1990 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 33°26′17″N 86°36′43″W / 33.438°N 86.612°W / 33.438; -86.612
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1990 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 9–12, 1990
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
33°26′17″N 86°36′43″W / 33.438°N 86.612°W / 33.438; -86.612
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)
Location Map
1990 PGA Championship is located in the United States
1990 PGA Championship
Location in the United States
1990 PGA Championship is located in Alabama
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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]

Controversy[edit]

Leading up to the tournament, Shoal Creek founder Hall Thompson doubled down on the club's policy of excluding African-Americans from membership. Various groups threatened to protest the event and sponsors pulled out, and the PGA considered moving the tournament away from Shoal Creek. In the end, a local African-American executive accepted an invitation to become an honorary member and the tournament was held as planned.[6]

Venue[edit]

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[edit]

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:[7][8]

Previous course lengths for major championships

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

Thursday, August 9, 1990

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Bobby Wadkins 68 −4
T2 United States Fred Couples 69 −3
United States Mark O'Meara
T4 United States Billy Mayfair 70 −2
United States Scott Verplank
T6 United States Chip Beck 71 −1
England Nick Faldo
United States 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

Second round[edit]

Friday, August 10, 1990

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

Third round[edit]

Saturday, August 11, 1990

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

Final round[edit]

Sunday, August 12, 1990

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Australia Wayne Grady 72-67-72-71=282 −6 225,000
2 United States Fred Couples 69-71-73-72=285 −3 135,000
3 United States Gil Morgan 77-72-65-72=286 −2 90,000
4 United States Bill Britton 72-74-72-71=289 +1 73,500
T5 United States Chip Beck 71-70-78-71=290 +2 51,667
United States Billy Mayfair 70-71-75-74=290
United States Loren Roberts 73-71-70-76=290
T8 Zimbabwe Mark McNulty 74-72-75-71=292 +4 34,375
United States Don Pooley 75-74-71-72=292
United States Tim Simpson 71-73-75-73=292
United States Payne Stewart 71-72-70-79=292
Source:[3][9]

Scorecard[edit]

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

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+
Source:[10]

References[edit]

  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. ^ Diaz, Jaime (August 1, 1990). "Shoal Creek Club Agrees To Begin Admitting Blacks". The New York Times. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  7. ^ "Scoreboard, Golf: PGA Hole-by-hole". Tuscaloosa News. August 8, 1990. p. 2B.
  8. ^ "Scoreboard, Golf: PGA Par and Yardage". Tuscaloosa News. August 9, 1990. p. 2C.
  9. ^ "1990 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  10. ^ "PGA Leaderboard". Tuscaloosa News. (photo). August 13, 1990. p. 4B.

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