1996 PGA Championship 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 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. "Thursday, August 8, 1996"<br> "Friday, August 9, 1996" Kenny Perry shot a first round 66 (−6) to take the lead,
1927 PGA Championship and the southern-most venues had been Indiana for the PGA Championship in 1924 and Maryland for the U.S. Open in 1921. Two years later in 1929, the PGA Championship was played in Los Angeles, California. The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1927 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days: "Saturday, November 5, 1927" 1927 PGA Championship The 1927 PGA Championship was the 10th PGA Championship, held October 31 to November 5 in Texas at Cedar Crest Country Club in Dallas. Then a match play championship, Walter Hagen defeated Joe Turnesa 1 up in the finals