Bonnie Bryant (golfer)

Bonnie Bryant
Personal information
Born (1943-10-05) October 5, 1943 (age 81)
Tulare, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeCollege of the Sequoias
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (1971-1983)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Titleholders C'shipDNP
Chevron ChampionshipT52: 1983
Women's PGA C'shipT10: 1974
U.S. Women's OpenT14: 1974
du Maurier Classic77th: 1980

Bonnie Bryant (born October 5, 1943) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She is the only player in LPGA Tour history to win a tournament left-handed.

Bryant was born in Tulare, California. She did not take up golf until age 20, learning from Vic Lombardi, a National League pitcher for Brooklyn and Pittsburgh. Prior to taking up golf, she played five years of AAA-fast pitch softball.

Bryant joined the LPGA Tour in 1971. She won once on the LPGA Tour.[1] Her win came at the 1974 Bill Branch LPGA Classic[2] in Fort Myers, Florida. She shot a 7-under-par, 209 to claim the $5,700 first prize. She also lost to Nancy Lopez in a five-way sudden death playoff at the 1979 Coca-Cola Classic.[3]

  1. ^ LPGA All-Time Winners List Archived December 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Lopez does Wright". Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2016.