1996 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 49 players who earned 1997 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1996.[1]

Place Player PGA Tour
starts
Cuts
made
Notes
T1 United States Allen Doyle 35 19 3 Nike Tour wins
T1 United States Jimmy Johnston 30 7
T3 United States Doug Barron 1 0
T3 United States Chip Sullivan 2 0
T5 United States Jimmy Green 3 1 1 Nike Tour win
T5 United States Tom Pernice Jr. 133 50
T7 United States Brent Geiberger 0 0
T7 New Zealand Phil Tataurangi 25 10 1 Nike Tour win; 1 PGA Tour of Australasia win
T9 Sweden Gabriel Hjertstedt 0 0
T9 United States Larry Silveira 134 60 1 Nike Tour win
T9 United States Tommy Armour III 261 123 1 PGA Tour win
T9 United States Shaun Micheel 22 4
T9 United States J. P. Hayes 59 24 1 Nike Tour win
T9 United States Mike Standly 184 101 1 PGA Tour win
T9 United States Shane Bertsch 29 9
T16 United States Donnie Hammond 348 247 2 PGA Tour wins
T16 United States David Sutherland 39 16
T16 United States Robert Damron 1 0
T16 Japan Hideki Kase 5 3 3 Japan Golf Tour wins
T16 United States John Dowdall 48 12 1 Nike Tour win
T21 United States Jack O'Keefe 1 0
T21 United States Kevin Burton 3 2
T21 United States Sonny Skinner 58 23 2 Nike Tour wins
T21 United States Jeff Hart 101 47
T21 United States Craig Kanada 5 1
T21 Sweden Adam Mednick 1 0 5 Challenge Tour wins
T21 United States Larry Rinker 395 229
T21 Mexico Rafael Alarcón 38 9
T21 United States Tom Byrum 306 163 1 PGA Tour win
T21 United States Todd Demsey 7 3
T21 United States Billy Ray Brown 234 129 2 PGA Tour wins
T21 United States Tray Tyner 82 30
T33 United States Kevin Sutherland 35 22
T33 United States Jim McGovern 195 112 1 PGA Tour win
T33 United States Tony Mollica 1 1
T33 United States Frank Lickliter 30 15 1 Nike Tour win
T37 United States Tim Simpson 512 349 4 PGA Tour wins
T37 Canada Dave Barr 480 304 2 PGA Tour wins
T37 United States Bob Wolcott 138 64
T37 United States Jay Delsing 351 179
T37 Australia Bradley Hughes 21 10 4 PGA Tour of Australasia wins
T37 Australia Stuart Appleby 30 18 2 Nike Tour wins
T37 United States Spike McRoy 1 0
T37 United States Paul Tesori 0 0
T37 United States Craig Bowden 0 0
T37 United States Brad Sutterfield 0 0
T37 United States Anthony Rodriguez 7 5
T37 United States Brian Henninger 107 58 1 PGA Tour win
T37 United States Paul Claxton 0 0

