Golf Network News
Sunday 12 August 1990Men’s majorsYear in Review
Grady wins PGA Championship
Shoal Creek Club, Birmingham, Alabama · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 August 1990 · purse $1,350,000 · winner's share $225,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/18°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/18°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R334°/19°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/19°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
152 started, 74 (cut at 151) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club, Birmingham
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Fred Couples
The golfer
b. 1957-07-26, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Australia; age 33 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet