Brad Bryant - Media Guide

third appearance in the championship. The victory was his first senior major title in his 10th attempt. For the second time in the season, made up five strokes in a final round and recorded the second-biggest comeback in Senior Open history, overtaking a faltering Tom Watson on the back nine. Carded a 4-under 68 Sunday at Whistling Straits, the low round of the day and one of only two scores in the 60s. He hit 15 of 18 greens in each of his final two rounds and was the only player in the field to record four consecutive par-or-better rounds on the Straits Course. Fourth career Champions Tour victory earned him a check for $470,000, easily his largest check ever...Earlier in the season, successfully defended his Regions Charity Classic title near Birmingham. Made up five strokes on Sunday to get into a playoff with R.W. Eaks and then birdied the third extra hole at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Ross Bridge to win. Victory in Alabama made him not only the first multiple winner in tournament history but also the first to defend his crown. It was the second year in succession he had come from behind in the final round. He bounced back from a one-stroke deficit in 2006 to defeat Mark McNulty by two strokes...Turned in another strong performance the following week at the Senior PGA Championship where he finished solo sixth, his second consecutive top-10 in that prestigious event...Birdied three of the final four holes Sunday to eventually finish T2 at the Principal Charity Classic in Iowa...Was T2 in his next start at the Bank of America Championship, where he fashioned weekend rounds of 68-67...Was in contention throughout the Allianz Championship in February before eventually finishing T3 in Boca Raton...Was T3 again in late April at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. Trailed by one stroke through 36 holes but eventually finished in a group one stroke back of Jay Haas and Tom Kite...Was T5 at the season-opening MasterCard Championship at Hualalai. Tied a career low with a 9-under 63 in the first round and was the 18-hole leader before dropping four spots following rounds of 68-70 on the weekend...Contended in the year's final event at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Was T2, one stroke behind Denis Watson after 54 holes but shot a final-round 73 to finish T10...Again among the leaders in Greens in Regulation (second), Scoring (sixth) and Birdie Average (eighth).

his first Champions Tour event at the Toshiba Classic, his 27th start on the circuit. Victory at Newport Beach CC made him the fifth first-time winner in tournament history. It was his first TOUR victory in 10 years, 5 months, 11 days (121 TOUR events). Made a nine-foot birdie putt on the last hole to take the lead and then watched John Harris, Mark Johnson and Vicente Fernandez all miss putts at No. 18 which would have tied him. His winning total of 9-under 204 was the highest three-round score by a Toshiba Classic champion since 1999. Earned a check for $247,500, his largest ever...Added a second win in early May near Birmingham when he played a strong three rounds to triumph at the Regions Charity Classic. Clutch Sunday play allowed him to overtake Mark McNulty on the 71st hole, and a closing-round, 8-under-par 64 gave him a two-stroke win over McNulty. Had gone to the 17th hole trailing by two strokes with just two holes remaining but grabbed the lead when his four-foot birdie putt dropped while McNulty made double bogey. Sealed the win with a par on the final hole as McNulty made bogey to end his chances. Set a new Champions Tour standard in his win, hitting 53 of 54 greens in regulation. His only miss came Saturday at No. 10 when he missed by a mere four inches. Also played the event without a bogey, making him the 18th player in Champions Tour history to accomplish that feat...Nearly won a third title in late May when he fell in a three-hole playoff with Jay Haas at the Senior PGA Championship at the Oak Tree GC in Edmond, OK. Made a clutch birdie putt on the 72nd hole to get himself into a playoff with Haas before losing on the third extra hole when Haas made a par putt to win...Closed with 67 at the TPC Twin Cities to finish T2 along with Craig Stadler at the 3M Championship, two strokes back of David Edwards...Fired three straight 68s to finish T2 at the Constellation Energy Classic, two strokes behind Bob Gilder in September...Three weeks later was T8 at the SAS Championship...Made a nice showing in July's Greater Kansas City Golf Classic where he was T3 after trailing David Edwards by one stroke through 36 holes...Initial top-10 finish of the season came in February when he finished T2 at The ACE Group Classic in Naples, one stroke behind winner Loren Roberts. Shared the second-round lead with Roberts and Don Pooley before a closing-round 70 left him one shy of Roberts...Chosen as the Champions Tour Player of the Month for May...Ran off seven straight rounds in the 60s at one point in the year, which matched Gil Morgan for the best streak on the Champions Tour in 2006...Birdied more par-4s than any other player (20.8 percent of the time). 2005: Suffered a torn ligament in his left ankle in April and played through the injury...Turned in a solid rookie campaign with five top-10 efforts, including three in his first seven appearances...Made several runs at a victory late in the year...Appeared to be in the driver's seat at the Administaff Small Business Classic in mid-October, but made two double bogeys on the back nine at Augusta Pines to fade into a fourth-place finish. Carried a two-stroke lead into the final round near Houston and was three strokes ahead with nine holes to play...Made an impressive showing at the Boeing Greater Seattle Classic in August when he posted three straight rounds in the 60s to finish T3 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Shared the first-round lead and was just two behind after 36 holes, but couldn't chase down eventual-winner David Eger...Was the low native Texan at the FedEx Kinko's Classic, posting a T5 finish in Austin. Was one stroke off the first-round lead and trailed by just two strokes entering the final round, but even-par 72 on Sunday left him six strokes back of winner Jim Thorpe...Also finished T8 at the SBC Classic in March. After a pair of over-par rounds, bounced back on Sunday to shoot a 4-under-par 68, and moved up 20 spots into the top 10 for the first time in his Champions Tour career...Made one start on the PGA TOUR, missing the cut at the Funai Classic at Walt Disney World...Along with R.W. Eaks, hit the longest measured drive on the Champions Tour, with a poke of 385 yards on the 15th hole in the opening round of the JELD-WEN Tradition. 2004: Earned fully-exempt status for 2005 after finishing third at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament at the King and Bear at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, FL, in November...Five of his six rounds were in the 60s, and he finished 22-under-par for the event.

Championship in 2005...Lists Bart as his favorite athlete...Has worked with David Leadbetter...His favorite course is Spyglass Hill and his favorite movie is "Chariots of Fire."...Enjoyed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy...Favorite food is his mother's country-fried steak.