  PGA Tour rookie in 1997

1997 Results

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Player Starts Cuts
made
Best
finish
Money list
rank
Earnings ($)
  Allen Doyle 28 13 T26 189 66,555
  Jimmy Johnston 31 12 T2 132 163,202
  Doug Barron* 31 21 T6 116 198,051
  Chip Sullivan* 27 11 T36 215 41,019
  Jimmy Green* 31 12 T19 197 61,153
  Tom Pernice Jr. 30 12 4 127 173,012
  Brent Geiberger* 29 19 T2 62 395,472
  Phil Tataurangi 28 12 3 96 256,930
  Gabriel Hjertstedt* 23 11 Win 89 279,624
  Larry Silveira 24 6 T20 222 36,356
  Tommy Armour III 30 18 T17 131 163,664
  Shaun Micheel 21 5 T49 250 14,519
  J. P. Hayes 29 18 T8 135 160,722
  Mike Standly 28 14 2 75 318,939
  Shane Bertsch 30 11 T19 182 73,480
  Donnie Hammond 21 12 T2 106 224,799
  David Sutherland 28 14 T2 84 288,663
  Robert Damron* 32 17 T3 53 455,604
  Hideki Kase* 30 14 15 152 120,478
  John Dowdall 24 6 T31 232 27,389
  Jack O'Keefe* 27 10 T13 175 85,220
  Kevin Burton* 26 10 T6 178 78,534
  Sonny Skinner 25 9 T13 206 46,328
  Jeff Hart 28 12 T21 188 67,829
  Craig Kanada* 23 5 T28 234 25,125
  Adam Mednick* 18 14 T20 237 23,801
  Larry Rinker 33 15 T8 124 188,281
  Rafael Alarcón 26 13 T19 176 79,928
  Tom Byrum 27 21 T2 42 525,161
  Todd Demsey* 27 9 T24 214 41,774
  Billy Ray Brown 24 11 Win 91 268,709
  Tray Tyner 27 9 T15 199 57,355
  Kevin Sutherland 27 17 2 52 455,860
  Jim McGovern 32 13 T7 144 140,756
  Tony Mollica* 21 2 T65 294 6,225
  Frank Lickliter 30 14 T4 107 221,049
  Tim Simpson 25 7 T23 224 33,166
  Dave Barr 4 1 T38 300 5,400
  Bob Wolcott 27 8 T10 195 62,653
  Jay Delsing 28 14 T7 167 102,592
  Bradley Hughes* 27 12 T8 142 142,793
  Stuart Appleby 23 18 Win 18 1,003,356
  Spike McRoy* 27 7 T19 190 66,274
  Paul Tesori* 12 0 Cut n/a 0
  Craig Bowden* 21 8 T23 218 40,118
  Brad Sutterfield* 20 4 T23 243 18,649
  Anthony Rodriguez* 25 6 T13 208 45,319
  Brian Henninger 25 15 T2 71 329,864
  Paul Claxton* 23 10 12 177 79,118

*PGA Tour rookie in 1997
T = Tied
  The player retained his PGA Tour card for 1998 (finished inside the top 125)
  The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150)
  The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998 (finished outside the top 150)

Winners on the PGA Tour in 1997

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No. Date Player Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner(s)-up
1 Mar 16   Stuart Appleby Honda Classic −14 (68-68-67-71=274) 1 stroke   Michael Bradley
  Payne Stewart
2 Jul 20   Billy Ray Brown Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic −17 (69-66-69-67=271) 1 stroke   Mike Standly
3 Sep 28   Gabriel Hjertstedt B.C. Open −13 (70-69-66-70=275) 1 stroke   Andrew Magee
  Chris Perry
  Lee Rinker

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1997

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No. Date Player Tournament Winner Winning score Runner-up score
1 Feb 9   Donnie Hammond Buick Invitational   Mark O'Meara −13 (67-66-71-71=275) −11 (73-67-68-69=277)
2 Mar 23   Stuart Appleby Bay Hill Invitational   Phil Mickelson −16 (72-65-70-65=272) −13 (73-63-70-69=275)
3 May 4   Kevin Sutherland
Lost in playoff
Shell Houston Open   Phil Blackmar −12 (68-71-67-70=276) −12 (68-72-66-70=276)
4 May 11   Brian Henninger BellSouth Classic   Scott McCarron −14 (70-69-66-69=274) −11 (70-71-68-68=277)
5 Jul 13   Jimmy Johnston Quad City Classic   David Toms −15 (67-66-67-65=265) −12 (70-67-69-62=268)
6 Jul 20   Mike Standly Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic   Billy Ray Brown −17 (69-66-69-67=271) −16 (69-67-70-66=272)
7 Jul 27   Tom Byrum Canon Greater Hartford Open   Stewart Cink −13 (69-67-65-66=267) −12 (66-68-65-69=268)
8 Aug 3   Stuart Appleby (2) Sprint International   Phil Mickelson 48 points (14-13-12-9) 41 points (9-10-13-9)
9 Aug 10   Tom Byrum (2) Buick Open   Vijay Singh −15 (67-73-67-66=273) −11 (72-68-70-67=277)
10 Aug 31   David Sutherland Greater Milwaukee Open   Scott Hoch −16 (70-66-66-66=268) −15 (70-65-65-69=269)
11 Sep 21   Brent Geiberger LaCantera Texas Open   Tim Herron −17 (71-67-64-69=271) −15 (67-72-69-65=273)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament results". The Oklahoman. December 7, 1996. p. 20.