} Gareth Wright (born 20 November 1981) is a

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professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who made the cut at the

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, one of only two Welshmen to make the cut (the other being

Jamie Donaldson James Ross Donaldson (born 19 October 1975) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Career Donaldson was born in Pontypridd. He turned professional in 2000. Having failed to come through the European Tour's qualifying sch ...

). He had secured his place in the 2013 Open through a playoff in final qualifying. As an amateur, Wright represented Wales in the

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...

as well as in the

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. Wright is now a club pro and in 2012 won the British Club Pros' Championship.

Professional wins (5)

*2012 Glenmuir PGA Professional Championship *2014

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*2015 PGA Play-offs *2016

*2018

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Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Wales):

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(representing Wales):

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Professional *

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(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2013 (tie), 2015 (winners)

References

External links

* * Welsh male golfers European Tour golfers 1981 births Living people 21st-century Welsh sportsmen {{UK-golf-bio-stub