1990 PGA Tour


The 1990 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Wayne Levi won the most tournaments, four, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1990 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize Notes
Jan 7MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Paul Azinger 272 750,000135,000
Jan 14Northern Telecom Tucson OpenArizona Robert Gamez 270 900,000162,000
Jan 21Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Peter Jacobsen 339 1,000,000180,000
Jan 28Phoenix OpenArizona Tommy Armour III 267 900,000162,000
Feb 4AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Mark O'Meara 281 1,000,000180,000
Feb 11Hawaiian OpenHawaii David Ishii 279 1,000,000180,000
Feb 18Shearson Lehman Hutton OpenCalifornia Dan Forsman 275 900,000162,000
Feb 25Nissan Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Fred Couples 266 1,000,000180,000
Mar 4Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Greg Norman 273 1,400,000252,000
Mar 11Honda ClassicFlorida John Huston 282 1,000,000180,000
Mar 18The Players ChampionshipFlorida Jodie Mudd 278 1,500,000270,000
Mar 25Nestle InvitationalFlorida Robert Gamez 274 900,000162,000
Apr 1Independent Insurance Agent OpenTexas Tony Sills 204 1,000,000180,000
Apr 8Masters TournamentGeorgia Nick Faldo 278 1,250,000225,000
Apr 8Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Gene Sauers268 300,00054,000Satellite event
Apr 15MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Payne Stewart 276 1,000,000180,000
Apr 22KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Steve Elkington 282 1,250,000225,000
Apr 29USF&G ClassicLouisiana David Frost 276 1,000,000180,000
May 6GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Payne Stewart 202 1,000,000180,000
May 13Memorial TournamentOhio Greg Norman 216 1,000,000180,000
May 20Southwestern Bell ColonialTexas Ben Crenshaw 272 1,000,000180,000
May 27BellSouth Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Wayne Levi 275 1,000,000180,000
Jun 3Kemper OpenMaryland Gil Morgan 274 1,000,000180,000
Jun 10Centel Western OpenIllinois Wayne Levi 275 1,000,000180,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenIllinois Hale Irwin 280 1,200,000220,000
Jun 24Buick ClassicNew York Hale Irwin 269 1,000,000180,000
Jul 1Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Wayne Levi 267 1,000,000180,000
Jul 8Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Lanny Wadkins 266 1,000,000180,000
Jul 15Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Morris Hatalsky 275 900,000162,000
Jul 22British OpenScotland Nick Faldo 270 825,000153,850
Jul 29Buick OpenMichigan Chip Beck 272 1,000,000180,000
Aug 5Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Tom Kite 269 1,000,000180,000
Aug 12PGA ChampionshipAlabama Wayne Grady 282 1,350,000225,000
Aug 19The InternationalColorado Davis Love III 14 1,000,000180,000
Aug 26NEC World Series of GolfOhio José María Olazábal 262 1,100,000198,000
Aug 26Chattanooga ClassicTennessee Peter Persons 260 600,000108,000Alternate event
Sep 1Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Jim Gallagher, Jr. 271 900,000162,000
Sep 9Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Joey Sindelar 268 1,000,000180,000
Sep 16Canadian OpenCanada Wayne Levi 278 1,000,000180,000
Sep 23B.C. OpenNew York Nolan Henke 268 700,000126,000
Sep 30Buick Southern OpenGeorgia Kenny Knox 265 600,000108,000
Oct 7H.E.B. Texas OpenTexas Mark O'Meara 261 800,000144,000
Oct 14Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Bob Tway 334 1,300,000234,000
Oct 20Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Tim Simpson 264 1,000,000180,000
Oct 28Nabisco ChampionshipTexas Jodie Mudd 273 2,500,000450,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Greg Norman69.10
2Larry Mize69.49
3Tim Simpson69.73
4Hale Irwin69.76
5Paul Azinger69.88

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Greg Norman1,165,477172
2Wayne Levi1,024,647234
3Payne Stewart976,281262
4Paul Azinger944,731261
5Jodie Mudd911,746232

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Tom Kite6,258,89314
2Tom Watson5,374,23237
3Curtis Strange5,292,89217
4Jack Nicklaus5,170,46573
5Lanny Wadkins4,614,38119

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Awards