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Description

Valhalla Golf Club
, located east of
Louisville, Kentucky
, is a private golf club designed by
Jack Nicklaus
, opened in 1986.
In 1992, Valhalla was selected to host the
PGA Championship
in the year
1996
, one of golf's four
majors
. The following year (1993), the
PGA of America
purchased a 25% interest in the club. After the championship in 1996, the PGA of America raised its stake to 50% and announced that the event would return to Valhalla in
2000
. At its conclusion, the PGA of America exercised an option to purchase the remaining interest in the club. Later that year, it announced that the
Ryder Cup
would be held at Valhalla in
2008
.
Valhalla also hosted the
PGA Club Professional Championship
in 2002 and the
Senior PGA Championship
in 2004. The PGA Championship was originally scheduled to be played at Valhalla in
2004
, but the PGA of America switched it to
Whistling Straits
in
Wisconsin
.
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In 2009, the PGA of America announced that the Senior PGA Championship and the PGA Championship would return to Valhalla in 2011 and 2014, respectively. in November 2017, the PGA of America announced that the PGA Championship would return to Valhalla in 2024.
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The course sits on a 486-acre (2.0 km
2
) property on Shelbyville Road (
US 60
) in the eastern portion of Louisville just outside the Gene Snyder Freeway (
I-265
) It was envisioned by local business leader Dwight Gahm (pronounced "game") and his three sons in 1981, and opened five years later.