Lindsey Wright
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Lindsey Elizabeth Wright (born 31 December 1979) is an Australia
n professional golfer
playing on the LPGA
Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time on the Tour since.
, England
and currently holds residence in both McKinney, Texas
and Albury, Australia.
. 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.
, 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-low 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
.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
playing on the LPGA
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time on the Tour since.
Personal life
Wright was born in Tunbridge Wells, KentKent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and currently holds residence in both McKinney, Texas
McKinney, Texas
McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States, and the second in population to Plano. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 131,117 The Census Bureau listed McKinney as the nation's fastest growing city from 2000 to 2003 and again in...
and Albury, Australia.
Amateur career
Wright took up golf at the age of nine. She finished second at the 2001 NCAA Championship while at Pepperdine UniversityPepperdine University
Pepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, near Malibu, is the location for Seaver College, the School of...
. 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
British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship
The British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union of Great Britain. Until the dawn of the professional era in 1976, it was the most important golf tournament for women in Great Britain and would eventually begin to draw golfers from continental Europe...
. She played in the 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...
as an amateur and tied for 57th.
Other amateur victories and honours
- 1998 Team winner of the Commonwealth Cup (AUS vs Commonwealth Teams)
- 1998 Leading amateur at the Women's Australian Open
- 1998-1999 AIS Scholarship Holder
- 1998-1999 Victorian State Team Representative
- 1999 Team winner of the Tasman Cup (AUS vz NZ)
- 1999 Won AIS Golf Coaches Award (awarded by the head coach for performance/effort)
- 2000-2003 Pepperdine University (Sports Administration Degree) 4 Time All-American
- 2000 Represented Australia at the World Cup in Germany: T6 individually
- 2003 NCAA Women's Team Championship runner-up while at Pepperdine University
Professional career
In 2003, Wright turned professional in June and competed on the Futures TourFUTURES Tour
The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...
, where she won the GE Futures Professional Golf Classic
ILOVENY Championship
The Price Chopper Tour Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour...
. 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
Canadian Women's Open
The CN Canadian Women's Open is a women's professional golf tournament managed by the Royal Canadian Golf Association. It has been Canada's national championship tournament since 1973, and is an official event on the LPGA Tour.-History:...
and carded a career-low 66 during the second round of the Fields Open in Hawaii
Fields Open in Hawaii
The Fields Open in Hawaii was a golf tournament for professional female golfers, played on the LPGA Tour. It was held from 2006 and 2008 at the Ko Olina Resort in Kapolei, an incorporated community within the city of Honolulu, Hawaii....
, where she tied for ninth.
Wright recorded a career-low 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
Wegmans LPGA
Wegmans LPGA is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It has taken place every year since 1977 at the Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York.The tournament was originally known as the Bankers Trust Classic...
and at the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship
HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship
The HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship was an LPGA Tour golf tournament that was played from 2005 through 2007. It was first played from June 30 to July 3, 2005 at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey...
.
Futures Tour wins
- 2003 GE FUTURES Professional Golf ClassicILOVENY ChampionshipThe Price Chopper Tour Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour...
- 2004 Isleta Casino & Resort FUTURES Gold Classic, Bank of Ann Arbor FUTURES Golf Classic
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 2003 | Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983... | T57 | DNP | DNP | CUT | T26 | T42 | 4 | CUT | T52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour... |
DNP | DNP | T16 | T20 | 4 | T18 | 2 | T14 | CUT | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | T37 | DNP | T42 | T17 | T48 | T50 | ||
| Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons... |
DNP | DNP | CUT | T31 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.