# 1990 Players Championship

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.
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), 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 |
| T5 | Fred Couples | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Bob Eastwood | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Robert Gamez | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | David Ogrin | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Steve Pate | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Peter Persons | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Nick Price | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Duffy Waldorf | 69 | −3 |
| T5 | Tom Watson | 69 | −3 |
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### 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 |
| T6 | David Edwards | 68-73=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Peter Jacobsen | 74-67=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Davis Love III | 73-68=141 | −3 |
| T6 | Tom Watson | 69-72=141 | −3 |
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### 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 |
| T4 | Hale Irwin | 70-68-74=212 | −4 |
| T4 | Tom Kite | 72-70-70=212 | −4 |
| 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 |
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### Final round

Sunday, March 18, 1990
* Champion
* (c) = past champion
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Jodie Mudd | 67-72-70-69=278 | −10 | 270,000 |
| 2 | Mark Calcavecchia | 67-75-68-69=279 | −9 | 162,000 |
| T3 | Steve Jones | 75-71-69-69=284 | −4 | 87,000 |
| T3 | Tom Purtzer | 71-73-69-71=284 | −4 | 87,000 |
| T5 | Billy Ray Brown | 73-72-69-71=285 | −3 | 52,687 |
| T5 | Ken Green | 71-69-70-75=285 | −3 | 52,687 |
| T5 | Hale Irwin | 70-68-74-73=285 | −3 | 52,687 |
| T5 | Tom Kite (c) | 72-70-70-73=285 | −3 | 52,687 |
| T9 | Andy Bean | 73-68-72-73=286 | −2 | 42,000 |
| T9 | Mark McCumber (c) | 73-72-73-68=286 | −2 | 42,000 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 :
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| T11 | Fulton Allem | 73-70-74-71=288 | E | 31,800 |
| T11 | Bruce Lietzke | 75-70-70-73=288 | E | 31,800 |
| T11 | Rocco Mediate | 72-67-76-73=288 | E | 31,800 |
| T11 | Steve Pate | 69-76-71-72=288 | E | 31,800 |
| T11 | Payne Stewart | 71-73-71-73=288 | E | 31,800 |
| T16 | Clark Burroughs | 69-71-72-77=289 | +1 | 20,362 |
| T16 | Steve Elkington | 71-72-74-72=289 | +1 | 20,362 |
| T16 | Larry Nelson | 71-73-74-71=289 | +1 | 20,362 |
| T16 | Greg Norman | 71-76-74-68=289 | +1 | 20,362 |
| T16 | David Ogrin | 69-74-73-73=289 | +1 | 20,362 |
| T16 | Chris Perry | 73-74-72-70=289 | +1 | 20,362 |
| T16 | Nick Price | 69-75-77-68=289 | +1 | 20,362 |
| T16 | Curtis Strange | 72-71-73-73=289 | +1 | 20,362 |
| T24 | Jim Booros | 70-74-73-73=290 | +2 | 12,450 |
| T24 | Bill Glasson | 71-73-72-74=290 | +2 | 12,450 |
| T24 | David Graham | 68-75-74-73=290 | +2 | 12,450 |
| T24 | Kenny Knox | 73-73-75-69=290 | +2 | 12,450 |
| T24 | Davis Love III | 73-68-74-75=290 | +2 | 12,450 |
| T29 | Mike Donald | 76-71-72-72=291 | +3 | 9,332 |
| T29 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | 76-71-72-72=291 | +3 | 9,332 |
| T29 | Wayne Grady | 72-72-74-73=291 | +3 | 9,332 |
| T29 | Peter Jacobsen | 74-67-75-75=291 | +3 | 9,332 |
| T29 | Peter Persons | 69-76-71-75=291 | +3 | 9,332 |
| T29 | Gene Sauers | 71-73-70-77=291 | +3 | 9,332 |
| T29 | Tony Sills | 72-74-76-69=291 | +3 | 9,332 |
| T36 | Dave Barr | 71-75-73-73=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | Mark Brooks | 70-75-73-74=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | David Edwards | 68-73-75-76=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | Dan Forsman | 72-71-74-75=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | Jim Hallet | 72-72-76-72=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | Andrew Magee | 74-71-73-74=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | Kirk Triplett | 72-74-74-72=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | Bobby Wadkins | 77-70-72-73=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | Tom Watson | 69-72-81-70=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T36 | D. A. Weibring | 72-72-73-75=292 | +4 | 6,307 |
| T46 | Ian Baker-Finch | 73-72-75-73=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | Robert Gamez | 69-74-79-71=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | Hubert Green | 72-74-75-72=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | Calvin Peete (c) | 73-72-72-76=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | Mike Reid | 71-72-77-73=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | Loren Roberts | 71-73-75-74=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | Joey Sindelar | 74-73-74-72=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | J. C. Snead | 73-72-76-72=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | Mike Sullivan | 73-74-73-73=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T46 | Robert Wrenn | 71-75-74-73=293 | +5 | 3,855 |
| T56 | Bob Gilder | 71-75-75-73=294 | +6 | 3,375 |
| T56 | Kenny Perry | 72-73-76-73=294 | +6 | 3,375 |
