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1990 PGA Championship

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1990 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 9–12, 1990
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
Course(s)Shoal Creek Golf
and Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,145 yards (6,533 m)
Field152 players, 74 after cut[1]
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$1.35 million
Winner's share$225,000
Champion
Australia Wayne Grady
282 (−6)
← 1989
1991 →
Shoal Creek G & CC is located in the United States
Shoal Creek G & CC
Shoal Creek
G & CC
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Location in the United States

The 1990 PGA Championship was the 72nd PGA Championship, held August 9–12 at Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama. Wayne Grady won his only major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Fred Couples.[2][3][4]

In the final round, Couples led by a stroke after a birdie at the 12th hole, but then had four consecutive bogeys, while Grady shot par for the rest of the round. Defending champion Payne Stewart was in the final pairing with Grady, but was two-over par on the front nine. On the par-5 11th hole, he put his third shot into the water and fell from contention with a triple bogey.[2][4]

Grady became the third Australian-born player to win the PGA Championship, preceded by Jim Ferrier in 1947 and David Graham in 1979. It was Grady's second and final win on the PGA Tour.[4]

Concerns about racial discrimination in the club's membership caused many sponsors to pull their network television advertising, including IBM. This was the final year that ABC carried the broadcast, replaced by CBS in 1991.[5]

Venue

Main article: Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club

This was the second PGA Championship at Shoal Creek, which hosted six years earlier in 1984. The course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1977. It has been the venue for the Regions Tradition, a senior major championship, since 2011.

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 410 417 516 456 190 540 448 173 437 3,587 421 516 451 195 379 405 215 530 446 3,558 7,145
Par 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 36 72

Source:[6][7]

Previous course lengths for major championships

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Payne Stewart  United States 1989 71 72 70 79 292 +4 T8
Jeff Sluman  United States 1988 74 74 73 76 297 +9 T31
John Mahaffey  United States 1978 75 72 76 75 298 +10 T40
Bob Tway  United States 1986 72 76 73 78 299 +11 T45
Raymond Floyd  United States 1969, 1982 72 77 74 77 300 +12 T49
Hal Sutton  United States 1983 72 74 78 76 300 +12 T49
David Graham  Australia 1979 75 75 75 79 304 +16 T66

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Larry Nelson  United States 1981, 1987 77 75 152 +8
Jack Nicklaus  United States 1963, 1971,
1973 1975, 1980		 78 74 152 +8
Lee Trevino  United States 1974, 1984 77 75 152 +8
Hubert Green  United States 1985 74 79 153 +9
Lanny Wadkins  United States 1977 74 81 155 +11
Dave Stockton  United States 1970, 1976 80 77 157 +13

Source:[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 9, 1990

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bobby Wadkins  United States 68 −4
T2 Fred Couples  United States 69 −3
Mark O'Meara  United States
T4 Billy Mayfair  United States 70 −2
Scott Verplank  United States
T6 Chip Beck  United States 71 −1
Nick Faldo  England
Robert Gamez  United States
Mike Hulbert  United States
Steve Pate  United States
Mike Reid  United States
Tim Simpson  United States
Payne Stewart  United States
Brian Tennyson  United States
Stan Utley  United States

Second round

Friday, August 10, 1990

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Wayne Grady  Australia 72-67=139 −5
T2 Fred Couples  United States 69-71=140 −4
Larry Mize  United States 72-68=140
T4 Chip Beck  United States 71-70=141 −3
Billy Mayfair  United States 70-71=141
T6 Payne Stewart  United States 71-72=143 −1
Stan Utley  United States 71-72=143
Bobby Wadkins  United States 68-75=143
Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 72-71=143
T10 Ben Crenshaw  United States 74-70=144 E
John Huston  United States 72-72=144
Davis Love III  United States 72-72=144
Loren Roberts  United States 73-71=144
Tim Simpson  United States 71-73=144

Third round

Saturday, August 11, 1990

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Wayne Grady  Australia 72-67-72=211 −5
T2 Fred Couples  United States 69-71-73=213 −3
Payne Stewart  United States 71-72-70=213
T4 Gil Morgan  United States 77-72-65=214 −2
Loren Roberts  United States 73-71-70=214
T6 Billy Mayfair  United States 70-71-75=216 E
Larry Mize  United States 72-68-76=216
8 Steve Pate  United States 71-75-71=217 +1
9 Bill Britton  United States 72-74-72=218 +2
T10 Chip Beck  United States 71-70-78=219 +3
Bob Boyd  United States 74-74-71=219
David Frost  South Africa 76-74-69=219
Hale Irwin  United States 77-72-70=219
Tim Simpson  United States 71-73-75=219
Brian Tennyson  United States 71-77-71=219
Scott Verplank  United States 70-76-73=219
Ian Woosnam  Wales 74-75-70=219
Fuzzy Zoeller  United States 72-71-76=219

Final round

Sunday, August 12, 1990

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Wayne Grady  Australia 72-67-72-71=282 −6 225,000
2 Fred Couples  United States 69-71-73-72=285 −3 135,000
3 Gil Morgan  United States 77-72-65-72=286 −2 90,000
4 Bill Britton  United States 72-74-72-71=289 +1 73,500
T5 Chip Beck  United States 71-70-78-71=290 +2 51,667
Billy Mayfair  United States 70-71-75-74=290
Loren Roberts  United States 73-71-70-76=290
T8 Mark McNulty  Zimbabwe 74-72-75-71=292 +4 34,375
Don Pooley  United States 75-74-71-72=292
Tim Simpson  United States 71-73-75-73=292
Payne Stewart  United States 71-72-70-79=292

Source:[3][8]

Scorecard

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Final round

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 4
Australia Grady −6 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
United States Couples −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3
United States Morgan −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2
United States Stewart −3 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[9]

References

  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1990 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Garrity, John (August 20, 1990). "Grade A". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.
  3. ^ a b Jenkins, Sally (August 13, 1990). "Grady staggers home in PGA with a victory". Eugene Register-Guard. (Washington Post). p. 1C.
  4. ^ a b c Parascenzo, Marino (August 13, 1990). "Aussie Grady wins PGA, sheds also-ran label". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 15.
  5. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (August 13, 1990). "Sponsors' exits may cost ABC $2 million". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 21.
  6. ^ "Scoreboard, Golf: PGA Hole-by-hole". Tuscaloosa News. August 8, 1990. p. 2B.
  7. ^ "Scoreboard, Golf: PGA Par and Yardage". Tuscaloosa News. August 9, 1990. p. 2C.
  8. ^ a b "1990 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  9. ^ "PGA Leaderboard". Tuscaloosa News. (photo). August 13, 1990. p. 4B.
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