1990 PGA Championship


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.
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.
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.
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.

Venue

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

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Previous course lengths for major championships

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 9, 1990
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Wadkins68−4
T2Fred Couples69−3
T2Mark O'Meara69−3
T4Billy Mayfair70−2
T4Scott Verplank70−2
T6Chip Beck71−1
T6Nick Faldo71−1
T6Robert Gamez71−1
T6Mike Hulbert71−1
T6Steve Pate71−1
T6Mike Reid71−1
T6Tim Simpson71−1
T6Payne Stewart71−1
T6Brian Tennyson71−1
T6Stan Utley71−1

Second round

Friday, August 10, 1990
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Wayne Grady72-67=139−5
T2Fred Couples69-71=140−4
T2Larry Mize72-68=140−4
T4Chip Beck71-70=141−3
T4Billy Mayfair70-71=141−3
T6Payne Stewart71-72=143−1
T6Stan Utley71-72=143−1
T6Bobby Wadkins68-75=143−1
T6Fuzzy Zoeller72-71=143−1
T10Ben Crenshaw74-70=144E
T10John Huston72-72=144E
T10Davis Love III72-72=144E
T10Loren Roberts73-71=144E
T10Tim Simpson71-73=144E

Third round

Saturday, August 11, 1990
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Wayne Grady72-67-72=211−5
T2Fred Couples69-71-73=213−3
T2Payne Stewart71-72-70=213−3
T4Gil Morgan77-72-65=214−2
T4Loren Roberts73-71-70=214−2
T6Billy Mayfair70-71-75=216E
T6Larry Mize72-68-76=216E
8Steve Pate71-75-71=217+1
9Bill Britton72-74-72=218+2
T10Chip Beck71-70-78=219+3
T10Bob Boyd74-74-71=219+3
T10David Frost76-74-69=219+3
T10Hale Irwin77-72-70=219+3
T10Tim Simpson71-73-75=219+3
T10Brian Tennyson71-77-71=219+3
T10Scott Verplank70-76-73=219+3
T10Ian Woosnam74-75-70=219+3
T10Fuzzy Zoeller72-71-76=219+3

Final round

Sunday, August 12, 1990
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Wayne Grady72-67-72-71=282−6225,000
2Fred Couples69-71-73-72=285−3135,000
3Gil Morgan77-72-65-72=286−290,000
4Bill Britton72-74-72-71=289+173,500
T5Chip Beck71-70-78-71=290+251,667
T5Billy Mayfair70-71-75-74=290+251,667
T5Loren Roberts73-71-70-76=290+251,667
T8Mark McNulty74-72-75-71=292+434,375
T8Don Pooley75-74-71-72=292+434,375
T8Tim Simpson71-73-75-73=292+434,375
T8Payne Stewart71-72-70-79=292+434,375

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par445435434454344354
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
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