1974 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates explained

This is a list of the 1974 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

Tournament summary

After three 72-hole regional qualifiers, there were 78 players in the 144-hole final qualifying tournament. The finals were played over two weeks in November at Silverado Country Club in Napa, California and Canyon Country Club in Palm Springs, California.[1] [2]

The top 19 players earned their tour card.[1] [3] Fuzzy Zoeller was the medalist. Bob Risch finished runner-up in what was his fourth attempt to earn playing privileges.[4] Billy Kratzert attempted to earn his PGA Tour card for the first time. He was not successful.[5] [6]

List of graduates

Place Player Notes
1
2
3
4 7 European Tour wins, 3 Sunshine Tour wins
5
6 Dave Newquist
T7
Played on 1973 Walker Cup team
9
T10 John Abendroth
12 Greg Trompas
13 Jack Spradlin
T14 Ray Carrasco
Fifth place at 1974 Open Championship
Winner of 1972 California State Amateur
17 Winner of 1971 and 1973 Argentine Open
T18
Jimmy Wittenberg
Sources:[3] [7]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. News: Golf's Stars-To-Be Seek Tour Spots At Silverado . The Napa Register . California . November 12, 1974 . 9 . newspapers.com . subscription.
  3. News: PGA Rookies Shoot Low . The Naples Daily News . Florida . November 24, 1974 . 10C . United Press International . newspapers.com . subscription.
  4. News: 1976-07-06 . Risch Leads Qualifying . 11 . Quad-City Times . Davenport, Iowa . Mike . Ebbing . 2021-07-02 . newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1979-03-17 . Kratzert likes puttering around . B1 . The Miami News . Florida . Charles . Nobles . 2021-06-27 . newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1978-03-10 . Forklift No Silver Spoon Kratzert . E1 . The Miami Herald . Florida . Edwin . Pope . 2021-07-02 . newspapers.com.
  7. Book: Gould, David . Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament . St. Martin's Press . 1999 . 978-0312203559 . New York . 252–253.