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James Charles Wright (#88) at WSC 2001

Background Information

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Given name(s): James Charles
Surname(s): Wright
Home: Gibraltar
Age: 59
Awards: 1st Gibraltar Open Winner
Hobbies: Golf
Occupation: Barman
WSC 2001 Team: Gibraltar

 

Tournament Ups and Downs

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Round-by-Round

High score: 447
Average for: 356
Average against: 438

Round 1

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Wright played #44 Jim Geary (United States) and lost 335 to 526 (a spread of -191) .

Current ranking: #85.

Current record: 0-1, -191.

Round 2

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Wright played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and lost 334 to 471 (a spread of -137) .

Current ranking: #86.

Current record: 0-2, -328.

Round 3

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Wright played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 447 to 373 (a spread of 74) .

Current ranking: #71.

Current record: 1-2, -254.

Round 4

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Wright played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and lost 354 to 445 (a spread of -91) .

Current ranking: #78.

Current record: 1-3, -345.

Round 5

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Wright played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and lost 341 to 425 (a spread of -84) .

Current ranking: #79.

Current record: 1-4, -429.

Round 6

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Wright played #21 Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (Sri Lanka) and lost 247 to 598 (a spread of -351) .

Current ranking: #84.

Current record: 1-5, -780.

Round 7

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Wright played #81 Kwame Poku (Ghana) and lost 319 to 495 (a spread of -176) .

Current ranking: #85.

Current record: 1-6, -956.

Round 8

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Wright played #51 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and lost 360 to 394 (a spread of -34) .

Current ranking: #86.

Current record: 1-7, -990.

Round 9

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Wright played #56 Chris Abordo (Bahrain) and lost 404 to 475 (a spread of -71) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 1-8, -1061.

Round 10

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Wright played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and lost 253 to 577 (a spread of -324) .

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 1-9, -1385.

Round 11

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Wright played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and won 426 to 312 (a spread of 114) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 2-9, -1271.

Round 12

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Wright played #78 Mario Miranda (Philippines) and lost 348 to 432 (a spread of -84) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 2-10, -1355.

Round 13

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Wright played #85 Alan Sinclair (Scotland) and lost 382 to 445 (a spread of -63) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 2-11, -1418.

Round 14

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Wright played #58 Lewis Singh (Guyana) and lost 243 to 245 (a spread of -2) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 2-12, -1420.

Wright is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

Round 15

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Wright played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and lost 446 to 482 (a spread of -36) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 2-13, -1456.

Round 16

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Wright played #59 Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) and lost 326 to 399 (a spread of -73) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 2-14, -1529.

Round 17

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Wright played #49 Michael Tang (Malaysia) and won 435 to 355 (a spread of 80) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 3-14, -1449.

Round 18

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Wright played #83 Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (Bahrain) and lost 389 to 434 (a spread of -45) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 3-15, -1494.

Round 19

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Wright played #83 Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (Bahrain) and lost 418 to 474 (a spread of -56) .

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 3-16, -1550.

Round 20

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Wright played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and lost 347 to 483 (a spread of -136) .

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 3-17, -1686.

Round 21

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Wright played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and lost 337 to 484 (a spread of -147) .

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 3-18, -1833.

Round 22

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Wright played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 387 to 376 (a spread of 11) .

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 4-18, -1822.

Round 23

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Wright played #72 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and lost 345 to 408 (a spread of -63) .

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 4-19, -1885.

Round 24

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Wright played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and lost 322 to 408 (a spread of -86) .

Current ranking: #88.

Current record: 4-20, -1971.

Wright is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).


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