Wesley Bryan

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Wesley Bryan
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Bryan in 2018
Personal information
Full nameDonald Wesley Bryan
Born (1990-03-26) March 26, 1990 (age 34)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College University of South Carolina
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 36 (April 30, 2017) [1]
(as of November 24, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2018
PGA Championship CUT: 2017
U.S. Open CUT: 2017
The Open Championship CUT: 2017
Achievements and awards
Web.com Tour
regular season money list winner 		2016
Web.com Tour
Player of the Year 		2016

Donald Wesley Bryan (born March 26, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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Early life

Bryan attended Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, South Carolina. [2] He played college golf at the University of South Carolina, winning two events. [3]

Professional career

Bryan played on mini-tours before earning his Web.com Tour card for 2016 by finishing T-9 at qualifying school. [2] [4] In his third event of the 2016 season, he won the Chitimacha Louisiana Open. [5]

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. [6] He was the 11th golfer to do so. He won the Web.com Tour Player of the Year award. [7]

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.[ citation needed ]

Over his career, he has achieved 15 top-10 finishes and 37 top-25 finishes on the PGA Tour, with total earnings exceeding $5.36 million.

Other activities

Bryan and his brother George started a YouTube channel featuring their golf trick-shot videos. [4] [8] They also appeared on the golf reality show Big Break The Palm Beaches, FL in 2015. [9] George caddied for Wesley for his first Web.com Tour win. [4] George is also a professional golfer and played on the 2017 PGA Tour Latinoamérica.

Bryan and his wife Elizabeth have two daughters, Hadley and Winnie.

In 2023, brothers Wesley and George Bryan purchased Indian River Golf Club in South Congaree, South Carolina. The private golf course intends on opening as Solina Golf Club in 2024. [10]

Amateur wins

Source: [11]

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Apr 16, 2017 RBC Heritage 69-67-68-67=271−131 stroke Flag of England.svg Luke Donald

Web.com Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Mar 20, 2016 Chitimacha Louisiana Open 66-65-71-68=270−141 stroke Flag of Argentina.svg Julián Etulain
2Apr 24, 2016 El Bosque Mexico Championship 68-63-71-67=269−194 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brad Fritsch, Flag of the United States.svg Richy Werenski
3Aug 7, 2016 Digital Ally Open 65-67-65-67=264−20Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray, Flag of the United States.svg J. T. Poston

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2016 Digital Ally Open Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray, Flag of the United States.svg J. T. Poston Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament20172018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20172018
The Players Championship CUTCUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2017
Championship
Match Play
Invitational T44
Champions T62
  Did not play

"T" = tied

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 17 2017 Ending 30 Apr 2017" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Wesley Bryan – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "South Carolina Gamecocks – 2012–2013 Men's Golf Media Guide" (PDF). p. 34. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ "Wesley Bryan wins Louisiana Open for 1st Web.com Tour title". ESPN. Associated Press. March 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ Ballengee, Ryan (August 7, 2016). "Wesley Bryan earns three-win promotion from Web.com Tour". Yahoo Sports.
  7. ↑ "Bryan named 2016 Player of the Year". PGA Tour. November 16, 2016.
  8. ↑ Myers, Alex (November 2, 2014). "How the Bryan Bros became golf's greatest trick shot team". Golf Digest.
  9. ↑ "Wesley Bryan". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  10. ↑ Dojc, Mike (May 27, 2023). "YouTuber Takeover: Bryan Bros Buy South Carolina Golf Course In Need Of TLC". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  11. ↑ "Wesley Bryan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
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