Wesley Bryan

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

Wesley Bryan
Bryan in 2018
Personal information
Full nameDonald Wesley Bryan
Born (1990-03-26) March 26, 1990
Columbia, South Carolina
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of South Carolina
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking36 (April 30, 2017)[1]
(as of October 22, 2023)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2018
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2017
U.S. OpenCUT: 2017
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2017
Achievements and awards
Web.com Tour
regular season money list winner
2016
Web.com Tour
Player of the Year
2016

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

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.[4][7] They also appeared on the golf reality show Big Break The Palm Beaches, FL in 2015.[8] 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 Solina Golf Course in Lexington, South Carolina. The private golf course intends on opening by 2024.[9]

Amateur wins

  • 2008 Rees Jones Intercollegiate
  • 2012 Seahawk Intercollegiate

Source:[10]

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Apr 16, 2017 RBC Heritage 69-67-68-67=271 −13 1 stroke England Luke Donald

Web.com Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Mar 20, 2016 Chitimacha Louisiana Open 66-65-71-68=270 −14 1 stroke Argentina Julián Etulain
2 Apr 24, 2016 El Bosque Mexico Championship 68-63-71-67=269 −19 4 strokes Canada Brad Fritsch, United States Richy Werenski
3 Aug 7, 2016 Digital Ally Open 65-67-65-67=264 −20 Playoff United States Grayson Murray, United States J. T. Poston

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

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

Results in major championships

Tournament 20172018
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

Tournament 20172018
The Players Championship CUT CUT

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

References

  1. "Week 17 2017 Ending 30 Apr 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  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. 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. "Bryan named 2016 Player of the Year". PGA Tour. November 16, 2016.
  7. Myers, Alex (November 2, 2014). "How the Bryan Bros became golf's greatest trick shot team". Golf Digest.
  8. "Wesley Bryan". Golf Channel. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  9. Dojc, Mike (May 27, 2023). "YouTuber Takeover: Bryan Bros Buy South Carolina Golf Course In Need Of TLC". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  10. "Wesley Bryan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
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