Wesley Bryan remembers pestering players with crazy questions at Harbour Town Golf Links in 2004 as he followed the only appearance of his father, George III, at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
"I was probably the most annoying 14-year-old there was," Bryan said.
Once a pesky teen, Bryan's now a PGA Tour winner. He rallied from four shots down Sunday to win his home-state tournament, closing with a 4-under-par 67 for a one-stroke victory over Luke Donald.
Bryan, a South Carolina native who played college golf for the Gamecocks, moved into contention with four consecutive birdies on the front nine. He took the lead with a birdie on the 15th hole and finished at 13-under 271.
Bryan, 27, earned $1.17 million, a tour exemption through the 2018-19 season and a spot in the 2018 Masters.
Bryan has been largely known as a YouTube sensation. He and brother George IV, another Gamecocks golfer, pulled off often-unbelieveable trick shots, such as chipping the ball 20 yards to a waiting Bryan brother to belt away before it hits the ground.
Now he has a breakthrough victory, and Bryan believes it's just a step toward the bigger dreams he's had since playing the game as a child.
"It doesn't really change anything other than I now have one PGA Tour victory," he said. "There are a lot of guys that have just one PGA Tour victory. My one goal is to get number two at this point."
