The 1990 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Wayne Levi won the most tournaments, four, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1990 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) |
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| Jan 7 | MONY Tournament of Champions | California |  Paul Azinger (6) | 272 (−16) | 750,000 | 135,000 |
| Jan 14 | Northern Telecom Tucson Open | Arizona | Robert Gamez (1) | 270 (−18) | 900,000 | 162,000 |
| Jan 21 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | California | Peter Jacobsen (4) | 339 (−21) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Jan 28 | Phoenix Open | Arizona | Tommy Armour III (1) | 267 (−17) | 900,000 | 162,000 |
| Feb 4 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | California | Mark O'Meara (5) | 281 (−7) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Feb 11 | Hawaiian Open | Hawaii | David Ishii (1) | 279 (−9) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Feb 18 | Shearson Lehman Hutton Open | California | Dan Forsman (3) | 275 (−13) | 900,000 | 162,000 |
| Feb 25 | Nissan Los Angeles Open | California | Fred Couples (4) | 266 (−18) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Mar 4 | Doral-Ryder Open | Florida |  Greg Norman (9) | 273 (−15) | 1,400,000 | 252,000 |
| Mar 11 | Honda Classic | Florida | John Huston (1) | 282 (−6) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Mar 18 | The Players Championship | Florida | Jodie Mudd (3) | 278 (−10) | 1,500,000 | 270,000 |
| Mar 25 | Nestle Invitational | Florida | Robert Gamez (2) | 274 (−14) | 900,000 | 162,000 |
| Apr 1 | Independent Insurance Agent Open | Texas | Tony Sills (1) | 204 (−12) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Apr 8 | Masters Tournament | Georgia |  Nick Faldo (4) | 278 (−10) | 1,250,000 | 225,000 |
| Apr 15 | MCI Heritage Golf Classic | South Carolina | Payne Stewart (6) | 276 (−8) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Apr 22 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open | North Carolina | Steve Elkington (1) | 282 (−6) | 1,250,000 | 225,000 |
| Apr 29 | USF&G Classic | Louisiana | .svg.png) David Frost (4) | 276 (−12) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| May 6 | GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic | Texas | Payne Stewart (7) | 202 (−8) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| May 13 | Memorial Tournament | Ohio | Greg Norman (10) | 216 (E) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| May 20 | Southwestern Bell Colonial | Texas | Ben Crenshaw (15) | 272 (−8) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| May 27 | BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic | Georgia | Wayne Levi (9) | 275 (−13) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Jun 3 | Kemper Open | Maryland | Gil Morgan (7) | 274 (−10) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Jun 10 | Centel Western Open | Illinois | Wayne Levi (10) | 275 (−13) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Jun 18 | U.S. Open | Illinois | Hale Irwin (18) | 280 (−8) | 1,200,000 | 220,000 |
| Jun 24 | Buick Classic | New York | Hale Irwin (19) | 269 (−15) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Jul 1 | Canon Greater Hartford Open | Connecticut | Wayne Levi (11) | 267 (−13) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Jul 8 | Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic | Virginia | Lanny Wadkins (19) | 266 (−18) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Jul 15 | Bank of Boston Classic | Massachusetts | Morris Hatalsky (4) | 275 (−9) | 900,000 | 162,000 |
| Jul 22 | British Open | Scotland | Nick Faldo (5) | 270 (−18) | 825,000 | 153,850 |
| Jul 29 | Buick Open | Michigan | Chip Beck (3) | 272 (−16) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Aug 5 | Federal Express St. Jude Classic | Tennessee | Tom Kite (14) | 269 (−15) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Aug 12 | PGA Championship | Alabama | Wayne Grady (2) | 282 (−6) | 1,350,000 | 225,000 |
| Aug 19 | The International | Colorado | Davis Love III (2) | 14 (Stableford) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Aug 26 | NEC World Series of Golf | Ohio |  José María Olazábal (1) | 262 (−18) | 1,100,000 | 198,000 |
| Aug 26 | Chattanooga Classic | Tennessee | Peter Persons (1) | 260 (−20) | 600,000 | 108,000 |
| Sep 1 | Greater Milwaukee Open | Wisconsin | Jim Gallagher, Jr. (1) | 271 (−17) | 900,000 | 162,000 |
| Sep 9 | Hardee's Golf Classic | Illinois | Joey Sindelar (6) | 268 (−12) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Sep 16 | Canadian Open | Canada | Wayne Levi (12) | 278 (−10) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Sep 23 | B.C. Open | New York | Nolan Henke (1) | 268 (−16) | 700,000 | 126,000 |
| Sep 30 | Buick Southern Open | Georgia | Kenny Knox (3) | 265 (−15) | 600,000 | 108,000 |
| Oct 7 | H.E.B. Texas Open | Texas | Mark O'Meara (6) | 261 (−19) | 800,000 | 144,000 |
| Oct 14 | Las Vegas Invitational | Nevada | Bob Tway (6) | 334 (−26) | 1,300,000 | 234,000 |
| Oct 20 | Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic | Florida | Tim Simpson (4) | 264 (−24) | 1,000,000 | 180,000 |
| Oct 28 | Nabisco Championship | Texas | Jodie Mudd (4) | 273 (−11) | 2,500,000 | 450,000 |
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Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
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Money List leaders
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Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
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| 1 | Tom Kite | United States | 6,258,893 | 14 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | United States | 5,374,232 | 37 |
| 3 | Curtis Strange | United States | 5,292,892 | 17 |
| 4 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 5,170,465 | 73 |
| 5 | Lanny Wadkins | United States | 4,614,381 | 19 |
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