| T56 | Bill Sander | 71-75-77-71=294 | +6 | 3,375 |
| T56 | Richard Zokol | 74-72-73-75=294 | +6 | 3,375 |
| 60 | Joel Edwards | 72-74-73-76=295 | +7 | 3,300 |
| T61 | Buddy Gardner | 73-73-76-74=296 | +8 | 3,210 |
| T61 | Mike Hulbert | 71-76-80-69=296 | +8 | 3,210 |
| T61 | Craig Parry | 74-71-70-81=296 | +8 | 3,210 |
| T61 | Craig Stadler | 70-73-81-72=296 | +8 | 3,210 |
| T61 | Duffy Waldorf | 69-77-79-71=296 | +8 | 3,210 |
| 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 |
| T70 | Brad Faxon | 73-70-77-79=299 | +11 | 2,970 |
| T70 | Mark Lye | 71-76-80-72=299 | +11 | 2,970 |
| CUT | Tommy Armour III | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Bob Eastwood | 69-79=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Rick Fehr | 71-77=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | David Frost | 71-77=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Donnie Hammond | 76-72=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Webb Heintzelman | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Gil Morgan | 74-74=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Masashi Ozaki | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Don Shirey Jr. | 73-75=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Tim Simpson | 72-76=148 | +4 | |
| CUT | Paul Azinger | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Brad Bryant | 71-78=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Curt Byrum | 76-73=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw | 74-75=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Billy Mayfair | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Larry Rinker | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Dave Rummells | 75-74=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Ray Stewart | 72-77=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Bob Tway | 71-78=149 | +5 | |
| CUT | Jay Don Blake | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Jim Carter | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Fred Couples (c) | 69-81=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Sandy Lyle (c) | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | John Mahaffey (c) | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Larry Mize | 74-76=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Andy North | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Ted Schulz | 71-79=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Brian Tennyson | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Stan Utley | 76-74=150 | +6 | |
| CUT | Billy Andrade | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Ronnie Black | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Bill Britton | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Russ Cochran | 74-77=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger | 76-75=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Jay Haas | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Pat McGowan | 77-74=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Don Pooley | 75-76=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Lance Ten Broeck | 72-79=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Howard Twitty | 79-72=151 | +7 | |
| CUT | Gary Hallberg | 74-78=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jerry Pate (c) | 75-77=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Tom Sieckmann | 72-80=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Jeff Sluman | 71-81=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Hal Sutton (c) | 77-75=152 | +8 | |
| CUT | Michael Allen | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Bill Buttner | 77-76=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Lon Hinkle | 76-77=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | John Inman | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Jack Nicklaus (c) | 75-78=153 | +9 | |
| CUT | Wayne Levi | 77-77=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Lanny Wadkins (c) | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Mark Wiebe | 76-78=154 | +10 | |
| CUT | Isao Aoki | 75-80=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Jay Delsing | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Raymond Floyd (c) | 79-76=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Corey Pavin | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Clarence Rose | 78-77=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Leonard Thompson | 76-79=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Denis Watson | 80-75=155 | +11 | |
| CUT | Clark Dennis | 75-81=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Scott Simpson | 79-77=156 | +12 | |
| CUT | Fuzzy Zoeller | 80-77=157 | +13 | |
| CUT | Phil Blackmar | 71-87=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | George Burns | 76-82=158 | +14 | |
| CUT | Tom Byrum | 78-81=159 | +15 | |
| CUT | Greg Twiggs | 76-84=160 | +16 | |
| WD | Scott Hoch | 75-72-85=232 | +16 | |
| WD | Doug Tewell | 79-74=153 | +9 | |
| WD | Jim Thorpe | 79-78=157 | +13 | |
| WD | Roger Maltbie | 76-85=161 | +17 | |
| WD | John Adams | 84 | +12 | |
| WD | Mark O'Meara | 84 | +12 | |
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