Former Eaglecrest High School golf star Davis Bryant thrived over four days on his home course at the Green Valley Ranch Golf Club to claim a big victory Sunday.
Bryant — who became the Eaglecrest boys golf program’s first and only state champion when he won the Class 5A state tournament in 2017, then went on to a standout career at Colorado State — earned his second professional victory in the past three weeks when he topped Jim Knous (Basalt, Colorado) on a sudden-death playoff hole to take the Inspirato Colorado Open crown.
The victory netted Bryant the tournament’s top prize of $100,000.
Bryant — who has played since he was six at Green Valley Ranch G.C., where his father, Matt, is the head pro — led the tournament from start to finish. He took the opening day lead with a 6-under-par 65, went one stroke lower the next day with a 64 and finished it off with a 66 and 70 on the final day. Knous forced a playoff hole, which Bryant won on the par-5 18th hole with a par.
The Colorado Open included a total of 71 players from multiple states, with the majority professionals mixed in with a handful of amateurs.
The previous and initial professional win for Bryant came July 14 at the Wyoming Open, which he took by three strokes in play at Airport Golf Course.
— Sports Editor Courtney Oakes
