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Fall 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

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This is a list of the Fall 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

The tournament was played over 144 holes at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in early October.[1][2] There were 79 players in the field and 30 earned their tour card.[1] Grier Jones was the medallist.[3]

# Player Notes
1 United States Grier Jones Winner of 1968 NCAA Championship
2 United States Jimmy Day
3 England Malcolm Gregson Winner of 1967 British PGA Championship
4 United States Don Iverson
T5 United States Gene Ferrell
United States Nathaniel Sparks
7 United States George Johnson
T8 United States Jerry Heard Winner of 1968 Northern California Open
United States Jim Jamieson
United States William Tindall
11 United States Jim Awtrey
T12 United States John Levinson
Canada Lawrence O'Hearn
T14 United States Jim Bullard
United States Vern Novak Jr.
United States Robert Joe Payne
United States Jeff Voss
T18 United States Ras Allen
United States Tom Bailey
United States Kenneth Ellsworth
United States Jim Hardy
United States Roland LaMontage
United States Dennis Lyons
24 United States Ed Sneed
T25 United States David Bollman
United States Clayton Cole
United States George Hixon
T28 United States Guy Bill
United States Joseph McDermott
United States James Walker Jr.

Sources:[2][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Past champions: PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament". PGA Tour. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Voorhis, Chuck (October 12, 1968). "30 PGA 'Students' Shoot Required 603 For Tickets". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. p. 14.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Leonard (December 8, 1991). "Q-School: Broken Hearts By The Score". Washington Post. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Gould, David (1999). Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 243–245. ISBN 978-0312203559.