Valhalla Golf Club
Valhalla Golf Club: Jack Nicklaus (1986). Par 72, 7,675 yards. Xander Schauffele won the 2024 PGA Championship here with 263 (−21).
Valhalla Golf Club: Jack Nicklaus (1986). Par 72, 7,675 yards. Xander Schauffele won the 2024 PGA Championship here with 263 (−21).
Valhalla Golf Club: Jack Nicklaus (1986). Par 72, 7,675 yards. Xander Schauffele won the 2024 PGA Championship here with 263 (−21).
Updated October 24, 2026
7 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
PGA of America
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Xander Schauffele | 263 (−21) | lowest winning score in this event · by 1 stroke |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy | 268 (−16) | by 1 stroke |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | 270 (−18) | won in a playoff |
| 1996 | Mark Brooks | 277 (−11) | won in a playoff |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | United States | 16.5-11.5 | Ryder Cup Europe / PGA of America |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tom Watson | 278 (−10) | won in a playoff · PGA of America (senior major) |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Hale Irwin | 276 (−8) | by 1 stroke · PGA of America (senior major) |
Valhalla is where Tiger Woods held off Bob May in a three-hole playoff at the 2000 PGA Championship, and where the U.S. won back the Ryder Cup in 2008.
Source: Valhalla Golf Club - Golf
The PGA of America bought 25% of Valhalla in 1993, then 50% after the 1996 PGA, then the rest; it sold the club to a local group of members in 2022.
Source: Wikipedia: Valhalla Golf Club
Valhalla names its holes after Kentucky themes, such as No. 2 "Winning Colors" and No. 3 "Honest Abe" for Kentucky's only president.
Source: Valhalla Golf Club - Golf
Floyd's Fork meanders through the front nine, running down the left of the 2nd and sweeping around the right of the par-3 3rd green.
Source: Valhalla Golf Club - Golf
The par-5 7th has a split fairway: the left route cuts more than 50 yards off the hole but lands on a 26-yard-wide island fairway, leaving a 210-230-yard carry over water.
Source: Valhalla Golf Club - Golf
The par-5 18th has a green with three distinct putting areas shaped like a horseshoe, a nod to Kentucky's equine heritage.
Source: Valhalla Golf Club - Golf
The Audubon-certified course sets aside 256 acres as wildlife sanctuary, and the property shows off exposed natural limestone and horse fencing along Bluegrass Way.
Source: Valhalla Golf Club - Golf · Valhalla Golf Club - About Us
Jack Nicklaus
All 18 greens rebuilt after the 2011 Senior PGA Championship
Source: GCSAA Tournament Fact Sheet: PGA Championship 2024 · Wikipedia: Valhalla Golf Club (cross-check)
Tees and fairways converted from bentgrass to zoysiagrass; new tees on Nos. 1, 12, 14 and 18
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | PGA Championship 16–19 May 2024 | Xander Schauffele | both |
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