Pamela Wright Explained

Pamela Wright
Birth Date:26 June 1964
Birth Place:Scotland
College:Arizona State University
Status:Professional
Yearpro:1988
Extour:Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour (1989–2004)
Nabisco:T8: 1992
Lpga:T14: 1989
Wusopen:T9: 1992
Dumaurier:T3: 1991
Wbritopen:CUT: 2001
Award1:LPGA Rookie of the Year
Year1:1989

Pamela Wright (born 26 June 1964)[1] is a professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She played in the European Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992 and 1994.

Golf career

Wright lost to Maureen Madill in a playoff for the 1980 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, after taking a bogey 5 at the first extra hole.[2] She played for the Great Britain & Ireland team in the 1981 Vagliano Trophy.[3] [4] [5] In 1982 she met Jane Connachan in the final of the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship, losing at the 19th hole.[6] In 1985 she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship by two strokes from Belle Robertson.[7] Wright played collegiate golf at Arizona State University and was All-American Second team in 1987 and All-American and All-Conference First team in 1988.[8]

She was a member of the European Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992 and 1994.

Personal life

Wright is the daughter of Innes, who was a golf professional in Aboyne, Scotland and Janette, a leading Scottish amateur golfer.[9]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wright, Miss Pamela . Women Golfers' Museum . 17 March 2022.
  2. News: Pamela Wright (16) beaten in title play-off . The Glasgow Herald . 30 August 1980 . 14.
  3. News: A Heroine's Rescue Act . . 26 September 1981 . 16.
  4. News: No Help for Mrs Robertson . . 28 September 1981 . 14.
  5. Web site: Vagliano Trophy 1981 . . 25 August 2020.
  6. News: Miss Connachan calms down and takes title . Raymond . Jacobs . . 15 . 24 May 1982.
  7. News: Pamela beats Belle, her mother's rival . Raymond . Jacobs . The Glasgow Herald . 29 April 1985 . 18.
  8. Web site: Honors and Accolades . Arizona State Sun Devils . 20 April 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070209012023/http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/archive/asu-w-golf-honors.html . 9 February 2007.
  9. Web site: Pamela Wright - Bio . LPGA . 17 March 2022.