1965 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 1965 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

Tournament summary

There were 49 players at the 1965 event.[1][2][3] The school began on Monday October 25 and lasted 10 days in total. During the first three days, the players exclusively attended lectures. The topics included player conduct, the rules of golf, the relationship between golf and the law, and a number of other issues. Professional golfers like Chick Harbert, Jack Burke Jr., and Dave Marr provided the lectures.[4]

On Thursday October 28, the golf tournament proper began. It was played at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida over 144 holes and lasted one week.[4][3] Seventeen players graduated.[1][3][5]

According to Billy Booe, PGA Tournament Administrator, "it was not an impressive group" of graduates.[2] As of May 1966, only 4 of the 17 of them had made any money on tour and only two of them had been in the money multiple times.[6]

List of graduates

Place Player Notes
1 United States John Schlee
2 United States John Josephson
3 United States Richard Canon
4 United States Ron Gillespie
T5 United States Richard Killian
Canada Bob Rose
7 United States Dave Marad
T8 United States Randy Petri
United States Dave Philo
T10 United States Jimmy Fetters
United States Laurie Hammer
T12 United States Stanley Brion
United States Roy Siegel Jr.
Canada Frank Whibley
T15 United States Jim Colbert
United States William Giese
United States James Langley

Source:[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Clark, Chuck (September 11, 1966). "Puett To Attend Pro School for Golf Tour". Austin American-Statesman. p. D10. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Booe, Billy (August 23, 1968). "School Screens Pro Hopefuls; Must Pass Tough 144-Hole Test". The Hartford Courant. p. 44. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Past champions: PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament". PGA Tour. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Wilson, Johnny (October 26, 1965). "PGA Sends Pros To School". The Miami News. p. 5B. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "17 Qualify For Golf's Pro Tour". Great Falls Tribune. Montana. Associated Press. November 5, 1965. p. 15 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Campbell, Gary (May 26, 1966). "About Golf". Oregon Statesman. p. 41. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Gould, David (1999). Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0312203559.