1996 PGA Championship

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963, 1971, 1973 1975, 1980	77	69	146	+2
John Daly	United States	1991	72	74	146	+2
Bob Tway	United States	1986	75	73	148	+4
Lanny Wadkins	United States	1977	75	77	152	+8
Hal Sutton	United States	1983	73	81	154	+10
Hubert Green	United States	1985	79	77	156	+12

Source:[7]

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.[8]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Kenny Perry	United States	66	−6
T2	Steve Elkington	Australia	67	−5
	Phil Mickelson	United States
T4	Mark Brooks	United States	68	−4
	Russ Cochran	United States
	Joel Edwards	United States
	Lee Janzen	United States
	Greg Norman	Australia
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe
	Ian Woosnam	Wales

Friday, August 9, 1996

Phil Mickelson, age 26, played 24 holes on Friday and carded consecutive rounds of 67 to take a three stroke lead at 134 (−10).[9][10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-67=134	−10
2	Justin Leonard	United States	71-66=137	−7
T3	Mark Brooks	United States	68-70=138	−6
	Kenny Perry	United States	66-72=138
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69=138
T6	Lee Janzen	United States	68-71=139	−5
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	68-71=139
T8	Mike Brisky	United States	71-69=140	−4
	Russ Cochran	United States	68-72=140
	David Edwards	United States	69-71=140
	Brad Faxon	United States	72-68=140
	Jim Furyk	United States	70-70=140
	Greg Norman	Australia	68-72=140
	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	73-67=140
	Tommy Tolles	United States	69-71=140
	Tom Watson	United States	69-71=140
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	68-72=140

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.[11] Seeking his first major title, Mickelson fell three strokes back after a 74 (+2).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Russ Cochran	United States	68-72-65=205	−11
T2	Mark Brooks	United States	68-70-69=207	−9
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69-69=207
T4	Steve Elkington	Australia	67-74-67=208	−8
	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-67-74=208
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	68-71-69=208
T7	Mike Brisky	United States	71-69-69=209	−7
	Justin Leonard	United States	71-66-72=209
	Greg Norman	Australia	68-72-69=209
	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	73-67-69=209
	Kenny Perry	United States	66-72-71=209

Source:[11]

Sunday, August 11, 1996

Native sons of Kentucky had different results on Sunday as Cochran shot 77 (+5) in 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.[12] The second shot of defending champion Steve Elkington found a greenside bunker; he had a 10-foot (3 m) birdie putt to join the playoff, but could not convert.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Mark Brooks	United States	68-70-69-70=277	−11	Playoff
	Kenny Perry	United States	66-72-71-68=277
T3	Steve Elkington	Australia	67-74-67-70=278	−10	140,000
	Tommy Tolles	United States	69-71-71-67=278
T5	Justin Leonard	United States	71-66-72-70=279	−9	86,667
	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden	73-67-69-70=279
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69-69-72=279
T8	Lee Janzen	United States	68-71-71-70=280	−8	57,500
	Per-Ulrik Johansson	Sweden	73-72-66-69=280
	Phil Mickelson	United States	67-67-74-72=280
	Larry Mize	United States	71-70-69-70=280
	Frank Nobilo	New Zealand	69-72-71-68=280
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	68-71-69-72=280

Source:[1][2][3][7]

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
Brooks	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11
Perry	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11

Source:[13]

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.[12] Brooks reached the green in two and birdied while Perry's tee shot again found the rough on the left and his fourth was a chip that did not reach the green,[14] ending the playoff.[1][2] 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).[3]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Mark Brooks	United States	4	−1	430,000
2	Kenny Perry	United States	x	−	260,000

Source:[1][3]