Lindsey Wright

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Lindsey Wright
2009 Women's British Open - Lindsey Wright (2).jpg
Wright before 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameLindsey Elizabeth Wright
Born (1979-12-31) 31 December 1979 (age 45)
Tunbridge Wells, England
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Albury, Australia
McKinney, Texas, U.S.
Career
College Pepperdine University
Turned professional2003
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2004)
ALPG Tour
Former tour(s) Futures Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
ALPG Tour2
Epson Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship 4th: 2009
Women's PGA C'ship 2nd: 2009
U.S. Women's Open T17: 2009
Women's British Open T17: 2012
Evian Championship T52: 2013

Lindsey Elizabeth Wright (born 31 December 1979) is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2003, and has been competing full-time on the Tour since.

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Personal life

Wright was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England and currently holds residence in both McKinney, Texas and Albury, Australia. Lindsay who is also a qualified registered nurse has been working as a full time nurse after the prime of her career since 2018.

Amateur career

Wright took up golf at the age of nine. She was an Australian Institute of Sport golf scholarship holder from 1998 to 1999. [1] She finished second at the 2001 NCAA Championship while at Pepperdine University. She was a semifinalist at the 2002 U.S. Women's Amateur, finished second at the 2002 World Cup in Malaysia and was a finalist at the 2002 British Ladies Amateur. She played in the 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship as an amateur and tied for 57th.

Other amateur victories and honours

Professional career

In 2003, Wright turned professional in June and competed on the Futures Tour, where she won the GE FUTURES Professional Golf Classic. She tied for 54th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season. In 2004, she competed on the Futures Tour, where she won the Bank of Ann Arbor FUTURES Golf Classic and finished second on the money list to earn exempt status for the 2005 LPGA season. In 2005, she recorded a season-best tie for fifth at the Longs Drugs Challenge. In 2006, she recorded a season-best tie for sixth at the CN Canadian Women's Open and carded a career-low 66 during the second round of the Fields Open in Hawaii, where she tied for ninth.

Wright recorded a career-best finish at the McDonald's LPGA Championship, where she finished fourth and tied her career-low 66 in the final round. She also tied for fifth at the Wegmans LPGA and at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship.

Professional wins (5)

Futures Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
120 Jul 2003 GE FUTURES Professional Golf Classic 74-72-70-69=205−8Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Fuller
Flag of England.svg Lisa Hall
8,400
29 May 2004 Isleta Casino & Resort FUTURES Gold Classic 68–69–66=203−132 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Aram Cho 10,500
36 Jun 2004 Bank of Ann Arbor FUTURES Golf Classic 69–67–72=208–131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kathryn Cusick
Flag of South Korea.svg Jimin Kang
8,400

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12009 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Flag of South Korea.svg Eunjung Yi Lost to birdie on first extra hole

ALPG Tour wins (2)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
Kraft Nabisco Championship T57CUTT26T424CUTT52T4373CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTT37T42T17T48T50CUT
Women's British Open CUTT31CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTT17T59
LPGA Championship T16T204T182T14CUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^T52CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Kraft Nabisco Championship 000111107
U.S. Women's Open 00000175
Women's British Open 00000193
LPGA Championship 010226106
The Evian Championship 00000021
Totals0103393822

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. Excellence: the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN   1-74013-060-X.