Brad Bryant
| Brad Bryant | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Bradley Dub Bryant |
| Nickname | Dr. Dirt |
| Born | December 11, 1954 Amarillo, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Lakeland, Florida |
| Career | |
| College | University of New Mexico |
| Turned professional | 1976 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Highest ranking | 50 (March 3, 1996)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 4 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 1995, 1996 |
| PGA Championship | T48: 1992 |
| U.S. Open | T13: 1995 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 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]
Professional wins (6)[edit]
PGA Tour wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 8, 1995 | Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic | −18 (67-63-68=198) | 1 stroke |  Hal Sutton, Ted Tryba
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*Note: The 1995 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 | Buick Southern Open | Billy Andrade, Mark Brooks, Bob Estes, John Inman
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Inman won with birdie on second extra hole Andrade, Brooks and Bryant eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Other wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 4, 1994 | JCPenney Classic (with  Marta Figueras-Dotti)
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−22 (64-70-62-66=262) | Playoff |  Helen Alfredsson and Robert Gamez
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Other playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1994 | JCPenney Classic (with Marta Figueras-Dotti)
|
Helen Alfredsson and Robert Gamez
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Won with par on fourth extra hole |
Champions Tour wins (4)[edit]
| Legend |
| Senior major championships (1) |
| Other Champions Tour (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 19, 2006 | Toshiba Classic | −9 (68-70-66=204) | 1 stroke | John Harris, Mark Johnson, Bobby Wadkins
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| 2 | May 7, 2006 | Regions Charity Classic | −17 (68-67-64=199) | 2 strokes |  Mark McNulty
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| 3 | May 20, 2007 | Regions Charity Classic (2) | −12 (70-69-65=204) | Playoff | R. W. Eaks
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| 4 | Jul 8, 2007 | U.S. Senior Open | −6 (71-72-71-68=282) | 3 strokes | Ben Crenshaw
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Champions Tour playoff record (1–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006 | Senior PGA Championship | Jay Haas
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Lost to par on third extra hole |
| 2 | 2007 | Regions Charity Classic | R. W. Eaks
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Won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 3 | 2008 | ACE Group Classic | Scott Hoch, Tom Jenkins, Tom Kite
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Hoch won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 4 | 2008 | AT&T Champions Classic | Loren Roberts,  Denis Watson
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Watson won with birdie on third extra hole Bryant eliminated by birdie on second hole |
Results in major championships[edit]
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||||||||
| The Open Championship | ||||||||||
| PGA Championship | 71 | CUT | T61 | CUT | CUT | T58 |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T23 | CUT | T13 | T23 | |||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | |||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T48 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | |||||||||
| PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in The Players Championship[edit]
| Tournament | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | T14 | CUT | T2 | CUT | CUT | T59 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T52 | T74 | T6 | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Senior major championships[edit]
Wins (1)[edit]
| Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | U.S. Senior Open | −6 (71-72-71-68=282) | 3 strokes | Ben Crenshaw
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Results timeline[edit]
Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tradition | T16 | T14 | T21 | T25 | 3 | T34 | T18 | T7 | WD | T17 | T44 | 76 | NT | ||||||
| Senior PGA Championship | 57 | 2 | 6 | T70 | T23 | T22 | T42 | NT | |||||||||||
| U.S. Senior Open | CUT | T14 | 1 | T14 | T11 | CUT | T17 | T28 | T26 | T54 | T37 | 59 | CUT | 54 | NT | CUT | CUT | ||
| Senior Players Championship | T16 | T7 | T46 | T7 | T53 | 71 | T15 | T20 | T28 | T39 | T49 | T63 | |||||||
| Senior British Open Championship | T30 | NT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
See also[edit]
- Spring 1978 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1988 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
References[edit]
- ^ "Week 9 1996 Ending 3 Mar 1996" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- ^ "PGA Tour Profile – Brad Bryant". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Links Player Profile: Brad Bryant". Links Players International. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
- ^ a b "PGA Tour Media Guide – Brad Bryant". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Brad Bryant at the PGA Tour official site
- Brad Bryant at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Brad Bryant's religious testimony from TheGoal