__NOTOC__ This is a list of the 49 players who earned 1997 PGA Tour cards through the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in 1996.
PlacePlayerPGA TourstartsCutsmadeNotes 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 PlayerStartsCutsmadeBestfinishMoney listrankEarnings ($) Allen Doyle 28 13 189 66,555 Jimmy Johnston 31 12 132 163,202 Doug Barron* 31 21 116 198,051 Chip Sullivan* 27 11 215 41,019 Jimmy Green* 31 12 197 61,153 Tom Pernice Jr. 30 12 127 173,012 Brent Geiberger* 29 19 62 395,472 Phil Tataurangi 28 12 96 256,930 Gabriel Hjertstedt* 23 11 89 279,624 Larry Silveira 24 6 222 36,356 Tommy Armour III 30 18 131 163,664 Shaun Micheel 21 5 250 14,519 J. P. Hayes 29 18 135 160,722 Mike Standly 28 14 75 318,939 Shane Bertsch 30 11 182 73,480 Donnie Hammond 21 12 106 224,799 David Sutherland 28 14 84 288,663 Robert Damron* 32 17 53 455,604 Hideki Kase* 30 14 15 152 120,478 John Dowdall 24 6 232 27,389 Jack O'Keefe* 27 10 175 85,220 Kevin Burton* 26 10 178 78,534 Sonny Skinner 25 9 206 46,328 Jeff Hart 28 12 188 67,829 Craig Kanada* 23 5 234 25,125 Adam Mednick* 18 14 237 23,801 Larry Rinker 33 15 124 188,281 Rafael Alarcón 26 13 176 79,928 Tom Byrum 27 21 42 525,161 Todd Demsey* 27 9 214 41,774 Billy Ray Brown 24 11 91 268,709 Tray Tyner 27 9 199 57,355 Kevin Sutherland 27 17 52 455,860 Jim McGovern 32 13 144 140,756 Tony Mollica* 21 2 294 6,225 Frank Lickliter 30 14 107 221,049 Tim Simpson 25 7 224 33,166 Dave Barr 4 1 300 5,400 Bob Wolcott 27 8 195 62,653 Jay Delsing 28 14 167 102,592 Bradley Hughes* 27 12 142 142,793 Stuart Appleby 23 18 18 1,003,356 Spike McRoy* 27 7 190 66,274 Paul Tesori* 12 0 n/a 0 Craig Bowden* 21 8 218 40,118 Brad Sutterfield* 20 4 243 18,649 Anthony Rodriguez* 25 6 208 45,319 Brian Henninger 25 15 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.DatePlayerTournamentWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up1Mar 16 Stuart ApplebyHonda Classic−14 (68-68-67-71=274)1 stroke Michael Bradley Payne Stewart2Jul 20 Billy Ray BrownDeposit Guaranty Golf Classic−17 (69-66-69-67=271)1 stroke Mike Standly3Sep 28 Gabriel HjertstedtB.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.DatePlayerTournamentWinnerWinning scoreRunner-up score1Feb 9 Donnie HammondBuick Invitational Mark O'Meara−13 (67-66-71-71=275)−11 (73-67-68-69=277)2Mar 23 Stuart ApplebyBay Hill Invitational Phil Mickelson−16 (72-65-70-65=272)−13 (73-63-70-69=275)3May 4 Kevin SutherlandLost in playoffShell Houston Open Phil Blackmar−12 (68-71-67-70=276)−12 (68-72-66-70=276)4May 11 Brian HenningerBellSouth Classic Scott McCarron−14 (70-69-66-69=274)−11 (70-71-68-68=277)5Jul 13 Jimmy JohnstonQuad City Classic David Toms−15 (67-66-67-65=265)−12 (70-67-69-62=268)6Jul 20 Mike StandlyDeposit Guaranty Golf Classic Billy Ray Brown−17 (69-66-69-67=271)−16 (69-67-70-66=272)7Jul 27 Tom ByrumCanon Greater Hartford Open Stewart Cink−13 (69-67-65-66=267)−12 (66-68-65-69=268)8Aug 3 Stuart Appleby (2)Sprint International Phil Mickelson48 points (14-13-12-9)41 points (9-10-13-9)9Aug 10 Tom Byrum (2)Buick Open Vijay Singh−15 (67-73-67-66=273)−11 (72-68-70-67=277)10Aug 31 David SutherlandGreater Milwaukee Open Scott Hoch−16 (70-66-66-66=268)−15 (70-65-65-69=269)11Sep 21 Brent GeibergerLaCantera Texas Open Tim Herron−17 (71-67-64-69=271)−15 (67-72-69-65=273)
See also 1996 Nike Tour graduates
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