Brad Bryant

This article is about the golfer. For the Georgia superintendent of schools, see William Bradley Bryant.

Not to be confused with Brady 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]

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (1)

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 United States Hal Sutton, United States Ted Tryba

*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 United States Billy Andrade, United States Mark Brooks,
United States Bob Estes, United States John Inman 		Inman won with birdie on second extra hole
Andrade, Brooks and Bryant eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 Dec 4, 1994 JCPenney Classic
(with Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti) 		−22 (64-70-62-66=262) Playoff Sweden Helen Alfredsson and United States Robert Gamez

Other playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1994 JCPenney Classic
(with Spain Marta Figueras-Dotti) 		Sweden Helen Alfredsson and United States Robert Gamez Won with par on fourth extra hole

Champions Tour wins (4)

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 United States John Harris, United States Mark Johnson,
United States Bobby Wadkins
2 May 7, 2006 Regions Charity Classic −17 (68-67-64=199) 2 strokes Republic of Ireland Mark McNulty
3 May 20, 2007 Regions Charity Classic (2) −12 (70-69-65=204) Playoff United States R. W. Eaks
4 Jul 8, 2007 U.S. Senior Open −6 (71-72-71-68=282) 3 strokes United States Ben Crenshaw

Champions Tour playoff record (1–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2006 Senior PGA Championship United States Jay Haas Lost to par on third extra hole
2 2007 Regions Charity Classic United States R. W. Eaks Won with birdie on third extra hole
3 2008 ACE Group Classic United States Scott Hoch, United States Tom Jenkins,
United States Tom Kite 		Hoch won with birdie on first extra hole
4 2008 AT&T Champions Classic United States Loren Roberts, Zimbabwe Denis Watson Watson won with birdie on third extra hole
Bryant eliminated by birdie on second hole

Results in major championships

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
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

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
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner-up
2007 U.S. Senior Open −6 (71-72-71-68=282) 3 strokes United States Ben Crenshaw

Results timeline

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
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

See also

References

  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.