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Sunday 18 March 1990PGA TourYear in Review
Mudd wins the Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 March 1990 · Jodie Mudd’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse 1,500,000 USD · dates from the 1990 Players Championship article infobox (March 15-18, 1990); final round Sunday, March 18, 1990
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 39 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/21°C · wind 23 km/h SSE, gusts 43 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/15°C · wind 24 km/h SSW, gusts 66 · 14.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/12°C · wind 19 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Mark Calcavecchia USA · 279finished one stroke behind as runner-up (closing 69); how it was lost not sourced 1990 Players Championship - Wikipedia
144 started · cut +2, 73 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Players Championship
TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Jodie Mudd
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jodie Mudd | 67 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Mark Calcavecchia | 67 · 75 · 68 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Steve Jones | 75 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T3 | Tom Purtzer | 71 · 73 · 69 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Billy Ray Brown | 73 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Ken Green | 71 · 69 · 70 · 75 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Hale Irwin | 70 · 68 · 74 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T5 | Tom Kite | 72 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Andy Bean | 73 · 68 · 72 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Mark McCumber | 73 · 72 · 73 · 68 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1960-04-23, Louisville, Kentucky; USA; turned pro 1982; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 41 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table 1990)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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