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24-572: In 1992, Valhalla was selected to host the 1996 edition of the PGA Championship , one of golf's four majors . The following year (1993), the PGA of America purchased a 25% interest in the club. After the championship in 1996, the PGA of America raised its stake to 50% and announced that the event would return to Valhalla in 2000 . At its conclusion, the PGA of America exercised an option to purchase

48-475: A 486-acre (2.0 km) property on Shelbyville Road ( US 60 ) in the eastern portion of Louisville just outside the Gene Snyder Freeway ( I-265 ). It was envisioned by local business leader Dwight Gahm (pronounced "game") and his three sons in 1981, and opened five years later. Mark Brooks won the 1996 PGA Championship in a playoff, winning his only major with a birdie on the first extra hole,

72-449: A point. After all matches are complete, the team with more points wins or retains the Cup. Any ties are broken in favor of the defending champion team. In addition to the indicated number of players, each team includes one captain and a set number of assistant captains (three as of 2015), none of whom play in the matches. The U.S. team is selected by a points system, with American players on

96-477: A three stroke lead at 134 (−10). 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). Source: Sunday, August 11, 1996 Native sons of Kentucky had different results on Sunday as Cochran shot 77 (+5) in

120-621: Is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States . It is named after the Norwegian - American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim , who was a driving force behind its creation. The inaugural Cup was held in 1990, and the event was first staged in even numbered years until 2002, alternating years with the Ryder Cup (the equivalent men's event). As part of

144-463: Is played over three days. Since 2002, there have been 28 matches—eight foursomes and eight four-balls played on days 1 and 2, and 12 singles on the final day. This format is also used in the Ryder Cup . Before 1996, and also in 2000, the Solheim Cup used a similar, but abbreviated format. One point is awarded to the team that wins each match; in the event of a tie, both teams score half

168-541: The 2024 PGA Championship 38°14′31″N 85°28′19″W  /  38.242°N 85.472°W  / 38.242; -85.472 1996 PGA Championship 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

192-687: The LPGA Tour to be selected to ensure that the European team was competitive. Since 2007, only the top five players from the LET qualify and another four are selected on the basis of the Women's World Golf Rankings . This reflects the increasing dominance of the LPGA Tour, where almost all top European players spend most of their time. In addition, each team has a number of "captain's picks", players chosen at

216-606: The LPGA Tour receiving points for each top-twenty finish on tour. Through the 2013 event, U.S. citizens born outside the country were ineligible for consideration; beginning in 2015, eligibility for Team USA was expanded to include many more categories of (female) U.S. citizens. For the European team, up to 2005, seven players were selected on a points system based on results on the Ladies European Tour (LET). This allowed top European players who competed mainly on

240-685: 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. Source: 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. Friday, August 9, 1996 Phil Mickelson , age 26, played 24 holes on Friday and carded consecutive rounds of 67 to take

264-583: The PGA Championship was preceded by the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and the 2000 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews and then followed by the 2001 Masters at Augusta National .) Valhalla hosted its third PGA Championship in 2014, when Rory McIlroy beat Phil Mickelson also by one stroke. Beforehand, the course had undergone a major "modernization" after it hosted the Senior PGA Championship in 2011, which included

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288-633: The PGA of America announced that the Senior PGA Championship and the PGA Championship would return to Valhalla in 2011 and 2014, respectively. In November 2017, the PGA of America announced that the PGA Championship would return to Valhalla in 2024 . On June 1, 2022, the club and the PGA of America jointly announced that the club had been sold to a group of club members led by Jimmy Kirchdorfer, CEO of locally based piping supplier ISCO Industries. Other group members include former Yum! Brands CEO David Novak , businessman and former NBA player Junior Bridgeman , and hotelier Chester Musselman. The course sits on

312-458: The cup eleven times, compared with eight for Europe. The current holders are the US, who regained the cup with a 15.5–12.5 win in 2024. The trophy is a cut-glass Irish Waterford Crystal, designed in 1990 by one of Waterford's top designers, Billy Briggs. Weight: about 20 pounds. Height: 19 inches, including the mahogany base. Diameter of wooden base: 8 inches. Diameter at top: 4 inches. The tournament

336-477: The discretion of the team captains, regardless of their point standings, though in practice the captain's picks are often the next ranking players. Team captains are typically recently retired professional golfers with Solheim Cup playing experience, chosen for their experience playing on previous Cup teams and for their ability to lead a team. In the 19 competitions through 2024, the United States leads

360-429: 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-foot (3 m) birdie putt to join

384-512: The general reshuffling of team golf events after the one-year postponement of the 2001 Ryder Cup following the September 11 attacks , the Solheim Cup switched to odd numbered years beginning in 2003. Another reshuffle of team golf events took place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Solheim Cup will return to even numbered years from 2024 onwards. The United States teams have won

408-482: The par-5 18th. Franklin native Kenny Perry was the runner-up in the event's final sudden-death playoff. Four years later, the 2000 PGA Championship also went to a playoff; Tiger Woods won by one stroke over Bob May in the revised three-hole format. Woods had a 3-4-5=12 to May's 4-4-5=13 on the course's final three holes. It was Woods' second consecutive PGA Championship, his fifth major title and his third of his eventual "Tiger Slam" of four consecutive major titles –

432-431: 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. Source: Final round Source: 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. Brooks reached the green in two and birdied while Perry's tee shot again found

456-530: The rebuilding of all 18 greens. In addition, Valhalla hosted the Ryder Cup in 2008 , with the United States defeating Europe 16½ to 11½ for the first U.S. win since their comeback victory in 1999 at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts . Perry and another native Kentuckian— J. B. Holmes of Campbellsville , who made the team as one of American captain Paul Azinger 's four picks—were part of

480-626: The remaining interest in the club. Later that year, it announced that the Ryder Cup would be held at Valhalla in 2008 . Valhalla also hosted the PGA Club Professional Championship in 2002 and the Senior PGA Championship in 2004. The PGA Championship was originally scheduled to be played at Valhalla in 2004 , but the PGA of America switched it to Whistling Straits in Wisconsin . In 2009,

504-415: The rough on the left and his fourth was a chip that did not reach the green, 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). Source: 38°14′31″N 85°28′19″W  /  38.242°N 85.472°W  / 38.242; -85.472 Solheim Cup The Solheim Cup

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528-511: The series 11–7–1 with Europe retaining as holders when the teams tied in 2023. Bernardus Golf has previously hosted three editions (2021, 2022, 2023) of the men's European Tour 's Dutch Open and will be the Netherlands' first Solheim Cup or Ryder Cup venue. Valhalla Golf Club has hosted the men's PGA Championship four times in 1996 , 2000 , 2014 and 2024 as well as the Senior PGA Championship twice in 2004 and 2011. Despite being

552-558: The victorious Team USA and accounted for a combined five points. The club hosted the 2024 PGA Championship , marking the fourth and final time as host site for that major. Later that year, it was announced as the venue for the 2028 Solheim Cup , making it just the fourth course after The Greenbrier , Muirfield Village and the Gleneagles Hotel 's PGA Centenary to host both the Ryder and Solheim Cups. Victory Course setup for

576-633: 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

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