PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament

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The annual PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, also known as Qualifying School or Q-School, was historically the main method by which golfers earned PGA Tour playing privileges, commonly known as a Tour card. From 2013 to 2022, Q-School granted privileges only for the Korn Ferry Tour, the PGA Tour's official developmental circuit, but in 2023 it began to again award a small number of PGA Tour cards.

History

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At the PGA of America's annual meeting in 1963 Earl Stewart, a club professional from Dallas, first brought up the idea of having a qualifying school. Two years later at the inaugural q-school he explained to the press on the purpose of the event. "It is designed to take the burden of making a judgement on a proposed player's talent away from the local level," he said. "Formerly the various sections were responsible for screening and qualifying a man for the tour, but all they do now is screen and recommend for the new qualifying tournament."[1]

In several early years (1968–69, 1975–81), two separate tournaments were played, one in the spring and one in the fall.[2] The format of the tournament has changed several times, ranging from a 72-hole tournament to a 144-hole tournament.[2] In June 1977, Commissioner Deane Beman announced some changes. Sectional and regional components were added to the tournament. Beman thought it would help weed out mediocre players from playing in finals. He also thought it would be "easier from the standpoint of travel and accommodations" and would be "less expensive" for the players. Many players, however, thought sectionals were unnecessary as they only eliminated a small minority of players.[3]

The current format (in place since 1982) is 108 holes over six days in late November and early December.[2] Before 2013, the top 25 players and ties earned their tour cards.[2] The next set of fifty finishers earned full Korn Ferry Tour cards.[4] The remaining participants received conditional Korn Ferry Tour status.

The 2012 Qualifying Tournament was the last to grant playing privileges for the PGA Tour. On March 20, 2012, the tour announced radical changes to its season structure and qualifying process,[5] and announced further details on July 10 of that year.[6]

The 2013 season ended with The Tour Championship in September, and the 2014 season began the following month. Since then, the Qualifying Tournament only grants playing privileges for the Korn Ferry Tour (known as the Nationwide Tour at the time of the March 2012 announcement). A new series of three tournaments known as the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, held in September, grants 50 PGA Tour cards to a field consisting of the top 75 on the Korn Ferry Tour money list and the golfers placed 126 to 200 on the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup points list. The top 25 on the Korn Ferry Tour money list before the Finals receive PGA Tour cards, with total money earned in the Finals determining the remaining 25 card earners.[6]

For 2023, qualifying school again awarded PGA Tour cards, this time to top five plus ties in the final stage. The next 40 plus ties were guaranteed starts on the Korn Ferry Tour. The next twenty plus ties earned full status on the PGA Tour Americas, while all others who reached the final stage received conditional Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Americas status. The 2023 edition of Q School also awarded privileges on the PGA Tour Americas to First Stage medalists. Second stage medalists also earned eight Korn Ferry Tour starts.[7]

Medalists

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YearWinner(s)Cards
2024United States Lanto Griffin6
2023Australia Harrison Endycott5
2013–2022: No Qualifying School
2012South Korea Lee Dong-hwan26
2011United States Brendon Todd29
2010United States Billy Mayfair29
2009United States Troy Merritt25
2008United States Harrison Frazar28
2007United States Frank Lickliter26
2006United States George McNeill40
2005United States J. B. Holmes32
2004England Brian Davis35
2003Sweden Mathias Grönberg34
2002United States Jeff Brehaut38
2001United States Pat Perez36
2000Australia Stephen Allan36
1999United States Blaine McCallister40
1998Canada Mike Weir41
1997United States Scott Verplank38
1996United States Allen Doyle
United States Jimmy Johnston
49
1995United States Carl Paulson42
1994United States Woody Austin46
1993United States Ty Armstrong
United States Robin Freeman (2)
United States Dave Stockton Jr.
46
1992United States Skip Kendall
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
United States Perry Moss
Australia Brett Ogle
United States Neale Smith
43
1991United States Mike Standly48
1990United States Duffy Waldorf49
1989United States David Peoples59
1988United States Robin Freeman52
1987United States John Huston54
1986United States Steve Jones53
1985United States Tom Sieckmann50
1984United States Paul Azinger50
1983United States Willie Wood57
1982United States Donnie Hammond50
1981 (Fall)United States Tim Graham
United States Robert Thompson
34
1981 (Spring)United States Billy Glisson25
1980 (Fall)United States Bruce Douglass27
1980 (Spring)United States Jack Spradlin27
1979 (Fall)United States Tom Jones27
1979 (Spring)United States Terry Mauney25
1978 (Fall)United States John Fought
United States Jim Thorpe
27
1978 (Spring)United States Wren Lum28
1977 (Fall)United States Ed Fiori34
1977 (Spring)United States Phil Hancock26
1976 (Fall)United States Keith Fergus29
1976 (Spring)United States Woody Blackburn
Australia Bob Shearer
15
1975 (Fall)United States Jerry Pate25
1975 (Spring)United States Joey Dills13
1974United States Fuzzy Zoeller19
1973United States Ben Crenshaw23
1972United States John Adams
United States Larry Stubblefield
25
1971United States Bob Zender23
1970Canada Robert Barbarossa18
1969 (Fall)United States Doug Olson12
1969 (Spring)United States Bob Eastwood12
1968 (Fall)United States Grier Jones30
1968 (Spring)United States Bob Dickson15
1967South Africa Bobby Cole30
1966United States Harry Toscano32
1965United States John Schlee17
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