1996 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

This is a list of the 49 players who earned 1997 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1996.^[1]

Place	Player	PGA Tour starts	Cuts made	Notes
T1	Allen Doyle	35	19	3 Nike Tour wins
T1	Jimmy Johnston	30	7
T3	Doug Barron	1	0
T3	Chip Sullivan	2	0
T5	Jimmy Green	3	1	1 Nike Tour win
T5	Tom Pernice Jr.	133	50
T7	Brent Geiberger	0	0
T7	Phil Tataurangi	25	10	1 Nike Tour win; 1 PGA Tour of Australasia win
T9	Gabriel Hjertstedt	0	0
T9	Larry Silveira	134	60	1 Nike Tour win
T9	Tommy Armour III	261	123	1 PGA Tour win
T9	Shaun Micheel	22	4
T9	J. P. Hayes	59	24	1 Nike Tour win
T9	Mike Standly	184	101	1 PGA Tour win
T9	Shane Bertsch	29	9
T16	Donnie Hammond	348	247	2 PGA Tour wins
T16	David Sutherland	39	16
T16	Robert Damron	1	0
T16	Hideki Kase	5	3	3 Japan Golf Tour wins
T16	John Dowdall	48	12	1 Nike Tour win
T21	Jack O'Keefe	1	0
T21	Kevin Burton	3	2
T21	Sonny Skinner	58	23	2 Nike Tour wins
T21	Jeff Hart	101	47
T21	Craig Kanada	5	1
T21	Adam Mednick	1	0	5 Challenge Tour wins
T21	Larry Rinker	395	229
T21	Rafael Alarcón	38	9
T21	Tom Byrum	306	163	1 PGA Tour win
T21	Todd Demsey	7	3
T21	Billy Ray Brown	234	129	2 PGA Tour wins
T21	Tray Tyner	82	30
T33	Kevin Sutherland	35	22
T33	Jim McGovern	195	112	1 PGA Tour win
T33	Tony Mollica	1	1
T33	Frank Lickliter	30	15	1 Nike Tour win
T37	Tim Simpson	512	349	4 PGA Tour wins
T37	Dave Barr	480	304	2 PGA Tour wins
T37	Bob Wolcott	138	64
T37	Jay Delsing	351	179
T37	Bradley Hughes	21	10	4 PGA Tour of Australasia wins
T37	Stuart Appleby	30	18	2 Nike Tour wins
T37	Spike McRoy	1	0
T37	Paul Tesori	0	0
T37	Craig Bowden	0	0
T37	Brad Sutterfield	0	0
T37	Anthony Rodriguez	7	5
T37	Brian Henninger	107	58	1 PGA Tour win
T37	Paul Claxton	0	0

