1972 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates explained

This is a list of the 1972 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

The event was held at Silverado Country Club, South course, in Napa, California in late October/early November.[1] After three 72-hole regional qualifiers, there were 81 players in the 108-hole final qualifying tournament.[2] [3]

Tournament summary

Larry Stubblefield and John Adams tied for the lead and Stubblefield won a sudden-death playoff for the top position.[4] A total of 25 players earned their tour card. Joe Inman, who recently graduated from Wake Forest University, participated in his first Q-school. However, he did not successfully graduate onto the PGA Tour.[5]

List of graduates

Place Player Notes
1 Larry Stubblefield
2
align=center rowspan=3T3 Winner of 1969 Northwest Open
Paul Purtzer
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align=center rowspan=2T8 Bruce Ashworth
Winner of 1970 Ohio Amateur
align=center rowspan=4T10 Bob Allard
Greg Edwards
Winner of 1972 NCAA Championship (individual title)
Winner of 1971 Western Amateur
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John Morgan
align=center rowspan=2T17 Lloyd Hughes
Gary Sanders
19 Don Padgett
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Tom Evans
Jeff Hewes
Mike Kallam
Sources:[4] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1972-10-29 . These 'Golf Widows' Don't Need Any Pity . 2E . The Tennessean . Emmie . Caldwell . 2021-06-30 . newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: December 7, 2009 . Past champions: PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament . PGA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026131549/http://www.pgatour.com/2009/qschool/12/07/past.winners/index.html . October 26, 2012.
  3. News: Frankly Speaking – The PGA Qualifying School . The Napa Register . California . Frank . Gordon . October 28, 1972 . 2C . newspapers.com . subscription.
  4. News: Stubblefield PGA Medalist . Los Angeles Times . California . November 5, 1972 . D15 . Associated Press . newspapers.com . subscription.
  5. News: 1975-02-09 . 'Reflections of a Rookie' Is Recommended . C9 . Asbury Park Sunday Press . New Jersey . Joe . Lee . 2021-07-04 . newspapers.com.
  6. Book: Gould, David . Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament . St. Martin's Press . 1999 . 978-0312203559 . New York . 250.