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,
Gleneagles (horse) in the betting market during March 2015 saw him elevated to clear favouritism for the classic. On 2 May Gleneagles, ridden by Ryan Moore, started favourite for the 207th running of the 2000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket. His seventeen opponents included Territories (second favourite after winning the Prix de Fontainebleau), Ol' Man River (Beresford Stakes), Estidhkaar (Champagne Stakes), Ivawood (Richmond Stakes), Kool Kompany (Prix Robert Papin, Craven Stakes) and Home of the Brave (European Free Handicap). The field split into two groups across the wide course, with Gleneagles being restrained by Moore towards the middle of