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2011 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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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.
| Place | Player | PGA Tour | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| starts | Cuts | |||
| made | Notes | |||
| 1 | USA Brendon Todd | 21 | 5 | 1 Nationwide Tour win |
| 2 | USA Stephen Gangluff | 35 | 16 | 3 Canadian Tour wins |
| T3 | USA Bobby Gates | 32 | 13 | 1 Nationwide Tour win, finished 126th on 2011 PGA Tour money list |
| T3 | KOR 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 | USA Tommy Biershenk | 3 | 1 | |
| T5 | AUS Jarrod Lyle | 94 | 47 | 2 Nationwide Tour wins, survived leukemia as a teenager |
| T5 | USA Vaughn Taylor | 228 | 142 | 2 PGA Tour wins, 1 Nationwide Tour win |
| T8 | USA Bob Estes | 589 | 410 | 4 PGA Tour wins, runner-up in 2011 Greenbrier Classic |
| T8 | USA Brian Harman | 4 | 1 | Played in 2005 and 2009 Walker Cups |
| T8 | USA Marco Dawson | 388 | 204 | 1 Nationwide Tour win, second oldest graduate (48) |
| T11 | KOR 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 | USA Kevin Kisner | 24 | 10 | 1 Nationwide Tour win |
| T13 | USA 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 | USA Roberto Castro | 1 | 0 | Already earned card via 2011 Nationwide Tour, improved status |
| T13 | USA Charlie Beljan | 2 | 0 | 2002 U.S. Junior Amateur winner, seven Gateway Tour wins, led Gateway Tour in earnings in 2009 |
| T13 | USA William McGirt | 34 | 19 | Finished 83rd in 2011 FedEx Cup, but only 141st in PGA Tour money list |
| T13 | USA Harris English | 0 | 0 | 1 Nationwide Tour win (as an amateur), played in 2011 Walker Cup |
| T18 | USA Patrick Sheehan | 185 | 120 | 2 Nationwide Tour wins |
| T18 | ENG Greg Owen | 142 | 76 | 1 European Tour win, 1 Challenge Tour win |
| T18 | USA Scott Dunlap | 184 | 96 | 2 Nationwide Tour wins, 2 Sunshine Tour wins, oldest graduate (48) and second oldest man in the field |
| T18 | USA Daniel Summerhays | 30 | 8 | 1 Nationwide Tour win (as an amateur) |
| T18 | USA Edward Loar | 10 | 2 | 2 Asian Tour wins, played in 1999 Walker Cup |
| T18 | USA Will Claxton | 1 | 1 | Led after all of the first four rounds of Q-school |
| T24 | USA Richard H. Lee | 0 | 0 | |
| T24 | USA Mark Anderson | 3 | 1 | Already earned card via 2011 Nationwide Tour |
| T24 | BRA Alexandre Rocha | 26 | 12 | 1 Canadian Tour win, 1 Tour de las Americas win, won the European Tour's Q-school in 2006 |
| T27 | USA John Huh | 0 | 0 | 1 Korean Tour win |
| T27 | AUS Nathan Green | 173 | 115 | 1 PGA Tour win, 1 European Tour win, 2 PGA Tour of Australasia wins, 1 Canadian Tour win |
| T27 | USA 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
| Player | Starts | Cuts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| made | Best | ||||
| finish | Money list | ||||
| rank | Earnings ($) | ||||
| USA Brendon Todd | 29 | 11 | 150 | 474,295 | |
| USA Stephen Gangluff | 23 | 6 | 219 | 58,702 | |
| USA Bobby Gates | 29 | 15 | 141 | 525,293 | |
| KOR Noh Seung-yul* | 28 | 24 | 49 | 1,629,751 | |
| USA Tommy Biershenk* | 27 | 10 | 207 | 107,266 | |
| AUS Jarrod Lyle | 7 | 6 | 164 | 363,685 | |
| USA Vaughn Taylor | 26 | 14 | 139 | 547,129 | |
| USA Bob Estes | 23 | 16 | 99 | 1,009,769 | |
| USA Brian Harman* | 30 | 21 | 87 | 1,146,448 | |
| USA Marco Dawson | 22 | 8 | 213 | 79,727 | |
| KOR Bae Sang-moon* | 25 | 17 | 83 | 1,165,952 | |
| USA Kevin Kisner | 24 | 10 | 168 | 346,216 | |
| USA Jeff Maggert | 27 | 14 | 123 | 682,742 | |
| USA Roberto Castro* | 27 | 19 | 118 | 755,095 | |
| USA Charlie Beljan* | 22 | 9 | **** | 63 | 1,373,528 |
| USA William McGirt | 30 | 18 | 74 | 1,228,947 | |
| USA Harris English* | 27 | 22 | 79 | 1,186,003 | |
| USA Patrick Sheehan | 21 | 8 | 200 | 129,590 | |
| ENG Greg Owen | 27 | 18 | 85 | 1,151,622 | |
| USA Scott Dunlap | 20 | 9 | 182 | 230,220 | |
| USA Daniel Summerhays | 26 | 15 | 92 | 1,111,522 | |
| USA Edward Loar* | 23 | 7 | 210 | 97,947 | |
| USA Will Claxton* | 28 | 21 | 117 | 780,969 | |
| USA Richard H. Lee* | 24 | 12 | 138 | 547,733 | |
| USA Mark Anderson* | 25 | 13 | 155 | 441,019 | |
| BRA Alexandre Rocha | 21 | 11 | 131 | 614,658 | |
| USA John Huh* | 28 | 22 | **** | 28 | 2,692,113 |
| AUS Nathan Green | 22 | 15 | 163 | 366,651 | |
| USA 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. | Date | Winner | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | |||||
| 1 | Feb 26 | USA John Huh | Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun | −13 (67-70-71-63=271) | Playoff | AUS Robert Allenby |
| 2 | Nov 11 | USA Charlie Beljan | Children's Miracle Network Classic | −16 (68-64-71-69=272) | 2 strokes | USA Robert Garrigus, USA Matt Every |
Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2012
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 18 | KOR Bae Sang-moon | ||||
| lost in four-man playoff | Transitions Championship | ENG Luke Donald | −13 (67-68-70-66=271) | −13 (69-66-68-68=271) | ||
| 2 | Apr 22 | USA John Huh | Valero Texas Open | USA Ben Curtis | −9 (67-67-73-72=279) | −7 (77-68-67-69=281) |
| 3 | Jul 29 | USA William McGirt | RBC Canadian Open | USA Scott Piercy | −17 (62-67-67-67=263) | −16 (63-66-66-69=264) |
| 4 | Aug 5 | BRA Alexandre Rocha | Reno-Tahoe Open | USA J. J. Henry | 43 (10-12-14-7) | 42 (8-16-9-9) |
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