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1966 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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This is a list of the 1966 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The tournament was played over 144 holes at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in late October.December 7, 2009 Past champions: PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament http://www.pgatour.com/2009/qschool/12/07/past.winners/index.html PGA Tour https://web.archive.org/web/20121026131549/http://www.pgatour.com/2009/qschool/12/07/past.winners/index.html October 26, 2012 The tournament represented the totality of the year's PGA Tour Qualifying School; there were no local or regional sections.
Tournament summary
There were 99 players in the tournament and 32 earned their tour cards. Johnson Mark Qualifying School PGA's Toughest Test https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-01-17-8803230304-story.html 2021-02-20 January 17, 1988 Chicago Tribune Harry Toscano was medalist with a 4-under-par 572.https://www.newspapers.com/image/24784170/?terms=%22Toscano%22%20PGA&match=1 32 Young Pros Qualify To Play On PGA Tour The Danville Register Virginia AP October 28, 1966 12-A newspapers.com subscriptionhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/122790977/?terms=%22Toscano%22%20PGA%20qualifying&match=1 Stanton Qualifies The Sun-Herald Sydney, Australia AAP October 30, 1966 71 newspapers.com subscription The professional Marty Bohen was well within the cut-off entering the final day. However, he played poorly and failed to graduate by one shot. "I was destroyed," Bohen said later in life.Gould David Q School Confidential St. Martin's Press 2002 0-312-28917-0 2nd New York, NY 74 English
In general, according to Billy Booe, PGA Tournament Administrator, this class "was considered substantially stronger" than the inaugural class from the previous year. A full year after qualifying school, 12 players were still playing full-time on the PGA Tour.1968-08-23 School Screens Pro Hopefuls; Must Pass Tough 144-Hole Test 44 The Hartford Courant Billy Booe https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80020415/school-screens-pro-hopefuls-must-pass/ 2021-06-22 newspapers.com
List of graduates
PlacePlayerNotes1 USA Harry Toscano2 AUS Bob Stanton Winner of 1966 Dunlop InternationalT3 ZAF 1928 Allan Henning Winner of 1963 South African OpenUSA Jim Wiechers Winner of 1966 Western Amateur5 USA William Emmons 6 USA Bob Lunn Winner of 1963 U.S. Amateur Public LinksT7 USA Bert Greene USA Richard Martinez USA Jerry McGee USA Jim McPhate 11 CAN Wilf Homenuik 12 PRI David Jimenez Represented Puerto Rico for 1963 and 1964 Canada CupT13 USA Ettore Della Torre USA Charles Lewis 15 USA Bob Boldt T16 USA Ray Botts USA Dave Eichelberger Member of 1965 Walker Cup teamT18 USA Bruce Cudd USA Sonny Methvin T20 USA John Mark Hopkins USA John Joseph USA Walt Zembriski T23 USA Dave Gumlia USA Monty Kaser Winner of 1966 U.S. Amateur Public Links25 USA George Smith T26 USA Alex Antonio, Jr. USA Don Headings USA Roane Puett 29 USA John Molenda T30 CAN Leon DeCaire USA Rives McBee USA DeWitt Weaver
Sources:Gould David Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament St. Martin's Press 1999 978-0312203559 New York 239−240
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