Spring 1978 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

Last updated

This is a list of the Spring 1978 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The top 25 players and ties graduated onto the PGA Tour. [1] [2] There were 150 players in the field. [3] [2]

Contents

Regional qualifying for the northeast was held at Grossinger's Country Club in Liberty, New York. The field was 50 players. Mike Zach was medallist at 286 (+2). Overall, 17 players from the northeast regional moved on to final qualifying. [2]

Brothers Bob Byman and Ed Byman qualified for the finals. It was the 3rd attempt for Bob and the 5th attempt for Ed. Both missed qualifying by a shot the previous year. [4] The professional Lance Ten Broeck also qualified for the finals. It was at least his second time at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. [5]

Tournament summary

Final qualifying was held at University of New Mexico course in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event was held June 7–10. [2] [4] A number of notable golfers with successful amateur careers attempted to qualify for the tour. They included Bill Sander, the 1976 U.S. Amateur champion, Scott Simpson, the 1976 and 1977 NCAA champion in golf, and John Fought, the 1977 U.S. Amateur champion. After two rounds, 25th place was at 143 strokes. At this point Fought was the only one inside the prospective cut-off point with 142 strokes. Sander was at 146 strokes and Simpson was at 148 strokes. [1] Ultimately from this group, only Sander moved on. [6]

In his third attempt at PGA Tour Qualifying School, Adam Adams, Jr. successfully made it onto the PGA Tour. He tied for 4th place. [3] In addition, Mike Zach, the medallist from the northeast regional, was also successful, finishing in a tie for 6th place. [6] The Byman brothers also successfully qualified. [6]

List of graduates

#PlayerNotes
1 Flag of the United States.svg Wren Lum
2 Flag of the United States.svg Mark McCumber
3 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Mason
T4 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Bryant
Flag of the United States.svg Adam Adams, Jr.
T6 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Byman Winner of 2 European Tour events. Winner of 1 PGA Tour of Australia event
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Zack
T8 Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Thompson
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Impaglia
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Chapin
Flag of the United States.svg John Adams
T12 Flag of the United States.svg Ed Byman
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Mobley
T14 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Pohl Two-time winner of Michigan Amateur
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Knoll
Flag of the United States.svg Charley Gibson
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Murchison
Flag of the United States.svg Kip Byrne
Flag of the United States.svg Rocky Rockett
T20 Flag of the United States.svg Don Baker
Flag of the United States.svg Elroy Marti Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Degenhart
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Hager
Flag of the United States.svg Fred Voelkel
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Sander
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bodney

Source: [6]

Related Research Articles

Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer and TV color commentator. He is the winner of consecutive U.S. Open titles and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between their debut in 1986 and 1990.

Arnold Palmer Invitational

The Arnold Palmer Invitational is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played each March at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, a private golf resort owned since 1974 by Arnold Palmer in Bay Hill, a suburb southwest of Orlando, Florida.

John Cook (golfer) American professional golfer

John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer, who won eleven times on the PGA Tour and was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1993. He was ranked in the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking for 45 weeks in 1992 and 1993. Cook currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions and is a studio analyst on Golf Channel.

Jay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

Carl Pettersson Swedish professional golfer

Carl Pettersson is a Swedish professional golfer who is a member of the PGA Tour. He has won five times on the PGA Tour, making him one of Sweden's most successful players alongside Jesper Parnevik and Henrik Stenson. Pettersson carries dual citizenship after having become an American citizen in January 2012.

Robert Raymond Tway IV is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986–87.

Fredrik Ulf Yngve Jacobson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly the European Tour.

Gary George Hallberg is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour.

Robert T. Byman is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

1957 Masters Tournament Golf tournament

The 1957 Masters Tournament was the 21st Masters Tournament, held April 4–7 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. This was the first Masters played with a 36-hole cut; 101 players started and forty made the cut at 150 (+6).

1967 Masters Tournament Golf tournament

The 1967 Masters Tournament was the 31st Masters Tournament, held April 6–9 at Augusta National Golf Club. Gay Brewer won his only major title by one stroke over runner-up Bobby Nichols.

1979 Masters Tournament Golf tournament

The 1979 Masters Tournament was the 43rd Masters Tournament, held April 12–15 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Kurt Cox was an American professional golfer. Though he only briefly played on the PGA Tour, he had much success on the Asia Golf Circuit in the 1980s. He won three tournaments on the circuit in the early 1980s and finished runner-up in the final circuit standings in 1980.

This is a list of the 1973 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

This is a list of Spring 1976 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The event was held at the Bay Tree Golf Club at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. There were 280 players at the event. The event lasted 108 holes in total. After 36 holes, the first cut would reduce the field to 140 players and ties. After 72 holes, the second cut would reduce the field to the low 60 and ties and any other players within 10 strokes of the lead.

This is a list of the Fall1976 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The tournament was held in Brownsville, Texas. It was known for its "miserable weather."

This is a list of Spring 1977 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The event was held at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. The tournament was 108 holes long. 415 players were in the field. Due to the size of the field the first three days, Tuesday through Thursday, included the addition of the No. 3 course and No. 5 course at Pinehurst. The No. 2 course would be used exclusively afterwards. After 54 holes the field was expected to be reduced to 120 players. After 72 holes it was expected to be reduced to 70 players. This was scheduled to be the last qualifying school to be held "under the present one-site format." Sections and regional qualifying branches were expected to be added for the next qualifying school in the fall.

Sandy Galbraith is a former professional golfer and current amateur golfer. Early in his career Galbraith had much success as an amateur in his home state of California, winning the 1970 Northern California Open and finishing runner-up at the 1971 California State Amateur Championship and 1972 Pacific Coast Amateur. He turned pro shortly thereafter and made it onto the PGA Tour in the fall of 1975. Galbraith did not have much success on tour, however, only earning full-time status for two seasons. He had a little more success overseas, most notably losing to Greg Norman in a playoff at the 1978 South Seas Classic. Shortly afterwards, while working but as a mortgage banker, Galbraith recorded a number of high results in California amateur tournaments, including another runner-up finish at the 1991 California State Amateur Championship.

This is a list of the Fall 1977 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

This is a list of the Spring 1979 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

References

  1. 1 2 "PGA Qualifying". The Charlotte Observer. 1978-06-09. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Union's Zack Is Making... Attempt for PGA Card". Daily News. 1978-05-26. p. 514. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  3. 1 2 "2 S. Floridians Happy to Join PGA's Circuit". The Miami Herald. 1978-06-29. p. 122. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  4. 1 2 "N.C. golfers aim for U.S. Open..." The News and Observer. 1978-06-04. p. 28. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  5. ↑ "It's time to hit the long ball". Chicago Tribune. 1978-05-26. p. 84. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Gould, David (1999). Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 260–61. ISBN   978-0312203559.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.