Pamela Wright

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| college = Arizona State University

| status = Professional

| yearpro = 1988

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LPGA Tour (1989–2004)

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| nabisco = T8: 1992

| lpga = T14: 1989

| wusopen = T9: 1992

| dumaurier = T3: 1991

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Pamela Wright (born 26 June 1964){{cite web |url=http://www.womengolfersmuseum.com/Famousgolfers/W.htm |publisher=Women Golfers' Museum |title=Wright, Miss Pamela |access-date=17 March 2022}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V_M9AAAAIBAJ&pg=2124%2C5586203 |title=Pamela Wright (16) beaten in title play-off |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=30 August 1980 |page=14}} She played for the Great Britain & Ireland team in the 1981 Vagliano Trophy.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ksFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4489%2C5186450 |title=A Heroine's Rescue Act |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=26 September 1981 |page=16}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k8FAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1601%2C5366366 |title=No Help for Mrs Robertson |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=28 September 1981 |page=14}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ega-golf.ch/sites/default/files/vt_1981_complete.pdf |publisher=European Golf Association |title=Vagliano Trophy 1981 |access-date=25 August 2020}} In 1982 she met Jane Connachan in the final of the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship, losing at the 19th hole.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W8pAAAAAIBAJ&pg=5197%2C4490661 |title=Miss Connachan calms down and takes title |first=Raymond |last=Jacobs |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=15 |date=24 May 1982}} In 1985 she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship by two strokes from Belle Robertson.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ye89AAAAIBAJ&pg=5140%2C6341442 |title=Pamela beats Belle, her mother's rival |first=Raymond |last=Jacobs |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=29 April 1985 |page=18}} 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.{{cite web |title=Honors and Accolades |publisher=Arizona State Sun Devils |url=http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/archive/asu-w-golf-honors.html |access-date=20 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209012023/http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/archive/asu-w-golf-honors.html |archive-date=9 February 2007}}

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.{{cite web |title=Pamela Wright - Bio |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/pamela-wright/82648/bio |access-date=17 March 2022}}