1995 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates explained

This is a list of the 43 players who earned 1996 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1995.^[1]

Place	Player	PGA Tour starts	Cuts made	Notes
1		21	10
T2		32	16	1 Nike Tour win
T2		161	53
T4		1	0
T4		1	1
T4		280	151	1 PGA Tour win
T4		69	30	3 Nike Tour wins
T4		2	1
T9		377	237	1 PGA Tour win
T9		1	0
12		3	1	1 Nike Tour win
T13		340	186	2 PGA Tour wins
T13		2	0
T13		345	184	1 Nike Tour win
T16		0	0	3 PGA Tour of Australasia wins
T16		2	0	2 Japan Golf Tour wins
T16		152	83
T16		282	157	1 PGA Tour win
T16		60	25
T21		62	32
T21		208	114	2 PGA Tour wins
T21		1	0	1 Nike Tour win
T21		387	239	2 PGA Tour wins
T21		2	0	1 Nike Tour win
T21		28	13
T27		82	41
T27		3	2
T27		2	1
T30		22	11
T30		2	1	1 Nike Tour win
T30		3	2	1 Nike Tour win
T30		3	0
T30		119	52
T30		7	1
T30		1	1	1 European Tour win
T30		203	86
T38		54	21	1 Nike Tour win
T38		480	311	11 PGA Tour wins
T38		2	0
T38		78	36
T38		4	1
T38		5	2

PGA Tour rookie in 1996

1996 Results

Player	Starts	Cuts made	Best finish	Money list rank	Earnings ($)
	30	14		155	116,071
	32	15		122	171,797
	1	1	77	364	2,325
Joey Gullion*	30	13		163	99,849
Shane Bertsch*	28	8		188	65,517
	26	12		126	166,500
	27	21		94	223,703
Kevin Sutherland*	33	21		135	144,828
	28	14		62	330,183
Tim Herron*	31	22		39	475,670
Steve Jurgensen*	31	15		152	118,049
	22	7		215	32,385
Scott Medlin*	23	5		236	23,277
	27	17		41	461,899
Lucas Parsons*	24	4		240	21,233
Hisayuki Sasaki*	19	13		159	105,651
	22	15		166	96,329
	25	12		176	81,690
	25	11		52	390,575
	27	10		213	33,965
	26	15		185	67,203
Frank Lickliter*	29	15		138	138,847
	26	20		91	247,320
Jeff Gallagher*	31	11		157	114,001
	30	15		92	238,977
	26	14		172	88,788
Scott Dunlap*	28	13		124	168,682
Joe Daley*	27	13		167	96,287
	27	13		175	82,773
John Maginnes*	28	14		113	184,065
Taylor Smith*	27	16		102	221,517
Jeff Julian*	26	17		193	55,602
	27	15		61	331,708
Mike Swartz*	29	8		181	77,616
Jarmo Sandelin*	14	1		360	2,509
	27	20		90	248,450
	22	5		226	26,926
	28	10		177	80,849
Bryan Gorman*	24	11		200	47,713
	23	11		186	66,450
Ron Whittaker*	23	8		224	29,656
Gary Rusnak*	26	14		183	74,209

*PGA Tour rookie in 1996
T = Tied
The player retained his PGA Tour card for 1997 (finished inside the top 125)
The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1997, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150)
The player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 1997 (finished outside the top 150)

Winners on the PGA Tour in 1996

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Mar 10	Tim Herron	Honda Classic	−17 (62-68-72-69=271)	4 strokes	Mark McCumber
2	Apr 7	Paul Stankowski	BellSouth Classic	−8 (68-71-70-71=280)	Playoff	Brandel Chamblee
3	Aug 18	Clarence Rose	Sprint International	31 points (6-3-12-10)	Playoff	Brad Faxon

Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 1996

No.	Date	Player	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Runner-up score
1	Jul 28	Russ Cochran	CVS Charity Classic	John Cook	−16 (65-67-67-69=268)	−13 (68-64-71-68=271)
2	Aug 25	Taylor Smith	Greater Vancouver Open	Guy Boros	−15 (71-65-65-71=272)	−14 (71-65-65-72=273)
3–4	Sep 29	John Maginnes Lost in five-man playoff	Buick Challenge	Michael Bradley	−10 (66-68=134)	−10 (68-66=134)
		Len Mattiace Lost in five-man playoff				−10 (66-68=134)

See also

• 1995 Nike Tour graduates

Notes and References

1. News: PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament results. The Oklahoman. December 5, 1995. 24.