Lindsey Weaver-Wright

Lindsey Kathryn Weaver-Wright (born September 16, 1993) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour member. She shot a 59 during the 2012 Ping Junior Interclub match to become the second female golfer in history to do so, first being Annika Sörenstam.

Early life and junior career Weaver was born in Waite Hill, Ohio. Her path to professional golf started at age two. Her father Craig, a runner who ran track at Otterbein University, used to carry her from shot to shot when she got tired of playing.

Weaver shot a 59 on the Apache Course at Desert Mountain during the 2012 Ping Junior Interclub match to become the second female golfer in history to do so, first being Annika Sörenstam. She ranked as the No. 3 recruit in the nation on the Junior Golf Scoreboard, seventh in the Golfweek Junior Golf rankings and 20th in the Polo golf rankings coming out of high school.

College career Weaver graduated high school in 2012 and was awarded a full athletic scholarship to the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. In her freshman year, she finished the fall season ranked as the number one collegiate golfer in the nation according to Golfstat's rankings. She set a school record by posting the lowest ever scoring average of 72.71 and set the record for the lowest score in the history of the Big East Conference Championship when she won with 210 (−6). She was named both Big East Conference Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year.

After her freshman year at Notre Dame, Weaver transferred to the University of Arizona and joined the Arizona Wildcats women's golf team. In 2014, she was individual runner-up at the PAC-12 Championship behind Alison Lee, and finished tied 16th at the NCAA Championship, and played in the U.S. Women's Amateur. She led the Wildcats in scoring average each of her three seasons and won the Pac-12 Conference Championship with the Wildcats in 2015. She was twice named WGCA All-American. She qualified for the 2015 U.S. Women's Open.

Professional career Weaver turned professional after her graduation in May 2016. She quickly entered a Cactus Tour event at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, which she won. She went through LPGA Qualifying Tournament and joined the Symetra Tour in 2017, where she finished 4th at her first event, the Florida's Natural Charity Classic. In her rookie season, she recorded 11 top-10 finishes, including a victory at the Guardian Championship. She finished seventh on the Symetra Tour official money list to earn membership for the 2018 LPGA Tour. In 2020, she finished 49th on the money list and in 2021 in 75th place.

Personal life She competed as Lindsey Weaver until November 2021 when she married Zach Wright, a professional golfer who has played on the Korn Ferry Tour. The two met when they were 12 and dated for a couple of years in high school, before reconnecting in December 2017. They live in Dallas, Texas and practice together at the Old American Golf Club. She announced her first pregnancy, age 29, due in December 2023, after the conclusion of the Meijer LPGA Classic on June 18, 2023. At the tournament, she finished T-20th (277, −11) earning $25,108.

Amateur wins 2011 McArthur Future Legends, AJGA Stonehenge Open 2012 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic, Ping Phoenix Junior at ASU Karsten, Under Armour - Jeff Overton Junior 2013 Big East Championship, Windy City Collegiate Championship

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Professional wins (1) Symetra Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order.

CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied

U.S. national team appearances Amateur Junior Solheim Cup: 2011 (winners)