This is a list of the Fall 1980 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.

Tournament summary

The tournament was held at Fort Washington Golf Club in

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Bruce Douglass Bruce Douglass (born November 19, 1953) is an American professional golfer. Douglass had a successful career as an amateur. He won five tournaments for Murray State University, the most ever for the school, and back-to-back Massachusetts Amateur ...

opened with a 65 (−6) to take a two-stroke lead over a number of players, including

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. In the second round, Douglass shot a 69 to maintain the lead. In the third round, Douglass shot a 67 at the "difficult" course to take a seven-shot lead. In the final round, Douglass shot a one-under-par 70 to defeat runner-up Doug Black by seven strokes. In addition, he outplayed notable qualifiers like

Mark O'Meara Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American retired professional golfer. He was a tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Offici ...

Loren Roberts Loren Lloyd Roberts (born June 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. Early life Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High Sch ...

, and

by several shots. Douglass "gained his playing privileges for the second time."

Peter Teravainen Peter Teravainen (born April 23, 1956) is an American professional golfer. He briefly played on the PGA Tour, in 1980, but did not have much success. For the remainder of his career he primarily played overseas, culminating with wins at the 1995 ...

, who played on the

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the previous season, missed qualifying by one shot. The

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then gave membership to the top 15 players who failed to qualify at

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. Teravainen accepted membership.

List of graduates

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References

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