Fall 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

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This is a list of the Fall 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

The tournament was played over 144 holes at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in early October. [1] [2] There were 79 players in the field and 30 earned their tour card. [1] Grier Jones was the medallist. [3]

#PlayerNotes
1 Flag of the United States.svg Grier Jones Winner of 1968 NCAA Championship
2 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Day
3 Flag of England.svg Malcolm Gregson Winner of 1967 British PGA Championship
4 Flag of the United States.svg Don Iverson
T5 Flag of the United States.svg Gene Ferrell
Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Sparks
7 Flag of the United States.svg George Johnson
T8 Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Heard Winner of 1968 Northern California Open
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Jamieson
Flag of the United States.svg William Tindall
11 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Awtrey
T12 Flag of the United States.svg John Levinson
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lawrence O'Hearn
T14 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Bullard
Flag of the United States.svg Vern Novak Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Joe Payne
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Voss
T18 Flag of the United States.svg Ras Allen
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Bailey
Flag of the United States.svg Kenneth Ellsworth
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Hardy
Flag of the United States.svg Roland LaMontage
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Lyons
24 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Sneed
T25 Flag of the United States.svg David Bollman
Flag of the United States.svg Clayton Cole
Flag of the United States.svg George Hixon
T28 Flag of the United States.svg Guy Bill
Flag of the United States.svg Joseph McDermott
Flag of the United States.svg James Walker Jr.

Sources: [2] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Past champions: PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament". PGA Tour. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Voorhis, Chuck (October 12, 1968). "30 PGA 'Students' Shoot Required 603 For Tickets". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. p. 14.
  3. ↑ Shapiro, Leonard (December 8, 1991). "Q-School: Broken Hearts By The Score". Washington Post. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ Gould, David (1999). Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 243–245. ISBN   978-0312203559.
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