1990 Players Championship Explained

1990 Players Championship
Dates:March 15–18, 1990
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Yardage:[1]
Field:144 players, 73 after cut
Cut:146 (+2)
Purse:$1.5 million
Winners Share:$270,000
Champion: Jodie Mudd
Score:278 (−10)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:1989
Next:1991

The 1990 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the seventeenth Players Championship.

Jodie Mudd won the title at 278 (−10), one stroke ahead of runner-up Mark Calcavecchia.[2] [3] [4]

Defending champion Tom Kite finished seven strokes back, in a tie for fifth place.

Venue

See main article: TPC at Sawgrass. This was the ninth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course. The Stadium Course was lengthened this year to,[1] an increase of .

Field

John Adams, Fulton Allem, Michael Allen, Billy Andrade, Isao Aoki, Tommy Armour III, Paul Azinger, Ian Baker-Finch, Dave Barr, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Jim Booros, Bill Britton, Mark Brooks, Billy Ray Brown, Brad Bryant, George Burns, Clark Burroughs, Bill Buttner, Curt Byrum, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Jim Carter, Russ Cochran, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Jay Delsing, Clark Dennis, Mike Donald, Bob Eastwood, David Edwards, Joel Edwards, Dave Eichelberger, Steve Elkington, Bob Estes, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Ed Fiori, Raymond Floyd, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Buddy Gardner, Bob Gilder, Bill Glasson, Wayne Grady, David Graham, Hubert Green, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Gary Hallberg, Jim Hallet, Donnie Hammond, Webb Heintzelman, Lon Hinkle, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Inman, Hale Irwin, Peter Jacobsen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Kenny Knox, Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke, Bob Lohr, Davis Love III, Mark Lye, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, John Mahaffey, Roger Maltbie, Billy Mayfair, Mark McCumber, Pat McGowan, Rocco Mediate, Larry Mize, Gil Morgan, Jodie Mudd, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Andy North, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Masashi Ozaki, Craig Parry, Jerry Pate, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Calvin Peete, David Peoples, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Peter Persons, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Larry Rinker, Loren Roberts, Clarence Rose, Dave Rummells, Bill Sander, Gene Sauers, Ted Schulz, Don Shirey Jr., Tom Sieckmann, Tony Sills, Scott Simpson, Tim Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Jeff Sluman, J. C. Snead, Craig Stadler, Payne Stewart, Ray Stewart, Curtis Strange, Mike Sullivan, Hal Sutton, Lance Ten Broeck, Brian Tennyson, Doug Tewell, Leonard Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Greg Twiggs, Howard Twitty, Stan Utley, Bobby Wadkins, Lanny Wadkins, Duffy Waldorf, Denis Watson, Tom Watson, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, Robert Wrenn, Fuzzy Zoeller, Richard Zokol

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 15, 1990

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 67 −5
T3 68 −4
T5 Clark Burroughs 69 −3
Source:[5]

Second round

Friday, March 16, 1990

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 70-68=138 −6
T2 72-67=139 −5
67-72=139
T4 Clark Burroughs 69-71=140 −4
71-69=140
T6 73-68=141 −3
68-73=141
74-67=141
73-68=141
69-72=141
Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, March 17, 1990
Sunday, March 18, 1990

Due to weather delays, Mudd completed the last fourteen holes of his third round on Sunday morning.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-72-70=209 −7
T2 67-75-68=210 −6
71-69-70=210
T4 Clark Burroughs 69-71-72=212 −4
70-68-74=212
72-70-70=212
T7 73-68-72=213 −2
71-73-69=213
T9 73-72-69=214 −2
71-73-70=214
Source:[7]

Final round

Sunday, March 18, 1990

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Jodie Mudd 67-72-70-69=278 −10 270,000
2 67-75-68-69=279 −9 162,000
T3 75-71-69-69=284 −4 87,000
71-73-69-71=284
T5 73-72-69-71=285 −3 52,687
71-69-70-75=285
70-68-74-73=285
Tom Kite (c) 72-70-70-73=285
T9 73-68-72-73=286 −2 42,000
Mark McCumber (c) 73-72-73-68=286
[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: The Players Championship . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . (Florida). Associated Press . March 19, 1990 . 2C.
  2. News: Mudd wins the Players, so Calcavecchia must be 2nd . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press . March 19, 1990 . 2B.
  3. News: Mudd edges charging Calcavecchia in TPC . Chicago Tribune . wire services . March 19, 1990 . 7, sec. 3.
  4. News: His name is Mudd . Sports Illustrated . Reilly . Rick . Rick Reilly . March 26, 1990 . 34.
  5. News: Golf: Players Championship . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . March 16, 1990 . 6C.
  6. News: At 44, Irwin meets the challenge . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times) . Florence . Mal . March 17, 1990 . 8D .
  7. News: Rain delays PGA tourney . Tuscaloosa News . (Alabama) . Associated Press . March 18, 1990 . 10C.
  8. Web site: Past Results 1974 – present . PGA Tour . March 1, 2020 . September 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html . dead .

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