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This is a list of the '''1968 APG Tour Qualifying School graduates'''.
== Tournament summary ==
This was the only qualifying school for the American Professional Golfers (APG), a briefly lived breakaway tour that was created by tour golfers who were upset with financial arrangements with the [[PGA of America]]. The APG is the direct antecedent for an independent [[PGA Tour]] which began shortly thereafter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/29750762/?terms=APG%20qualify&match=1 |title=Rebel Pros To Open School for Golfers |newspaper=Amarillo Globe-Times |location=Texas |agency=Associated Press |date=October 4, 1968 |page=14 |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/621751915/?terms=APG%20qualify&match=1 |title=Curtis Sifford Follows Charlie |newspaper=The Miami Herald |location=Florida |first=Ray |last=Crawford |date=October 4, 1968 |page=7D |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
The tournament was played over 144 holes at the [[Doral Country Club]] in [[Doral, Florida]] in mid October.<ref name=field>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/621751518/?terms=APG%20qualify&match=1 |title=Wolff's 71 Takes Lead In APG Qualifying Meet |newspaper=The Miami Herald  |location=Florida |date=October 7, 1968 |page=7D |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref> There were 39 players in the field and 21 earned their tour card.<ref name=field/><ref name=scores>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/621723685/?terms=APG%20qualify&match=1 |title=Roesink Heads Field Of 21 for APG Tour |newspaper=The Miami Herald |location=Florida |date=October 13, 1968 |page=8D |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Dutch golfer [[Martin Roesink]] was the medallist. Australian [[Bob Shaw (golfer)|Bob Shaw]] finished in second place.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 22, 1968 |title=Shaw for Open |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UpwpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7247,2866190 |access-date=2021-02-28 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |first=Phil |last=Wilkins |page=27}}</ref>
== Results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Place !! Player !! Notes
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| align=center|1 || {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Martin Roesink]] || Winner of 1967 [[New Zealand Wills Masters]]
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| align=center|2 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bob Shaw (golfer)|Bob Shaw]] || Winner of 1968 [[Spanish Open]]
|-
| align=center|3 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Bob Panasik]] || Winner of 1962 and 1963 Ontario PGA Assistants Championship
|-
| align=center|4 || {{flagicon|USA}} Ross Randall ||
|-
| align=center rowspan=2|T5 || {{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Don Barrier ||
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Wayne Vollmer ||
|-
| align=center rowspan=2|T7 || {{flagicon|USA}} Curtis Sifford ||
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} Randy Wolff ||
|-
| align=center rowspan=2|T9 || {{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Lockett ||
|-
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cesar Sanudo]] || Winner of 1966 Mexican Amateur
|-
| align=center|11 || {{flagicon|USA}} Roger Buhrt ||
|-
| align=center|12 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lawrence Sears ||
|-
| align=center|13 || {{flagicon|USA}} Leslie Peterson ||
|-
| align=center|14 || {{flagicon|USA}} Henry Taylor ||
|-
| align=center|15 || {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Mize Jr. ||
|-
| align=center|16 || {{flagicon|USA}} Lee Davis Jr. ||
|-
| align=center rowspan=2|T17 || {{flagicon|USA}} Howard Brown ||
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Bill Wakeham ||
|-
| align=center rowspan=3|T19 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Bob Cox Jr. ||
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Butch Harmon]] ||
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} Robert Pratt ||
|}
Sources:<ref name=scores/><ref>{{cite book |last=Gould |first=David |title=Q-School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=1999 |isbn=978-0312203559 |location=New York |pages=245–246}}</ref>
==References==
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