Golf Network News
Sunday 11 August 1996Men’s majorsYear in Review
Brooks wins PGA Championship
Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 August 1996 · purse $2,400,000 · winner's share $430,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/22°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 29 · 14.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/17°C · wind 11 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/19°C · wind 11 km/h E, gusts 24 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 82 (cut at 145) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Kenny Perry
The golfer
b. 1961-03-25, Fort Worth, Texas, USA; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet