Name: BRYAN NORTON

Birthdate: December 9, 1958

Birth Place: Salina, Kan.

Age: 50 Ht.: 5'11" Wt.: 175

Home: Mission Hills, Kan.

College: Oral Roberts

Turned Professional: 1982

Joined PGA Tour: 1991

Joined European Tour: 1987

Player Notes: Shot 71 at the Lawrence, Kan., sectional to earn medalist honors and earn his first trip to the U.S. Senior Open ... Is playing in his fifth different USGA championship (U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur) ... Played in four U.S. Opens but has not made the cut (1980, 1981, 1991, 1992) ... Reached the semifinals at the 2009 Trans-Mississippi Amateur ... Won the 2007 Baltusrol Invitational ... Runner-up at the 2003 U.S. Mid-Amateur, falling to Nathan Smith in the final after he conceded the match due to a calf injury ... Played on the European Tour from 1987-1991 and the PGA Tour in 1991 ... A reinstated amateur in 1998 ... A two-time All-American at Oral Roberts ... Is an insurance broker.