1990 Players Championship

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The 1990 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 15–18 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

This was the ninth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course. The Stadium Course was lengthened this year to 6,896 yards (6,306 m),^[1] an increase of 39 yards (36 m).

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Mark Calcavecchia	67	−5
T1	Jodie Mudd	67	−5
T3	David Edwards	68	−4
T3	David Graham	68	−4
T5	Clark Burroughs	69	−3
	Fred Couples
	Bob Eastwood
	Robert Gamez
	David Ogrin
	Steve Pate
	Peter Persons
	Nick Price
	Duffy Waldorf
	Tom Watson

Source:^[5]

Second round

Friday, March 16, 1990

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hale Irwin	70-68=138	−6
T2	Rocco Mediate	72-67=139	−5
T2	Jodie Mudd	67-72=139	−5
T4	Clark Burroughs	69-71=140	−4
T4	Ken Green	71-69=140	−4
T6	Andy Bean	73-68=141	−3
	David Edwards	68-73=141
	Peter Jacobsen	74-67=141
	Davis Love III	73-68=141
	Tom Watson	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.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jodie Mudd	67-72-70=209	−7
T2	Mark Calcavecchia	67-75-68=210	−6
T2	Ken Green	71-69-70=210	−6
T4	Clark Burroughs	69-71-72=212	−4
	Hale Irwin	70-68-74=212
	Tom Kite	72-70-70=212
T7	Andy Bean	73-68-72=213	−2
T7	Tom Purtzer	71-73-69=213	−2
T9	Billy Ray Brown	73-72-69=214	−2
T9	Gene Sauers	71-73-70=214	−2

Source:^[7]

Final round

Sunday, March 18, 1990

Champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jodie Mudd	67-72-70-69=278	−10	270,000
2	Mark Calcavecchia	67-75-68-69=279	−9	162,000
T3	Steve Jones	75-71-69-69=284	−4	87,000
T3	Tom Purtzer	71-73-69-71=284	−4	87,000
T5	Billy Ray Brown	73-72-69-71=285	−3	52,687
	Ken Green	71-69-70-75=285
	Hale Irwin	70-68-74-73=285
	Tom Kite (c)	72-70-70-73=285
T9	Andy Bean	73-68-72-73=286	−2	42,000
T9	Mark McCumber (c)	73-72-73-68=286	−2	42,000

