1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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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.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/321494229/?terms=Huston%20Hallet%20PGA%20Qualifying&match=1 |title=Innisbrook pros Buttner, Huston earn '88 PGA Tour cards |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |first=Bob |last=Harig |date=December 8, 1957 |pages=2C, 3C |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Cady |first=Steve |date=1988-01-10 |title=Golf: Worldwide Odyssey Leads to PGA Tour |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/10/sports/golf-worldwide-odyssey-leads-to-pga-tour.html |access-date=2021-02-02}}
Tournament summary
Several 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.{{cite news |last= Johnson |first=Mark |title=Qualifying School PGA's Toughest Test |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-01-17-8803230304-story.html |access-date=2021-02-20 |date=January 17, 1988 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}} Eichelberger and Thompson were the only ones that were successful. Fought was disqualified in the first round for signing an incorrect scorecard.
List of graduates
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!Place !Player !Notes | |
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|{{flagicon|USA}} John Huston | |
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|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Hallet | 1987 Order of Merit winner on Asia Golf Circuit |
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|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Booros | |
rowspan=2 align=center|T4
|{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Buttner | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Zabriski | |
rowspan=2 align=center|T6
|{{flagicon|CAN}} Jim Nelford | 2 runner-up finishes on PGA Tour |
{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Verplank | Winner of 1984 U.S. Amateur, 1 PGA Tour win |
rowspan=4 align=center|T8
|{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Andrade | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Clark Burroughs | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Tommy Armour III | |
{{flagicon|USA}} David Canipe | |
rowspan=4 align=center|T12
|{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Lowery | |
{{flagicon|USA}} David Peoples | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Proben | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Thompson | |
rowspan=6 align=center|T16
|{{flagicon|USA}} Greg Ladehoff | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Joey Rassett | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Sieckmann | 3 Asia Golf Circuit wins |
{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Tennyson | 2 Asia Golf Circuit wins |
{{flagicon|USA}} Leonard Thompson | 2 PGA Tour wins |
{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Trittler | |
rowspan=2 align=center|T22
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Carter | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Coston | |
rowspan=6 align=center|T24
|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Blackburn | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Brandel Chamblee | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Barry Cheesman | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Pernice Jr. | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Harry Taylor | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Kim Young | |
rowspan=4 align=center|T30
|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bender | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Brooks | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Ray Brown | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Thomas | |
rowspan=7 align=center|T34
|{{flagicon|MEX}} Antonio Cerda, Jr. | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Cromwell | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Maness | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Mogg | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Norris | 1 PGA Tour win |
{{flagicon|USA}} Rick Pearson | |
{{flagicon|USA}} John Snyder | |
rowspan=6 align=center|T41
|{{flagicon|USA}} Danny Briggs | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Britton | Playoff loss at 1982 Walt Disney World Golf Classic |
{{flagicon|USA}} Greg Farrow | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Dillard Pruitt | Winner of 1983 Sunnehanna Amateur |
{{flagicon|USA}} Loren Roberts | Winner of 1979 PGA Assistant Championship |
{{flagicon|USA}} Duffy Waldorf | |
rowspan=8 align=center|T47
|{{flagicon|USA}} Roy Biancalana | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Brad Bryant | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Jay Delsing | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Dave Eichelberger | 4 PGA Tour wins |
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Hammond | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeffrey Lankford | |
{{flagicon|USA}} Lance Ten Broeck | Winner of Magnolia State Classic |
{{flagicon|USA}} Brett Upper |
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=282–284}}
References
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