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 (6)272 (−16)750,000135,000
Jan 14Northern Telecom Tucson OpenArizona Robert Gamez (1)270 (−18)900,000162,000
Jan 21Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Peter Jacobsen (4)339 (−21)1,000,000180,000
Jan 28Phoenix OpenArizona Tommy Armour III (1)267 (−17)900,000162,000
Feb 4AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Mark O'Meara (5)281 (−7)1,000,000180,000
Feb 11Hawaiian OpenHawaii David Ishii (1)279 (−9)1,000,000180,000
Feb 18Shearson Lehman Hutton OpenCalifornia Dan Forsman (3)275 (−13)900,000162,000
Feb 25Nissan Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Fred Couples (4)266 (−18)1,000,000180,000
Mar 4Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Greg Norman (9)273 (−15)1,400,000252,000
Mar 11Honda ClassicFlorida John Huston (1)282 (−6)1,000,000180,000
Mar 18The Players ChampionshipFlorida Jodie Mudd (3)278 (−10)1,500,000270,000
Mar 25Nestle InvitationalFlorida Robert Gamez (2)274 (−14)900,000162,000
Apr 1Independent Insurance Agent OpenTexas Tony Sills (1)204 (−12)1,000,000180,000
Apr 8Masters TournamentGeorgia Nick Faldo (4)278 (−10)1,250,000225,000
Apr 8Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Gene Sauers268 (−12)300,00054,000Satellite event
Apr 15MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Payne Stewart (6)276 (−8)1,000,000180,000
Apr 22KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Steve Elkington (1)282 (−6)1,250,000225,000
Apr 29USF&G ClassicLouisiana David Frost (4)276 (−12)1,000,000180,000
May 6GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Payne Stewart (7)202 (−8)1,000,000180,000
May 13Memorial TournamentOhio Greg Norman (10)216 (E)1,000,000180,000
May 20Southwestern Bell ColonialTexas Ben Crenshaw (15)272 (−8)1,000,000180,000
May 27BellSouth Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Wayne Levi (9)275 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Jun 3Kemper OpenMaryland Gil Morgan (7)274 (−10)1,000,000180,000
Jun 10Centel Western OpenIllinois Wayne Levi (10)275 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenIllinois Hale Irwin (18)280 (−8)1,200,000220,000
Jun 24Buick ClassicNew York Hale Irwin (19)269 (−15)1,000,000180,000
Jul 1Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Wayne Levi (11)267 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Jul 8Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Lanny Wadkins (19)266 (−18)1,000,000180,000
Jul 15Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Morris Hatalsky (4)275 (−9)900,000162,000
Jul 22British OpenScotland Nick Faldo (5)270 (−18)825,000153,850
Jul 29Buick OpenMichigan Chip Beck (3)272 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Aug 5Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Tom Kite (14)269 (−15)1,000,000180,000
Aug 12PGA ChampionshipAlabama Wayne Grady (2)282 (−6)1,350,000225,000
Aug 19The InternationalColorado Davis Love III (2)14 (Stableford)1,000,000180,000
Aug 26NEC World Series of GolfOhio José María Olazábal (1)262 (−18)1,100,000198,000
Aug 26Chattanooga ClassicTennessee Peter Persons (1)260 (−20)600,000108,000Alternate event
Sep 1Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Jim Gallagher Jr. (1)271 (−17)900,000162,000
Sep 9Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Joey Sindelar (6)268 (−12)1,000,000180,000
Sep 16Canadian OpenCanada Wayne Levi (12)278 (−10)1,000,000180,000
Sep 23B.C. OpenNew York Nolan Henke (1)268 (−16)700,000126,000
Sep 30Buick Southern OpenGeorgia Kenny Knox (3)265 (−15)600,000108,000
Oct 7H.E.B. Texas OpenTexas Mark O'Meara (6)261 (−19)800,000144,000
Oct 14Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Bob Tway (6)334 (−26)1,300,000234,000
Oct 20Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Tim Simpson (4)264 (−24)1,000,000180,000
Oct 28Nabisco ChampionshipTexas Jodie Mudd (4)273 (−11)2,500,000450,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Greg Norman Australia69.10
2Larry Mize United States69.49
3Tim Simpson United States69.73
4Hale Irwin United States69.76
5Paul Azinger United States69.88

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Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Greg Norman Australia1,165,477172
2Wayne Levi United States1,024,647234
3Payne Stewart United States976,281262
4Paul Azinger United States944,731261
5Jodie Mudd United States911,746232

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Tom Kite United States6,258,89314
2Tom Watson United States5,374,23237
3Curtis Strange United States5,292,89217
4Jack Nicklaus United States5,170,46573
5Lanny Wadkins United States4,614,38119

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Greg Norman Australia
PGA Player of the YearNick Faldo England
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Wayne Levi United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Greg Norman Australia
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Greg Norman Australia
Rookie of the YearRobert Gamez United States

References
  1. "1990 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1990". PGA Tour.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1990". PGA Tour.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1990". PGA Tour.
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