Brad Bryant

Brad Bryant
Personal information
Full nameBradley Dub Bryant
NicknameDr. Dirt
Born (1954-12-11) December 11, 1954 (age 69)
Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceLakeland, Florida
Career
CollegeUniversity of New Mexico
Turned professional1976
Current tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking50 (March 3, 1996)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
PGA Tour Champions4
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1995, 1996
PGA ChampionshipT48: 1992
U.S. OpenT13: 1995
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1995

Bradley Dub Bryant (born December 11, 1954) is an American professional golfer.

Bryant was born in Amarillo, Texas, the son of a Southern Baptist pastor. He moved with his family to Alamogordo, New Mexico during his youth. Bryant attended the University of New Mexico for three years, but turned professional and qualified for the PGA Tour in 1976, a year before his scheduled graduation.[2][3]

Bryant's only win on the PGA Tour came at the age of forty at the 1995 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic, which took 20 years and 475 starts to achieve, one of the longest waits for a PGA Tour win. After reaching the age of 50, Bryant began play on the Champions Tour, where he won for the first time at the 2006 Toshiba Classic and followed up later the same year by winning the Regions Charity Classic. He lost to Jay Haas in a playoff for the 2006 Senior PGA Championship. His best year in professional golf was 2007, when he finished third on the Champions Tour money list and fourth in the Charles Schwab Cup race; that year was highlighted by his victory at the U.S. Senior Open.[3][4]

Bryant's younger brother Bart also won on the PGA Tour.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Week 9 1996 Ending 3 Mar 1996" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "PGA Tour Profile – Brad Bryant". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Links Player Profile: Brad Bryant". Links Players International. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "PGA Tour Media Guide – Brad Bryant". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 31, 2014.