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.
Early life and amateur career Wright was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England in 1979. She took up golf at the age of nine. She was an Australian Institute of Sport golf scholarship holder from 1998 to 1999. In 1998, she was the leading amateur at the Women's Australian Open.
For university, she attended Pepperdine University. She finished second at the 2001 NCAA Championship while at Pepperdine. 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.
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.
Personal life Wright 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.
Awards and honor She was a four-time All-American while at Pepperdine University.
Professional wins (5) Futures Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)120 Jul 2003GE FUTURES Professional Golf Classic74-72-70-69=205−8Playoff Michelle Fuller Lisa Hall8,400 29 May 2004Isleta Casino & Resort FUTURES Gold Classic68–69–66=203−132 strokes Aram Cho10,50036 Jun 2004Bank of Ann Arbor FUTURES Golf Classic69–67–72=208–131 stroke Kathryn Cusick Jimin Kang8,400
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12009Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Eunjung YiLost to birdie on first extra hole
ALPG Tour wins (2) 2004 Catalina Country Club Pro-Am 2012 ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open (co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour)
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2014. Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT57CUTT26T424CUTT52T4373CUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTT37T42T17T48T50CUTWomen's British Open CUTT31CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTT17T59LPGA ChampionshipT16T204T182T14CUTCUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^ T52CUT ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeKraft Nabisco Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 5Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 3LPGA Championship 0 1 0 2 2 6 10 6The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1Totals 0 1 0 3 3 9 38 22 Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2006 LPGA – 2007 LPGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2009 Kraft Nabisco – 2008 LPGA)
Team appearances Amateur Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Australia): 2000, 2002 (winners) Commonwealth Trophy (representing Australia): 1999 (winners) Tasman Cup (representing Australia): 1999 (winners)
Professional World Cup (representing Australia): 2007, 2008 International Crown (representing Australia): 2014 The Queens (representing Australia): 2015
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