| Club information | |
|---|---|
  Location in the United States | |
| Location | 15503 Shelbyville Road, Louisville, Kentucky |
| Elevation | 620 feet (190 m) |
| Established | 1986 |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Valhalla Golf Partners, LLC[1] |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Events hosted | PGA Championship (1996, 2000, 2014, 2024) Ryder Cup (2008) Senior PGA Championship (2004, 2011) |
| Website | valhallagolfclub.com |
| Designed by | Jack Nicklaus |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,458 yards (6,820 m)[2] |
| Course rating | 76.4 |
| Slope rating | 148 [3] |
| Course record | 62: Xander Schauffele & Shane Lowry (2024) |
Valhalla Golf Club, located in Louisville, Kentucky, is a private golf club designed by Jack Nicklaus, opened in 1986.
In 1992, Valhalla was selected to host the 1996 edition of the PGA Championship, 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.[4]
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.[5]
On June 1, 2022, the club and the PGA of America jointly announced that the club had been sold to a group of club members led by Jimmy Kirchdorfer, CEO of locally based piping supplier ISCO Industries. Other group members include former Yum! Brands CEO David Novak, businessman and former NBA player Junior Bridgeman, and hotelier Chester Musselman.[1]
The course sits on a 486-acre (2.0 km2) 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.
- ^ a b "PGA of America Sells Valhalla Golf Club to a Local Group of Club Members" (PDF) (Press release). PGA of America. June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ^ "Course tour". Valhalla Golf Club. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database: Valhalla Golf Club". USGA. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- ^ "Lexington Herald Leader: Search Results".
- ^ "2024 PGA Championship, 2018 Boys Junior PGA Championship to be contested at Valhalla Golf Club".