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.

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 , 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 parT1 Mark Calcavecchia 67 −5 Jodie Mudd T3 David Edwards 68 −4 David Graham T5 Clark Burroughs 69 −3 Fred Couples Bob Eastwood Robert Gamez David Ogrin Steve Pate Peter Persons Nick Price Duffy Waldorf Tom Watson Source:

Second round Friday, March 16, 1990 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hale Irwin 70-68=138 −6 T2 Rocco Mediate 72-67=139 −5 Jodie Mudd 67-72=139 T4 Clark Burroughs 69-71=140 −4 Ken Green 71-69=140T6 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:

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 par1 Jodie Mudd 67-72-70=209 −7 T2 Mark Calcavecchia 67-75-68=210 −6 Ken Green 71-69-70=210T4 Clark Burroughs 69-71-72=212 −4 Hale Irwin 70-68-74=212 Tom Kite 72-70-70=212T7 Andy Bean 73-68-72=213 −2 Tom Purtzer 71-73-69=213T9 Billy Ray Brown 73-72-69=214 −2 Gene Sauers 71-73-70=214 Source:

Final round Sunday, March 18, 1990 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Jodie Mudd 67-72-70-69=278 −10 270,0002 Mark Calcavecchia 67-75-68-69=279 −9 162,000T3 Steve Jones 75-71-69-69=284 −4 87,000 Tom Purtzer 71-73-69-71=284T5 Billy Ray Brown 73-72-69-71=285 −3 52,687 Ken Green 71-69-70-75=285 Hale Irwin 70-68-74-73=285 Tom Kite (c) 72-70-70-73=285T9 Andy Bean 73-68-72-73=286 −2 42,000 Mark McCumber (c) 73-72-73-68=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)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=288T16 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=289T24 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=290T29 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=291T36 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=292T46 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=293T56 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=29460 Joel Edwards 72-74-73-76=295 +7 3,300T61 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=296T66 Chip Beck 73-72-78-74=297 +9 3,105 Ed Fiori 74-71-78-74=297T68 Bob Lohr 74-69-74-81=298 +10 3,045 David Peoples 72-75-76-75=298T70 Bob Estes 74-72-76-77=299 +11 2,970 Brad Faxon 73-70-77-79=299 Mark Lye 71-76-80-72=299CUT 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 Fuzzy Zoeller 80-77=157 +13 Phil Blackmar 71-87=158 +14 George Burns 76-82=158 Tom Byrum 78-81=159 +15 Greg Twiggs 76-84=160 +16WD Scott Hoch 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

References

External links The Players Championship website