Brady Watt is an Australian professional golfer from Perth, Western Australia. He became the world's No. 1-ranked amateur for one week in June 2013, turned professional later that year and has competed primarily across the PGA Tour of Australasia, with appearances in North America and Asia. His first documented professional victory came at the inaugural Sandbelt Invitational in December 2021. The supplied identity details match official PGA TOUR data. The supplied provider status is Inactive; t…
Brady Watt was born in Perth, Western Australia, on 9 May 1990 and developed through Western Australian golf, with memberships at Royal Perth Golf Club and Sun City Country Club. He began playing golf at about nine years of age and has credited his father and coach Craig Bishop with important roles in his development. Watt attended Yanchep District High School and emerged as one of Australia's leading amateurs in the early 2010s.
His breakthrough came during a highly successful 2013 amateur season. He won the Riversdale Cup, the Ten Nations Cup and the Australian Amateur Stroke Play, was medalist at the Australian Amateur and reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Amateur. Those results took him to No. 1 on the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week in June 2013. He turned professional in 2013.
Watt's professional career has included the PGA Tour of Australasia, the PGA TOUR's international pathway and developmental or regional circuits in Latin America, Canada and Asia. He made his first reported professional cut and payday at the 2014 Puerto Rico Open, where he tied for 49th. He later stepped away from competitive golf for a period, describing the break as an opportunity to reset while working at his parents' cleaning company.
His defining professional result was winning the inaugural Sandbelt Invitational in Melbourne in December 2021 by six strokes at 10-under par. The victory was reported as his first win in a four-round professional event. More recently, tournament reporting recorded top-ten finishes in the 2025/26 PGA Tour of Australasia season, including tied seventh at the New Zealand PGA Championship and tied sixth at the Ford NSW Open. His latest located tournament profile, updated 23 February 2026, listed him as an active competitor and 30th on the Order of Merit, although the supplied provider record identifies his status as Inactive.
Watt's first major breakthrough was his 2013 amateur campaign, when he won the Riversdale Cup, Ten Nations Cup and Australian Amateur Stroke Play, reached the U.S. Amateur semi-finals and became No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week in June 2013.
Key verified markers include World Amateur Golf Ranking No. 1 for one week in June 2013; 2013 U.S. Amateur semi-finalist and co-medallist; Australian Amateur medalist; Ten Nations Cup winner and individual winner; and one documented professional victory, the 2021 Sandbelt Invitational.
His most defining moments were reaching the semi-finals of the 2013 U.S. Amateur, becoming the world's No. 1 amateur in June 2013 and winning the inaugural Sandbelt Invitational on 23 December 2021 by six strokes. In the 2021 final round, he closed with a 70 to finish at 10-under par.