Victory by Proxy!
Category: Sports (Pro/College/HS)...
Posted Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 09:40 PM [GMT-6]

I'm pleased to announce that my cousin, Bart Bryant, is now a PGA tour winner, by virtue of his 3-stroke victory today in the Texas Open. This was Bart's first win in 187 starts on the Tour, and he takes home a cool $630K for a week's work. Plus, he gets a two year Tour exemption, meaning that he doesn't have to qualify to play in future tournaments, which is a huge deal for pro golfers.

Bart and his pro golfing big brother (and Tour event winner), Brad are actually my second cousins...sons of my cousin on my mom's side of the family. They live in Florida but since all the rest of their family are Texans, we claim 'em for the Lone Star State. The fact that Brad's win came in Texas makes it that much sweeter.

The Sports Illustrated article I linked to above notes that Bart and Brad become only the fourth pair of brothers to win Tour events in PGA history.

I'm not a golfer, and many of my numerous cousins aren't either, but I can assure you that we all have followed both careers closely and there's great rejoicing across the state tonight!