Valhalla creates big PGA Championship moments. Does that make it a great golf course?
New York TimesLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Here’s the thing about Valhalla Golf Club: No one really knows how to talk about it. Goliath won that time.” Jack Nicklaus, left, and Tiger Woods played together at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla. Team win at the Ryder Cup.” We can’t call Valhalla an iconic golf course, but we can confidently say it elicits iconic moments. “I think when you give all of us very similar places to play from, you have the opportunity for more bunched leaderboards or you don’t get maybe as much of a situation like last week.” Such an attribute might not make Valhalla one of the greats in major championship venue history, but it should make the 2024 PGA a compelling viewing experience, especially as Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and defending champion Brooks Koepka enter the week all coming off wins in their last tournaments.
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