This is a list of the 1966 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. The tournament was played over 144 holes at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in late October. The tournament represented the totality of the year's PGA Tour Qualifying School; there were no local or regional sections.
Tournament summary There were 99 players in the tournament and 32 earned their tour cards. Harry Toscano was medalist with a 4-under-par 572. The professional Marty Bohen was well within the cut-off entering the final day. However, he played poorly and failed to graduate by one shot. "I was destroyed," Bohen said later in life.
In general, according to Billy Booe, PGA Tournament Administrator, this class "was considered substantially stronger" than the inaugural class from the previous year. A full year after qualifying school, 12 players were still playing full-time on the PGA Tour.
List of graduates PlacePlayerNotes1 Harry Toscano2 Bob Stanton Winner of 1966 Dunlop InternationalT3 Allan Henning Winner of 1963 South African Open Jim Wiechers Winner of 1966 Western Amateur5 William Emmons 6 Bob Lunn Winner of 1963 U.S. Amateur Public LinksT7 Bert Greene Richard Martinez Jerry McGee Jim McPhate 11 Wilf Homenuik 12 David Jimenez Represented Puerto Rico for 1963 and 1964 Canada CupT13 Ettore Della Torre Charles Lewis 15 Bob Boldt T16 Ray Botts Dave Eichelberger Member of 1965 Walker Cup teamT18 Bruce Cudd Sonny Methvin T20 John Mark Hopkins John Joseph Walt Zembriski T23 Dave Gumlia Monty Kaser Winner of 1966 U.S. Amateur Public Links25 George Smith T26 Alex Antonio, Jr. Don Headings Roane Puett 29 John Molenda T30 Leon DeCaire Rives McBee DeWitt Weaver Sources:
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