1990 PGA Championship

1990 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 9–12, 1990
Location	Birmingham, Alabama; 33°26′17″N 86°36′43″W / 33.438°N 86.612°WCoordinates: 33°26′17″N 86°36′43″W / 33.438°N 86.612°W
Course(s)	Shoal Creek Golf; and Country Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,145 yards (6,533 m)
Field	152 players, 74 after cut
Cut	151 (+7)
Prize fund	$1.35 million
Winner's share	$225,000
Champion
	Wayne Grady
	282 (−6)
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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[]

This was the second PGA Championship at Shoal Creek, which hosted six years earlier in 1984. Opened in 1977, the course was designed by Jack Nicklaus; it was the venue for the Regions Tradition, a senior major championship, from 2011 through 2015, and the U.S. Women's Open in 2018.

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

7,145 yards (6,533 m) – par 72, 1984 PGA Championship

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
T2	Mark O'Meara	United States	69	−3
T4	Billy Mayfair	United States	70	−2
T4	Scott Verplank	United States	70	−2
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
T2	Larry Mize	United States	72-68=140	−4
T4	Chip Beck	United States	71-70=141	−3
T4	Billy Mayfair	United States	70-71=141	−3
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
T2	Payne Stewart	United States	71-72-70=213	−3
T4	Gil Morgan	United States	77-72-65=214	−2
T4	Loren Roberts	United States	73-71-70=214	−2
T6	Billy Mayfair	United States	70-71-75=216	E
T6	Larry Mize	United States	72-68-76=216	E
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[]

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
Grady	−6	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Couples	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−6	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3
Morgan	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2
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

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+

Source:^[9]

References[]

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

External links[]

About.com: 1990 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1990 PGA Championship
Yahoo! Sports: 1990 PGA Championship leaderboard

Preceded by 1990 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1991 Masters

[pgamedia90-1] "Tournament Info for: 1990 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.

[siag90-2] Garrity, John (August 20, 1990). "Grade A". Sports Illustrated. p. 20.

[erg90pgard4-3] Jenkins, Sally (August 13, 1990). "Grady staggers home in PGA with a victory". Eugene Register-Guard. (Washington Post). p. 1C.

[agwpwarl-4] Parascenzo, Marino (August 13, 1990). "Aussie Grady wins PGA, sheds also-ran label". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 15.

[sponexmc-5] Parascenzo, Marino (August 13, 1990). "Sponsors' exits may cost ABC $2 million". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 21.

[scgohbh-6] "Scoreboard, Golf: PGA Hole-by-hole". Tuscaloosa News. August 8, 1990. p. 2B.

[scgoprayrd-7] "Scoreboard, Golf: PGA Par and Yardage". Tuscaloosa News. August 9, 1990. p. 2C.

[dbg90pga-8] "1990 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.

[pgaldrb-9] "PGA Leaderboard". Tuscaloosa News. (photo). August 13, 1990. p. 4B.

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