PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament

The annual PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, also known as Qualifying School or Q-School, was historically the main method by which golfers earned PGA Tour playing privileges, commonly known as a Tour card. Beginning in 2013, Q-School grants privileges only for the Korn Ferry Tour, the PGA Tour's official developmental circuit. The first tournament was played in 1965.[1] In several early years (1968–69, 1975–81), two separate tournaments were played, one in the spring and one in the fall.[1] The format of the tournament has changed several times, ranging from a 72-hole tournament to a 144-hole tournament.[1] The current format (in place since 1982) is 108 holes over six days in late November and early December.[1] Before 2013, the top 25 players and ties earned their tour cards.[1] The next set of fifty finishers earned full Korn Ferry Tour cards.[2] The remaining participants received conditional Korn Ferry Tour status.

The 2012 Qualifying Tournament was the last to grant playing privileges for the PGA Tour. On March 20, 2012, the tour announced radical changes to its season structure and qualifying process,[3] and announced further details on July 10 of that year.[4]

The 2013 season ended with The Tour Championship in September, and the 2014 season began the following month. Since then, the Qualifying Tournament only grants playing privileges for the Korn Ferry Tour (known as the Nationwide Tour at the time of the March 2012 announcement). A new series of three tournaments known as the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, held in September, grants 50 PGA Tour cards to a field consisting of the top 75 on the Korn Ferry Tour money list and the golfers placed 126 to 200 on the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points list. The top 25 on the Korn Ferry Tour money list before the Finals receive PGA Tour cards, with total money earned in the Finals determining the remaining 25 card earners.[4]

Winners

YearWinnerCountryCards
2012Lee Dong-hwan South Korea26
2011Brendon Todd United States29
2010Billy Mayfair United States29
2009Troy Merritt United States25
2008Harrison Frazar United States28
2007Frank Lickliter United States26
2006George McNeill United States40
2005J. B. Holmes United States32
2004Brian Davis England35
2003Mathias Grönberg Sweden34
2002Jeff Brehaut United States38
2001Pat Perez United States36
2000Stephen Allan Australia36
1999Blaine McCallister United States40
1998Mike Weir Canada41
1997Scott Verplank United States38
1996Allen Doyle
Jimmy Johnston
 United States
 United States
49
1995Carl Paulson United States42
1994Woody Austin United States46
1993Ty Armstrong
Robin Freeman
Dave Stockton Jr.
 United States
 United States
 United States
46
1992Skip Kendall
Masahiro Kuramoto
Perry Moss
Brett Ogle
Neale Smith
 United States
 Japan
 United States
 Australia
 Australia
43
1991Mike Standly United States48
1990Duffy Waldorf United States49
1989David Peoples United States59
1988Robin Freeman United States52
1987John Huston United States54
1986Steve Jones United States53
1985Tom Sieckmann United States50
1984Paul Azinger United States50
1983Willie Wood United States57
1982Donnie Hammond United States50
1981 fallTim Graham
Robert Thompson
 United States
 United States
34
1981 springBilly Glisson United States25
1980 fallBruce Douglass United States27
1980 springJack Spradlin United States27
1979 fallTom Jones United States27
1979 springTerry Mauney United States25
1978 fallJohn Fought
Jim Thorpe
 United States
 United States
27
1978 springWren Lum United States28
1977 fallEd Fiori United States34
1977 springPhil Hancock United States26
1976 fallKeith Fergus United States29
1976 springWoody Blackburn
Bob Shearer
 United States
 Australia
15
1975 fallJerry Pate United States25
1975 springJoey Dills United States13
1974Fuzzy Zoeller United States19
1973Ben Crenshaw United States23
1972John Adams
Larry Stubblefield
 United States
 United States
25
1971Bob Zender United States23
1970Robert Barbarossa Canada18
1969 fallDoug Olson United States12
1969 springBob Eastwood United States12
1968 fallGrier Jones United States30
1968 springBob Dickson United States15
1967Bobby Cole South Africa30
1966Harry Toscano United States32
1965John Schlee United States17

References

  1. "Past champions: PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament". PGA Tour. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
  2. "Q-School Finals - Tournament Information". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  3. "PGA Tour announces changes". ESPN.com. March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  4. Dell, John (July 10, 2012). "Web.com impact expanded with qualifying changes". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
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