Wayne Grady
Summary
- First major 1990 PGA Championship
- Runner-up in majors 1 time
Wins
- 1990 PGA Championship Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club · 282 (-6) · by 3 strokes from Fred Couples
Near misses
- 1989 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · runner-up to Mark Calcavecchia · 275 · lost playoff
- 1993 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T9 · 275 (-5)
Rivals
Beat him
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Moments
- 1990 PGA Championship Shoal Creek's exclusionary membership policy sparked protests and pulled sponsors, and the controversy led the PGA, PGA Tour and USGA to bar events from clubs that discriminate.
- 1990 PGA Championship Fred Couples took a one-stroke lead at the 12th, then made four straight bogeys while Wayne Grady parred home to win by three.
Results by championship
Best day
1990 PGA Championship
Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club, Birmingham, Alabama · 282 (-6) · by 3 strokes from Fred Couples
Shoal Creek's exclusionary membership policy sparked protests and pulled sponsors, and the controversy led the PGA, PGA Tour and USGA to bar events from clubs that discriminate.
Fred Couples took a one-stroke lead at the 12th, then made four straight bogeys while Wayne Grady parred home to win by three.
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1990.
Career line, 1989–1993
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- Major win
- Runner-up
- Top 10
Wayne Grady was born on July 26, 1957, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Grady won one major championship: the 1990 PGA Championship.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1990 PGA Championship Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club, Birmingham, Alabama · 282 (-6) · by 3 strokes from Fred Couples
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 1989 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · runner-up to Mark Calcavecchia · 275 · lost playoff
- 1993 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T9 · 275 (-5)
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.