This is a list of the 1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. 54 players earned their 1988 PGA Tour card through Q-School in 1987. The tournament was played over 108 holes at Pine Lakes Golf Club and Matanzas Golf Club, in Palm Coast, Florida. Those earning cards split the $100,000 purse, with the winner earning $15,000.[1] John Huston was the medallist. Jim Hallet finished in second place. After several attempts in the mid-1980s, Hallet finally made it on to the PGA Tour.[2]
Tournament summary
editSeveral former PGA Tour winners entered the tournament trying to regain full-time status. They included Dave Eichelberger, John Fought, Barry Jaeckel, Bobby Cole, and Leonard Thompson.[3] Eichelberger and Thompson were the only ones that were successful.[4] Fought was disqualified in the first round for signing an incorrect scorecard.[3]
List of graduates
edit| Place | Player | Notes |
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| 1 |  John Huston |
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| 2 | Jim Hallet |
1987 Order of Merit winner on Asia Golf Circuit |
| 3 | Jim Booros |
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| T4 | Bill Buttner |
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| Bruce Zabriski |
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| T6 |  Jim Nelford |
2 runner-up finishes on PGA Tour |
| Scott Verplank |
Winner of 1984 U.S. Amateur, 1 PGA Tour win | |
| T8 | Billy Andrade |
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| Clark Burroughs |
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| Tommy Armour III |
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| David Canipe |
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| T12 | Steve Lowery |
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| David Peoples |
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| Bob Proben |
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| Robert Thompson |
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| T16 | Greg Ladehoff |
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| Joey Rassett |
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| Tom Sieckmann |
3 Asia Golf Circuit wins | |
| Brian Tennyson |
2 Asia Golf Circuit wins | |
| Leonard Thompson |
2 PGA Tour wins | |
| Paul Trittler |
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| T22 | Jim Carter |
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| Jeff Coston |
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| T24 | Michael Blackburn |
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| Brandel Chamblee |
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| Barry Cheesman |
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| Tom Pernice Jr. |
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| Harry Taylor |
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| Kim Young |
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| T30 | Mike Bender |
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| Mark Brooks |
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| Billy Ray Brown |
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| Steve Thomas |
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| T34 |  Antonio Cerda, Jr. |
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| Richard Cromwell |
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| Mark Maness |
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| Brian Mogg |
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| Tim Norris |
1 PGA Tour win | |
| Rick Pearson |
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| John Snyder |
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| T41 | Danny Briggs |
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| Bill Britton |
Playoff loss at 1982 Walt Disney World Golf Classic | |
| Greg Farrow |
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| Dillard Pruitt |
Winner of 1983 Sunnehanna Amateur | |
| Loren Roberts |
Winner of 1979 PGA Assistant Championship | |
| Duffy Waldorf |
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| T47 | Roy Biancalana |
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| Brad Bryant |
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| Jay Delsing |
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| Dave Eichelberger |
4 PGA Tour wins | |
| Mike Hammond |
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| Jeffrey Lankford |
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| Lance Ten Broeck |
Winner of Magnolia State Classic | |
| Brett Upper |
References
edit- ^ a b Harig, Bob (December 8, 1957). "Innisbrook pros Buttner, Huston earn '88 PGA Tour cards". St. Petersburg Times. pp. 2C, 3C – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Cady, Steve (January 10, 1988). "Golf: Worldwide Odyssey Leads to PGA Tour". The New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Johnson, Mark (January 17, 1988). "Qualifying School PGA's Toughest Test". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ a b Gould, David (1999). Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 282–284. ISBN 978-0312203559.