1985 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

1985 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

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Fifty players earned their 1986 [[PGA Tour]] card through [[PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament|Q-School]] in 1985. The tournament was played over 108 holes at the Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort, West and South courses, in [[Haines City, Florida]]. The top 50 players split the $100,000 purse, with the winner earning $15,000. [[Peter McWhinney]] lost a six-for-five playoff for the last cards.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/229553870/?terms=Sieckmann%20pga%20qualifying&match=1 |title=Tour Qualifying School not a fun place for winners or losers |newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel |location=Florida |date=November 26, 1985 |pages=C4, C8 |first=Bob |last=Fowler |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/213737/?terms=Sieckmann%20pga%20qualifying&match=1 |title=PGA Qualifying Tournament scores |newspaper=The Salina Journal |location=Kansas |date=November 26, 1985 |page=12 |agency=Associated Press |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}
Fifty players earned their 1986 [[PGA Tour]] card through [[PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament|Q-School]] in 1985. The tournament was played over 108 holes at the Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort, West and South courses, in [[Haines City, Florida]]. The top 50 players split the $100,000 purse, with the winner earning $15,000. [[Peter McWhinney]] lost a six-for-five playoff for the last cards.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/229553870/?terms=Sieckmann%20pga%20qualifying&match=1 |title=Tour Qualifying School not a fun place for winners or losers |newspaper=The Orlando Sentinel |location=Florida |date=November 26, 1985 |pages=C4, C8 |first=Bob |last=Fowler |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/213737/?terms=Sieckmann%20pga%20qualifying&match=1 |title=PGA Qualifying Tournament scores |newspaper=The Salina Journal |location=Kansas |date=November 26, 1985 |page=12 |agency=Associated Press |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}


Burmese golfer [[Kyi Hla Han]] was trying to become the second Burmese, after [[Mya Aye (golfer)|Mya Aye]], to make it onto the [[PGA Tour]].{{Cite news |title=Burmese golfer eyes place in prestigious PGA tour in the US |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19850328-1.2.26.3?ST=1&AT=filter&K=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&KA=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&DF=&DT=&Display=0&AO=true&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=&QT=pga,tour,qualifying,school&oref=article |newspaper=Business Times |date=March 28, 1985 |page=9 |access-date=2021-02-20 |via=National Library Board Singapore}} However, he was unable to move onto the finals, playing poorly in the final round of his regional qualifying tournament in California.{{Cite news |title=Kyi Hla hasn't given up hope on US PGA |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19851218-1.2.26.5?ST=1&AT=filter&K=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&KA=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&DF=&DT=&Display=0&AO=true&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=&QT=pga,tour,qualifying,school&oref=article |newspaper=Business Times |date=December 18, 1985 |page=9 |first=Walton |last=Morais |access-date=2021-02-20 |via=National Library Board Singapore}}
Burmese golfer [[Kyi Hla Han]] was trying to become the second Burmese, after [[Mya Aye (golfer)|Mya Aye]], to make it on to the [[PGA Tour]].{{Cite news |title=Burmese golfer eyes place in prestigious PGA tour in the US |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19850328-1.2.26.3?ST=1&AT=filter&K=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&KA=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&DF=&DT=&Display=0&AO=true&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=&QT=pga,tour,qualifying,school&oref=article |newspaper=Business Times |date=March 28, 1985 |page=9 |access-date=2021-02-20 |via=National Library Board Singapore}} However, he was unable to move onto the finals, playing poorly in the final round of his regional qualifying tournament in California.{{Cite news |title=Kyi Hla hasn't given up hope on US PGA |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19851218-1.2.26.5?ST=1&AT=filter&K=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&KA=pga%20tour%20qualifying%20school&DF=&DT=&Display=0&AO=true&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=&QT=pga,tour,qualifying,school&oref=article |newspaper=Business Times |date=December 18, 1985 |page=9 |first=Walton |last=Morais |access-date=2021-02-20 |via=National Library Board Singapore}}


== List of graduates ==
== List of graduates ==