{{short description|Scottish golfer}} {{about||the American philanthropist|Pamela Rouse Wright}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Pamela Wright | image = | imagesize = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|6|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Scotland | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1964|6|26|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}} | weight = | nationality = {{SCO}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Arizona State University | status = Professional | yearpro = 1988 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = Ladies European Tour<br>LPGA Tour (1989–2004) | prowins = <!-- Number of professional victories --> | lpgawins = <!-- Number of LPGA Tour wins --> | letwins = <!-- Number of Ladies European Tour wins --> | jlpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins --> | klpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins --> | lagtwins = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins --> | alpgwins = <!-- Number of ALPG Tour wins --> | futwins = <!-- Number of Futures Tour wins --> | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | nabisco = T8: 1992 | lpga = T14: 1989 | wusopen = T9: 1992 | dumaurier = T3: 1991 | wbritopen = CUT: 2001 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = LPGA Rookie of the Year | year1 = 1989 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Pamela Wright''' (born 26 June 1964)<ref name=wgm>{{cite web |url=http://www.womengolfersmuseum.com/Famousgolfers/W.htm |publisher=Women Golfers' Museum |title=Wright, Miss Pamela |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref> is a Scottish professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. Wright played on 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She played for the Great Britain & Ireland team in the 1981 Vagliano Trophy.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> In 1982 she met Jane Connachan in the final of the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship, losing at the 19th hole.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 1985 she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship by two strokes from Belle Robertson.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="wright1">{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref name="wright2">{{cite web |title=Pamela Wright - Bio |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/pamela-wright/82648/bio |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1981 *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Scotland) 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 *Women's Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 *Girls Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 1979, 1980
'''Professional''' *Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{LPGA player|pamela-wright/82648}}
{{Navboxes |title=Pamela Wright at the Solheim Cup |list= {{1990 European Solheim Cup team}} {{1992 European Solheim Cup team}} {{1994 European Solheim Cup team}} }}
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