-70=138	−6
USA Kenny Perry	66-72=138
FIJ Vijay Singh	69-69=138
T6	USA Lee Janzen	68-71=139	−5
ZWE Nick Price	68-71=139
T8	USA Mike Brisky	71-69=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. Seeking his first major title, Mickelson fell three strokes back after a 74 (+2).

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		USA Russ Cochran	68-72-65=205	−11
T2	USA Mark Brooks	68-70-69=207	−9
FIJ Vijay Singh	69-69-69=207
T4	AUS Steve Elkington	67-74-67=208	−8
USA Phil Mickelson	67-67-74=208
ZWE Nick Price	68-71-69=208
T7	USA Mike Brisky	71-69-69=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

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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. The second shot of defending champion Steve Elkington found a greenside bunker; he had a 10 ft 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	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	USA Mark Brooks	68-70-69-70=277	−11	Playoff
USA Kenny Perry	66-72-71-68=277
T3	AUS Steve Elkington	67-74-67-70=278	−10	140,000
USA Tommy Tolles	69-71-71-67=278
T5	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=279
T8	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

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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
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

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Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the 540 yd 18th hole; the par-5 was the course's second-easiest hole on Sunday. 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).

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

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References

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Parascenzo, Mario. (August 12, 1996). "Brooks snatches crown". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Rogers, Phil. (August 8, 1996). "On untested course, anyone could win". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Parascenzo, Marino. (August 9, 1996). "Perry storms into lead". Toledo Blade.
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Parascenzo, Marino. (August 10, 1996). "Tips help Mickelson". Toledo Blade.
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Weinreb, Michael. (August 12, 1996). "Brooks corrals first major". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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