Bonnie Bryant | |
Birth Date: | 5 October 1943 |
Birth Place: | Tulare, California, U.S. |
College: | College of the Sequoias |
Status: | Professional |
Extour: | LPGA Tour (1971-1983) |
Prowins: | 1 |
Lpgawins: | 1 |
Titleholders: | DNP |
Nabisco: | T52: 1983 |
Lpga: | T10: 1974 |
Wusopen: | T14: 1974 |
Dumaurier: | 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]
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)