1983 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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This is a list of the 1983 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. 57 players earned their 1984 PGA Tour card through Q-School in 1983. The tournament was played over 108 holes at the Tournament Players Club in Ponte Vedra, Florida.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/275482073/?terms=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&match=1 |title=Sindelar wins his tour card |newspaper=Star-Gazette |location=Elmira, New York |first=Jerry |last=Hogan |date=November 23, 1983 |page=3B–4B |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/275482031/?terms=pga%20qualifying%20tournament&match=1 |title=PGA Qualifying Tournament |newspaper=Star-Gazette |location=Elmira, New York |agency=Associated Press |date=November 23, 1983 |page=4B |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}
Tournament summary
A couple of future big names were unsuccessful at the tournament. Corey Pavin was "an unexpected failure" failing to move past the regional qualifying section.{{Cite web |title=Ventura County Star 27 Jan 1983, page 24 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/933087062/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=24 January 1983 |title=Pavin pips Price with final 66 |page=22 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London, United Kingdom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750920476/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-09-21 |via=Newspapers.com}} In the finals, Bob Tway shot a closing 81, including a three-putt on the final green to miss earning a card by a stroke.{{cite news |last=Diaz |first=Jaime |date=1990-12-10 |title=Golf: Qualifying School For the PGA Tour Isn't Elementary |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/10/sports/golf-qualifying-school-for-the-pga-tour-isn-t-elementary.html |page=C-2 |access-date=2021-02-21}}
List of graduates
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Place !Player !Notes | |
| align="center" |1
|{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Wood | |
| align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|USA}} Brett Upper | |
| rowspan="3" align="center" |T3
|{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Britton | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Griff Moody | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Joey Sindelar | |
| align="center" |6
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Cudd | |
| rowspan="4" align="center" |T7
|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Brooks | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jodie Mudd | Winner of 1980 and 1981 U.S. Amateur Public Links |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Corey Pavin | 1 Southern African Tour win, 1 European Tour win |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Sander | |
| align="center" |11
|{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Lehman | |
| align="center" |12
|{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Liebler | |
| rowspan="3" align="center" |T13
|{{flagicon|USA}} Brad Faxon | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} David Peoples | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Putnam | |
| rowspan="4" align="center" |T16
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Kane | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Knox | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Loren Roberts | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Watkins | |
| rowspan="4" align="center" |T20
|{{flagicon|USA}} Adam Adams | |
| {{Flagicon|SCO}} Ken Brown | 2 European Tour wins |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Gary Krueger | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Clyde Rego | |
| rowspan="4" align="center" |T24
|{{flagicon|USA}} Curt Byrum | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Kelley | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Smith | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Randy Watkins | |
| rowspan="6" align="center" |T28
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Gallagher Jr. | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Lamore | |
| {{Flagicon|ROC}} K.C. Liao | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Gary Marlowe | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Valentine | Runner-up at 1981 Atlanta Classic |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Wiebe | |
| rowspan="5" align="center" |T34
|{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Azinger | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Rick Dalpos | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Glasson | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hamarik | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lyn Lott | Three 3rd-place finishes on PGA Tour |
| rowspan="11" align="center" |T39
|{{flagicon|USA}} James Blair | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Calcavecchia | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Cunning | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Greg Farrow | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Ferenz | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Fuhrer | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Larry Rinker | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Gene Sauers | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mick Soli | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sprandlin | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Stroble | |
| rowspan="8" align="center" |T50
|{{flagicon|USA}} Kurt Cox | 3 Asia Golf Circuit wins |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Gove | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Grier Jones | 3 PGA Tour wins |
| {{flagicon|ZAF|1982}} Gavan Levenson | 1 European Tour win, 1 Sunshine Tour win |
| {{flagicon|USA}} David O'Kelley | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Peck | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Gary Pinns | |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lee Rinker |
Sources:{{Cite book |last=Gould |first=David |title=Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=1999 |isbn=978-0312203559 |location=New York |pages=273–275}}
References
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