1996 PGA Championship

1996 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates August 8 - 11
Location Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Course(s) Valhalla Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,144 yards (6,532 m)
Field 137 players, 81 after cut
Cut 145 (+1)
Prize fund $2,400,000
Winner's share $430,000
Champion
Mark Brooks
277 (-11), playoff

The 1996 PGA Championship was the 78th PGA Championship held from August 8-11 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Mark Brooks won his first major championship with a birdie in a sudden death playoff over Kentucky native Kenny Perry.

Contents

Round summaries

First round

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

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 68-72=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

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 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 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

Final leaderboard

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Mark Brooks*  United States 68-70-69-70=277 -11 430,000
2 Kenny Perry  United States 66-72-71-68=277 260,000
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

*Brooks defeated Perry on the first hole (4-x) of a sudden death playoff.

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Preceded by
1996 Open Championship
Major Championships Succeeded by
1997 Masters