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Fulton Allem	73-70-74-71=288	E	31,800
	Bruce Lietzke	75-70-70-73=288
	Rocco Mediate	72-67-76-73=288
	Steve Pate	69-76-71-72=288
	Payne Stewart	71-73-71-73=288
T16	Clark Burroughs	69-71-72-77=289	+1	20,362
	Steve Elkington	71-72-74-72=289
	Larry Nelson	71-73-74-71=289
	Greg Norman	71-76-74-68=289
	David Ogrin	69-74-73-73=289
	Chris Perry	73-74-72-70=289
	Nick Price	69-75-77-68=289
	Curtis Strange	72-71-73-73=289
T24	Jim Booros	70-74-73-73=290	+2	12,450
	Bill Glasson	71-73-72-74=290
	David Graham	68-75-74-73=290
	Kenny Knox	73-73-75-69=290
	Davis Love III	73-68-74-75=290
T29	Mike Donald	76-71-72-72=291	+3	9,332
	Jim Gallagher Jr.	76-71-72-72=291
	Wayne Grady	72-72-74-73=291
	Peter Jacobsen	74-67-75-75=291
	Peter Persons	69-76-71-75=291
	Gene Sauers	71-73-70-77=291
	Tony Sills	72-74-76-69=291
T36	Dave Barr	71-75-73-73=292	+4	6,307
	Mark Brooks	70-75-73-74=292
	David Edwards	68-73-75-76=292
	Dan Forsman	72-71-74-75=292
	Jim Hallet	72-72-76-72=292
	Andrew Magee	74-71-73-74=292
	Kirk Triplett	72-74-74-72=292
	Bobby Wadkins	77-70-72-73=292
	Tom Watson	69-72-81-70=292
	D. A. Weibring	72-72-73-75=292
T46	Ian Baker-Finch	73-72-75-73=293	+5	3,855
	Robert Gamez	69-74-79-71=293
	Hubert Green	72-74-75-72=293
	Calvin Peete (c)	73-72-72-76=293
	Mike Reid	71-72-77-73=293
	Loren Roberts	71-73-75-74=293
	Joey Sindelar	74-73-74-72=293
	J. C. Snead	73-72-76-72=293
	Mike Sullivan	73-74-73-73=293
	Robert Wrenn	71-75-74-73=293
T56	Bob Gilder	71-75-75-73=294	+6	3,375
	Kenny Perry	72-73-76-73=294
	Bill Sander	71-75-77-71=294
	Richard Zokol	74-72-73-75=294
60	Joel Edwards	72-74-73-76=295	+7	3,300
T61	Buddy Gardner	73-73-76-74=296	+8	3,210
	Mike Hulbert	71-76-80-69=296
	Craig Parry	74-71-70-81=296
	Craig Stadler	70-73-81-72=296
	Duffy Waldorf	69-77-79-71=296
T66	Chip Beck	73-72-78-74=297	+9	3,105
T66	Ed Fiori	74-71-78-74=297	+9	3,105
T68	Bob Lohr	74-69-74-81=298	+10	3,045
T68	David Peoples	72-75-76-75=298	+10	3,045
T70	Bob Estes	74-72-76-77=299	+11	2,970
	Brad Faxon	73-70-77-79=299
	Mark Lye	71-76-80-72=299
CUT	Tommy Armour III	72-76=148	+4
	Bob Eastwood	69-79=148
	Rick Fehr	71-77=148
	David Frost	71-77=148
	Donnie Hammond	76-72=148
	Webb Heintzelman	73-75=148
	Gil Morgan	74-74=148
	Masashi Ozaki	72-76=148
	Don Shirey Jr.	73-75=148
	Tim Simpson	72-76=148
	Paul Azinger	72-77=149	+5
	Brad Bryant	71-78=149
	Curt Byrum	76-73=149
	Ben Crenshaw	74-75=149
	Billy Mayfair	75-74=149
	Larry Rinker	72-77=149
	Dave Rummells	75-74=149
	Ray Stewart	72-77=149
	Bob Tway	71-78=149
	Jay Don Blake	74-76=150	+6
	Jim Carter	74-76=150
	Fred Couples (c)	69-81=150
	Sandy Lyle (c)	74-76=150
	John Mahaffey (c)	74-76=150
	Larry Mize	74-76=150
	Andy North	76-74=150
	Ted Schulz	71-79=150
	Brian Tennyson	76-74=150
	Stan Utley	76-74=150
	Billy Andrade	74-77=151	+7
	Ronnie Black	75-76=151
	Bill Britton	77-74=151
	Russ Cochran	74-77=151
	Dave Eichelberger	76-75=151
	Jay Haas	72-79=151
	Pat McGowan	77-74=151
	Don Pooley	75-76=151
	Lance Ten Broeck	72-79=151
	Howard Twitty	79-72=151
	Gary Hallberg	74-78=152	+8
	Jerry Pate (c)	75-77=152
	Tom Sieckmann	72-80=152
	Jeff Sluman	71-81=152
	Hal Sutton (c)	77-75=152
	Michael Allen	77-76=153	+9
	Bill Buttner	77-76=153
	Lon Hinkle	76-77=153
	John Inman	75-78=153
	Jack Nicklaus (c)	75-78=153
	Wayne Levi	77-77=154	+10
	Lanny Wadkins (c)	76-78=154
	Mark Wiebe	76-78=154
	Isao Aoki	75-80=155	+11
	Jay Delsing	80-75=155
	Raymond Floyd (c)	79-76=155
	Corey Pavin	80-75=155
	Clarence Rose	78-77=155
	Leonard Thompson	76-79=155
	Denis Watson	80-75=155
	Clark Dennis	75-81=156	+12
	Scott Simpson	79-77=156	+12
	Fuzzy Zoeller	80-77=157	+13
	Phil Blackmar	71-87=158	+14
	George Burns	76-82=158	+14
Tom Byrum	78-81=159	+15
Greg Twiggs	76-84=160	+16
WD	Scott Hoch	+16	75-72-85=232
	Doug Tewell	79-74=153	+9
	Jim Thorpe	79-78=157	+13
	Roger Maltbie	76-85=161	+17
	John Adams	84	+12
	Mark O'Meara	84	+12

Source:^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Players Championship". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 19, 1990. p. 2C.
^ "Mudd wins the Players, so Calcavecchia must be 2nd". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 19, 1990. p. 2B.
^ "Mudd edges charging Calcavecchia in TPC". Chicago Tribune. wire services. March 19, 1990. p. 7, sec. 3.
^ Reilly, Rick (March 26, 1990). "His name is Mudd". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
^ "Golf: Players Championship". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 16, 1990. p. 6C.
^ Florence, Mal (March 17, 1990). "At 44, Irwin meets the challenge". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 8D.
^ "Rain delays PGA tourney". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. March 18, 1990. p. 10C.
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