Bonnie Bryant (golfer)

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Bonnie Bryant
Personal information
Born October 5, 1943 (1943-10-05) (age 68)
Tulare, California
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality  United States
Career
College College of the Sequoias
Status Professional
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1971-1983)
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Titleholders C'ship DNP
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T52: 1983
LPGA Championship T10: 1974
U.S. Women's Open T14: 1974
du Maurier Classic 77th: 1980

Bonnie Bryant (born October 5, 1943) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She is the only player in LPGA Tour history to win a tournament left-handed.

Bryant was born in Tulare, California. She did not take up golf until age 20, learning from Vic Lombardi, a National League pitcher for Brooklyn and Pittsburgh. Prior to taking up golf, she played five years of AAA-fast pitch softball.

Bryant joined the LPGA Tour in 1971. She won once on the LPGA Tour.[1] Her win came at the 1974 Bill Branch LPGA Classic[2] in Fort Myers, Florida. She shot a 7-under-par, 209 to claim the $5,700 first prize. She also lost to Nancy Lopez in a five-way sudden death playoff at the 1979 Coca-Cola Classic.[3]

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[edit] LPGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runners-up
1 Nov 17, 1974 Bill Branch LPGA Classic -7 (71-71-67=209) 3 strokes United States Maria Astrologes
United States Jane Blalock
United States Shelley Hamlin
United States Hollis Stacy

[edit] References

  • Doug Smiley (November 22, 1974). "A Lefty Breaks Through"Golf World. 
  • Ruthan Brodsky (April 23, 1991). "Swinging from the South Side"Golf for Women. 

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