  PGA Tour rookie in 1997

1997 Results

Player	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings ($)
Allen Doyle	28	13	T26	189	66,555
Jimmy Johnston	31	12	T2	132	163,202
Doug Barron*	31	21	T6	116	198,051
Chip Sullivan*	27	11	T36	215	41,019
Jimmy Green*	31	12	T19	197	61,153
Tom Pernice Jr.	30	12	4	127	173,012
Brent Geiberger*	29	19	T2	62	395,472
Phil Tataurangi	28	12	3	96	256,930
Gabriel Hjertstedt*	23	11	Win	89	279,624
Larry Silveira	24	6	T20	222	36,356
Tommy Armour III	30	18	T17	131	163,664
Shaun Micheel	21	5	T49	250	14,519
J. P. Hayes	29	18	T8	135	160,722
Mike Standly	28	14	2	75	318,939
Shane Bertsch	30	11	T19	182	73,480
Donnie Hammond	21	12	T2	106	224,799
David Sutherland	28	14	T2	84	288,663
Robert Damron*	32	17	T3	53	455,604
Hideki Kase*	30	14	15	152	120,478
John Dowdall	24	6	T31	232	27,389
Jack O'Keefe*	27	10	T13	175	85,220
Kevin Burton*	26	10	T6	178	78,534
Sonny Skinner	25	9	T13	206	46,328
Jeff Hart	28	12	T21	188	67,829
Craig Kanada*	23	5	T28	234	25,125
Adam Mednick*	18	14	T20	237	23,801
Larry Rinker	33	15	T8	124	188,281
Rafael Alarcón	26	13	T19	176	79,928
Tom Byrum	27	21	T2	42	525,161
Todd Demsey*	27	9	T24	214	41,774
Billy Ray Brown	24	11	Win	91	268,709
Tray Tyner	27	9	T15	199	57,355
Kevin Sutherland	27	17	2	52	455,860
Jim McGovern	32	13	T7	144	140,756
Tony Mollica*	21	2	T65	294	6,225
Frank Lickliter	30	14	T4	107	221,049
Tim Simpson	25	7	T23	224	33,166
Dave Barr	4	1	T38	300	5,400
Bob Wolcott	27	8	T10	195	62,653
Jay Delsing	28	14	T7	167	102,592
Bradley Hughes*	27	12	T8	142	142,793
Stuart Appleby	23	18	Win	18	1,003,356
Spike McRoy*	27	7	T19	190	66,274
Paul Tesori*	12	0	Cut	n/a	0
Craig Bowden*	21	8	T23	218	40,118
Brad Sutterfield*	20	4	T23	243	18,649
Anthony Rodriguez*	25	6	T13	208	45,319
Brian Henninger	25	15	T2	71	329,864
Paul Claxton*	23	10	12	177	79,118

*PGA Tour rookie in 1997
T = Tied
  The player retained his PGA Tour card for 1998 (finished inside the top 125)
  The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150)
  The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1998 (finished outside the top 150)

Winners on the PGA Tour in 1997

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Mar 16	Stuart Appleby	Honda Classic	−14 (68-68-67-71=274)	1 stroke	Michael Bradley Payne Stewart
2	Jul 20	Billy Ray Brown	Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic	−17 (69-66-69-67=271)	1 stroke	Mike Standly
3	Sep 28	Gabriel Hjertstedt	B.C. Open	−13 (70-69-66-70=275)	1 stroke	Andrew Magee Chris Perry Lee Rinker

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1997

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	Feb 9	Donnie Hammond	Buick Invitational	Mark O'Meara	−13 (67-66-71-71=275)	−11 (73-67-68-69=277)
2	Mar 23	Stuart Appleby	Bay Hill Invitational	Phil Mickelson	−16 (72-65-70-65=272)	−13 (73-63-70-69=275)
3	May 4	Kevin Sutherland Lost in playoff	Shell Houston Open	Phil Blackmar	−12 (68-71-67-70=276)	−12 (68-72-66-70=276)
4	May 11	Brian Henninger	BellSouth Classic	Scott McCarron	−14 (70-69-66-69=274)	−11 (70-71-68-68=277)
5	Jul 13	Jimmy Johnston	Quad City Classic	David Toms	−15 (67-66-67-65=265)	−12 (70-67-69-62=268)
6	Jul 20	Mike Standly	Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic	Billy Ray Brown	−17 (69-66-69-67=271)	−16 (69-67-70-66=272)
7	Jul 27	Tom Byrum	Canon Greater Hartford Open	Stewart Cink	−13 (69-67-65-66=267)	−12 (66-68-65-69=268)
8	Aug 3	Stuart Appleby (2)	Sprint International	Phil Mickelson	48 points (14-13-12-9)	41 points (9-10-13-9)
9	Aug 10	Tom Byrum (2)	Buick Open	Vijay Singh	−15 (67-73-67-66=273)	−11 (72-68-70-67=277)
10	Aug 31	David Sutherland	Greater Milwaukee Open	Scott Hoch	−16 (70-66-66-66=268)	−15 (70-65-65-69=269)
11	Sep 21	Brent Geiberger	LaCantera Texas Open	Tim Herron	−17 (71-67-64-69=271)	−15 (67-72-69-65=273)

See also

• 1996 Nike Tour graduates