Lindsey Wright
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| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | Tonbridge Wells, England |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Albury, Australia Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| College | Pepperdine University (Sports Administration) |
| Career | |
| Turned Professional | 2003 |
| Current tour | LPGA Tour (joined 2004) |
| Professional wins | 3 (3 Futures Tour) |
| Best Results in Major Championships | |
| Kraft Nabisco | T15: 2007 |
| LPGA Championship | 4: 2007 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T37: 2006 |
| Women's British Open | T31: 2006 |
Lindsey Elizabeth Wright is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time in the league since.
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[edit] Personal life
Wright was born in Tonbridge Wells, England and currently holds residence in both Dallas, Texas and Albury, Australia.
[edit] Amateur career
Wright took up golf at the age of nine. She finished second at the 2001 NCAA Championship while at Pepperdine University. She was a semifinalist at the 2002 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, finished second at the 2002 World Cup in Malaysia and was a finalist at the 2002 British Amateur Championship. She played in the 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship as an amateur and tied for 57th.
[edit] 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: T6th Individually
- 2002 Tied Second individually at the NCAA Women’s Championship while at Pepperdine University
- 2002 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship: Semi-finalist
- 2002 British Amateur Championship: Finalist
- 2002 World Cup Team Champions for Australia: T2nd Individually
- 2003 NCAA Women’s Team Championship runner-up while at Pepperdine University
[edit] 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 andfinished 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.
[edit] Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T57 | DNP | DNP | CUT | T26 |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | T16 | T20 | 4 |
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | T37 | DNP |
| Women's British Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | T31 | CUT |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
