__NOTOC__ This is a list of the 29 players who earned their 2012 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2011. Note: Roberto Castro and Mark Anderson had already qualified for the PGA Tour by placing in the Top 25 during the 2011 Nationwide Tour season; they did not count among the Top 25 Q school graduates.
PlacePlayerPGA TourstartsCutsmadeNotes 1 Brendon Todd 21 5 1 Nationwide Tour win 2 Stephen Gangluff 35 16 3 Canadian Tour wins T3 Bobby Gates 32 13 1 Nationwide Tour win, finished 126th on 2011 PGA Tour money list T3 Noh Seung-yul 11 8 1 European Tour win, 2 Asian Tour wins, played in 2011 Royal Trophy,youngest man in Q-school field (20) T5 Tommy Biershenk 3 1 T5 Jarrod Lyle 94 47 2 Nationwide Tour wins, survived leukemia as a teenager T5 Vaughn Taylor 228 142 2 PGA Tour wins, 1 Nationwide Tour win T8 Bob Estes 589 410 4 PGA Tour wins, runner-up in 2011 Greenbrier Classic T8 Brian Harman 4 1 Played in 2005 and 2009 Walker Cups T8 Marco Dawson 388 204 1 Nationwide Tour win, second oldest graduate (48) T11 Bae Sang-moon 4 1 3 Japan Golf Tour wins, 3 Asian Tour wins, 2 OneAsia Tour wins,highest ranked player in field (31 in OWGR at time of qualification) T11 Kevin Kisner 24 10 1 Nationwide Tour win T13 Jeff Maggert 546 335 3 PGA Tour wins, 2 Nationwide Tour wins, played in 1994 Presidents Cup and 1995, 1997 and 1999 Ryder Cups T13 Roberto Castro 1 0 Already earned card via 2011 Nationwide Tour, improved status T13 Charlie Beljan 2 0 2002 U.S. Junior Amateur winner, seven Gateway Tour wins, led Gateway Tour in earnings in 2009 T13 William McGirt 34 19 Finished 83rd in 2011 FedEx Cup, but only 141st in PGA Tour money list T13 Harris English 0 0 1 Nationwide Tour win (as an amateur), played in 2011 Walker Cup T18 Patrick Sheehan 185 120 2 Nationwide Tour wins T18 Greg Owen 142 76 1 European Tour win, 1 Challenge Tour win T18 Scott Dunlap 184 96 2 Nationwide Tour wins, 2 Sunshine Tour wins, oldest graduate (48) and second oldest man in the field T18 Daniel Summerhays 30 8 1 Nationwide Tour win (as an amateur) T18 Edward Loar 10 2 2 Asian Tour wins, played in 1999 Walker Cup T18 Will Claxton 1 1 Led after all of the first four rounds of Q-school T24 Richard H. Lee 0 0 T24 Mark Anderson 3 1 Already earned card via 2011 Nationwide Tour T24 Alexandre Rocha 26 12 1 Canadian Tour win, 1 Tour de las Americas win, won the European Tour's Q-school in 2006 T27 John Huh 0 0 1 Korean Tour win T27 Nathan Green 173 115 1 PGA Tour win, 1 European Tour win, 2 PGA Tour of Australasia wins, 1 Canadian Tour win T27 Colt Knost 61 27 2 Nationwide Tour wins, won 2007 U.S. Amateur and U.S. Amateur Public Links, played in 2007 Walker Cup
Players in yellow were 2012 PGA Tour rookies.
2012 Results PlayerStartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings ($) Brendon Todd 29 11 150 474,295 Stephen Gangluff 23 6 219 58,702 Bobby Gates 29 15 141 525,293 Noh Seung-yul* 28 24 49 1,629,751 Tommy Biershenk* 27 10 207 107,266 Jarrod Lyle 7 6 164 363,685 Vaughn Taylor 26 14 139 547,129 Bob Estes 23 16 99 1,009,769 Brian Harman* 30 21 87 1,146,448 Marco Dawson 22 8 213 79,727 Bae Sang-moon* 25 17 83 1,165,952 Kevin Kisner 24 10 168 346,216 Jeff Maggert 27 14 123 682,742 Roberto Castro* 27 19 118 755,095 Charlie Beljan* 22 9 63 1,373,528 William McGirt 30 18 74 1,228,947 Harris English* 27 22 79 1,186,003 Patrick Sheehan 21 8 200 129,590 Greg Owen 27 18 85 1,151,622 Scott Dunlap 20 9 182 230,220 Daniel Summerhays 26 15 92 1,111,522 Edward Loar* 23 7 210 97,947 Will Claxton* 28 21 117 780,969 Richard H. Lee* 24 12 138 547,733 Mark Anderson* 25 13 155 441,019 Alexandre Rocha 21 11 131 614,658 John Huh* 28 22 28 2,692,113 Nathan Green 22 15 163 366,651 Colt Knost 29 11 109 848,197 *PGA Tour rookie in 2012 T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2013 (won or finished inside the top 125). Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2013, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150). Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2013 (finished outside the top 150).
Winners on the PGA Tour in 2012 No.DateWinnerTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Feb 26 John HuhMayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun−13 (67-70-71-63=271)Playoff Robert Allenby2Nov 11 Charlie BeljanChildren's Miracle Network Classic−16 (68-64-71-69=272)2 strokes Robert Garrigus, Matt Every
Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2012 No.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score1Mar 18 Bae Sang-moonlost in four-man playoffTransitions Championship Luke Donald−13 (67-68-70-66=271)−13 (69-66-68-68=271)2Apr 22 John HuhValero Texas Open Ben Curtis−9 (67-67-73-72=279)−7 (77-68-67-69=281)3Jul 29 William McGirtRBC Canadian Open Scott Piercy−17 (62-67-67-67=263)−16 (63-66-66-69=264)4Aug 5 Alexandre RochaReno-Tahoe Open J. J. Henry43 (10-12-14-7)42 (8-16-9-9)
See also 2011 Nationwide Tour graduates
References Results from pgatour.com