Lindsey Wright
| Lindsey Wright | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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Wright before 2009 Women's British Open
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lindsey Elizabeth Wright |
| Born |
31 December 1979 Tunbridge Wells, England |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Residence |
Albury, Australia McKinney, Texas, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | Pepperdine University |
| Turned professional | 2003 |
| Current tour(s) |
LPGA Tour (joined 2004) ALPG Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Futures Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| ALPG Tour | 2 |
| Symetra Tour | 3 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | 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.
Wright was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England and currently holds residence in both McKinney, Texas and Albury, Australia.
Wright took up golf at the age of nine. She was an Australian Institute of Sport golf scholarship holder from 1998 to 1999. 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.
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.
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