Wesley Bryan
Wesley Bryan | |
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Personal information | |
Born |
Columbia, South Carolina | March 26, 1990
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
Nationality |
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Career | |
College | University of South Carolina |
Turned professional | 2012 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Former tour(s) | Web.com Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 1 |
Web.com Tour | 3 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | CUT: 2018 |
U.S. Open | CUT: 2017 |
The Open Championship | CUT: 2017 |
PGA Championship | CUT: 2017 |
Achievements and awards | |
Web.com Tour Player of the Year | 2016 |
Wesley Bryan (born March 26, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Early life
Bryan attended Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, South Carolina.[1] He played college golf at the University of South Carolina, winning two events.[2]
Professional career
Bryan played on mini-tours before earning his Web.com Tour card for 2016 by finishing T-9 at qualifying school.[1][3] In his third event of the 2016 season, he won the Chitimacha Louisiana Open.[4] He picked up a second win a month later at the El Bosque Mexico Championship. In August, he won his third event of the season, the Digital Ally Open, to earn promotion to the PGA Tour. He was the eleventh golfer to do so. He won the Web.com Tour Player of the Year award.[5]
On April 16, 2017, Bryan secured his first PGA Tour victory at the RBC Heritage and earned a spot at the 2018 Masters Tournament. He won by a single stroke over Luke Donald, after a final round of 67 moved him through the field from four strokes behind. With the win, Bryan moved up to 37th in the Official World Golf Ranking, his career-best ranking to date.
Other activities
Bryan and his brother George started a YouTube channel featuring their golf trick-shot videos.[3][6] They also appeared on the golf reality show Big Break The Palm Beaches, FL in 2015.[7] George caddied for Wesley for his first Web.com Tour win.[3] George is also a professional golfer, playing the 2017 season on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
Amateur wins (2)
- 2008 Rees Jones Intercollegiate
- 2012 Seahawk Intercollegiate
Source:[8]
Professional wins (4)
PGA Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Apr 16, 2017 | RBC Heritage | 69-67-68-67=271 | −13 | 1 stroke |
Web.com Tour wins (3)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Mar 20, 2016 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open | 66-65-71-68=270 | −14 | 1 stroke | |
2 | Apr 24, 2016 | El Bosque Mexico Championship | 68-63-71-67=269 | −19 | 4 strokes | |
3 | Aug 7, 2016 | Digital Ally Open | 65-67-65-67=264 | −20 | Playoff |
Results in major championships
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |
U.S. Open | CUT | |
The Open Championship | CUT | |
PGA Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament | 2017 |
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Mexico Championship | |
Match Play | |
Bridgestone Invitational | T44 |
HSBC Champions | T62 |
"T" = tied
See also
References
- 1 2 "Wesley Bryan – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ↑ "South Carolina Gamecocks – 2012–2013 Men's Golf Media Guide" (PDF). p. 34. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Myers, Alex (March 20, 2016). "Trick-shot artist Wesley Bryan proves he's also really good at real golf with Web.com Tour win". Golf Digest.
- ↑ "Wesley Bryan wins Louisiana Open for 1st Web.com Tour title". ESPN. Associated Press. March 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Bryan named 2016 Player of the Year". PGA Tour. November 16, 2016.
- ↑ Myers, Alex (November 2, 2014). "How the Bryan Bros became golf's greatest trick shot team". Golf Digest.
- ↑ "Wesley Bryan". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Wesley Bryan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Wesley Bryan at the PGA Tour official site
- Wesley Bryan at the Official World Golf Ranking official site