This is a list of the 1982 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. 50 players earned their 1983 PGA Tour card through Q-School in 1982. The tournament was played over 108 holes at the Tournament Players Club in Ponte Vedra, Florida. The top 30 players split the $50,000 purse, with the winner earning $9,000. This was the first qualifying school during the PGA Tour's the "All-exempt Tour" era. All graduates had full status on the PGA Tour the subsequent year.
Tournament summary Donnie Hammond won the event by a record breaking margin.
Mac O'Grady played in the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament for the 17th time. He had been unsuccessful the first 16 times. He opened poorly with rounds of 79–76. However, he "steadied" with a "brilliant" fourth round 66. In the sixth and final round, he shot a 73 to earn his card for the first time.
Charlie Bolling attempted to earn playing privileges for the second straight year. He missed graduating by one shot this time.
List of graduates PlacePlayerNotes1 Donnie Hammond Won by 14 strokes, largest margin of victory in Q-school history2 David Peoples 3 Nick Price 1 European Tour win, 2 Sunshine Tour wins, runner-up at 1982 Open ChampionshipT4 Bob Boyd Chen Tze-chung 1 Japan Golf Tour win Buddy Gardner Mac O'Grady Qualified in 17th attempt at Q-School Richard Zokol T9 Dan Forsman John McComish Gary McCord T12 Tom Jones Mike Peck T14 Ken Green Joey Rassett Bill Sander Jeff Sanders T18 Mike Brannan Steve Hart Lindy Miller Low amateur at 1978 Masters Tournament Rod Nuckolls T22 Doug Black Curt Byrum Lyn Lott Top-10 at 1976 and 1977 U.S. Open Larry Rinker Mick Soli T28 Russ Cochran David Ogrin Ivan Smith T31 Wally Armstrong 5th place at 1978 Masters Tournament Darrell Kestner Bill Murchison Loren Roberts Jimmy Roy Tony Sills T37 Rafael Alarcón Ronnie Black Mark Coward Mike Gove Tom Lehman Blaine McCallister Lonnie Nielsen Ray Stewart44 Lars Meyerson T45 Jon Chaffee Rick Dalpos Ken Kelley Rick Pearson Sammy Rachels Jeff Sluman Source:
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