Chase Wright (born June 16, 1989) is an American

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. Wright was born in

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. He attended Delta High School where he was a four-time Indiana All-State squad member. Wright won the AJGA Andover Open in 2005. In college, he played golf for

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. In his senior year, Wright was an Academic All-Big Ten selection as well as named to the All-Big Ten First Team. He turned professional in 2012.

Professional history

Wright played in one

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event in 2012 and finished T64 at The

McGladrey Classic The RSM Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played in the autumn in Georgia. It debuted in October 2010 on St. Simons Island, Georgia at the Sea Island Golf Club. The tournament was known as the McGladrey Classic until 2015, when the tit ...

. In 2013, Wright played in the

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where he made two cuts with his best finish a T22 at the

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in Samui, Thailand. In 2014, Wright made a move to the

Web.com Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. T ...

. He played in 24 tournaments, made 12 cuts with 4 top-10 finishes and 7 top-25 finishes. In 2015, Wright started his second season on the

with a 3rd place finish in the

Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship The Colombia Championship is a golf tournament on the U.S.-based Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played in 2010 at The Country Club of Bogotá in Bogotá, Colombia. The 2020 purse was US$700,000, with $126,000 going to the winner. Winners Bolde ...

Professional wins (3)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

Other wins (1)

*2010

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Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing the United States): 2004 Professional *

Aruba Cup The Aruba Cup was an annual team golf competition between teams representing PGA Tour Latinoamérica and PGA Tour Canada. It was founded in 2016 and took place in December. The 2016 and 2017 events were held at the Tierra del Sol Resort, Spa & Co ...

(representing

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): 2017 (winners)

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* * American male golfers Indiana Hoosiers men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Indiana Sportspeople from Bloomington, Indiana Sportspeople from Muncie, Indiana 1989 births Living people {{US-golf-bio-stub