Fall 1975 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the Fall 1975 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The event was held at three courses at the Walt Disney World Resort: Magnolia Golf Course, Palm Golf Course, and Cypress Creek Golf Club. 375 players made the finals.^[1]

Tournament summary

Two significant international players were in the event. They were Dale Hayes, "a highly regarded players from Pretoria, South Africa," and England's Maurice Bembridge. Hayes opened, well with a 69 (−3), to put himself two back of the lead.^[2] Bembridge, however, struggled in the first round with a 76 (+4).^[3] Overall, Bobby Stroble and Andy Bean held the joint first round lead at 67 (−5).^[2] After the second round, it was Jerry Pate and Sandy Galbraith that were tied for the lead at 139 (−5).^[4] Pate went on to earn medallist honors.^[5] Among the first round leaders, both Strobble and Bean easily qualified, both finishing in the top ten. Among the international players, Hayes qualified for the tour while Bembridge did not. Meanwhile, Galbraith, the joint leader with Pate after the second round, also qualified.^[6]

Jim Thorpe also earned playing privileges on the PGA Tour for the first time.^[7] In addition, Bill Mallon, a recent graduate of Duke University, also earned playing privileges. Shortly after he graduated he told The Boston Globe, "I am a touring professional golfer. I did it. Achieved a lifelong dream. I've wanted to be a professional golfer for a long time. I know a lot of good young players who were 15 or 16 and they said this is want they wanted. They want to be a pro when they see Nicklaus or Palmer on TV. Well I said it. And now I've done it. I've got a long way to go to do what I want to do yet. But this is the first step."^[8]

List of graduates

#	Player	Notes
1	Jerry Pate	Winner of 1974 U.S. Amateur
2	George Burns	2 European Tour wins
T3	Earl Humphries
	Gary Koch	Winner of 1970 U.S. Junior Amateur
T5	Bobby Stroble
	Steve Veriato
7	Andy Bean	Winner of 1974 Eastern Amateur
T8	Stan Lee
	Bob Gilder	1 PGA Tour of Australasia win
10	Don Pooley
T11	Dale Hayes	1 European Tour win. 7 South African Tour wins.
	John Harris
	Tom McGinnis
14	Ray Leach
15	David Smith
T16	Bill Mallon
	Jim Thorpe
	John Melnick
	Ted Goin
	Sandy Galbraith
T21	Mark Pfeil	Winner of 1972 Pacific Coast Amateur
	Gar Hamilton
	Stan Altgelt
	Guy Cullins
	David Canipe

Source: ^[6]

References

1. "TPD Tech In Session". The Orlando Sentinel. 1975-11-04. p. 27. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
2. "Bean, Stroble First-Round Leaders With 67 In PGA Qualifying School". The Orlando Sentinel. 1975-11-04. p. 27. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
3. "Bean". The Orlando Sentinel. 1975-11-04. p. 29. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
4. "Pate, Galbraith share lead". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
5. Shapiro, Leonard (1991-12-08). "Q-SCHOOL: BROKEN HEARTS BY THE SCORE". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
6. Gould, David (1999). Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 254–55. ISBN 978-0312203559.
7. "Hendrickson new pro at Loch Nairn Links". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1979-02-25. p. 47. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
8. "Mallon... (page 2)". The Boston Globe. 1979-06-15. p. 65. Retrieved 2021-07-06.