PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Metropolitan PGA Section Hall of Fame Member Jimmy Wright, the last PGA Club Professional to play in all four majors -- and the only one to play in the Masters in the past 50 years -- will be the next featured speaker in the PGA Museum of Golf Speaker Series at PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

The Bradenton, Fla. resident, who competed in 26 Grand Slam events -- including 13 PGA Championships, 11 U.S. Opens, the Masters and Open Championship -- will take part in a fireside chat on Thurs. Feb. 16, from 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m., in the Museum, located at I-95, Exit 121 (St. Lucie West Blvd.). The event is open to the public with complimentary admission.

A three-time All-American at Oklahoma State, Wright was the only sophomore to make the 1959 All-America team before turning professional in 1961. Wright won his first event, the Pratt (Kan.) Open, where he defeated future Senior PGA Champion Joe Jimenez. Wright, who made 48 starts on the PGA Tour, finished fourth in the 1969 PGA Championship at NCR Country Club in Dayton, Ohio. He earned an invitation to the following year's Masters, where he tied for 29th and came away feeling he let an opportunity slip away.

"I had a great chance to finish high and be invited back, until I got to the 10th hole," says Wright. "As I addressed my ball, Arnold Palmer was coming up 18 in the adjoining fairway. The announcer read off all of Arnie's wins for what seemed like five minutes. I kept stepping away from my ball, lost concentration and double-bogeyed the hole."

Wright went on to qualify for a berth in the 1970 U.S. Open at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. He capped the '70 season finishing tied for 55th in the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla. An Open Championship appearance remained the only void on Wright's resume, until he petitioned the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and was invited to qualify for a berth in the 1974 field at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England. Wright qualified and missed the cut.

Wright first served as the top PGA assistant professional position at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., working under a PGA legend, former Masters Champion Claude Harmon. In 1965, he became PGA head professional at Inwood Country Club on Long Island.

He then served from 1976-1988 as the PGA head professional at the Fenway Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y. Wright's other positions included PGA head professional from 1988-92, at The Falls Country Club in Lake Worth, Fla.; and as PGA director of golf from 1992-2001, at The Oaks Club in Osprey, Fla. In 2002, he began his own golf retail store, "The Wright Approach," in Sarasota, Fla.

Wright's playing ability never waned, shooting his age 33 times and winning his first senior professional event, in 1990. He now serves as Tournament Director and Ambassador for The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course designed in association with Tony Jacklin.

In 1982, at age 42, Wright became the youngest inductee into the Metropolitan PGA Hall of Fame. From 1969-1980, he won seven Section Player of the Year awards; captured the 1969 Metropolitan Open and four Metropolitan PGA Championships. Wright also competed on three PGA Cup Teams, and has four top-5 finishes in 18 PGA Professional National Championships included finishing runner-up to the late Bob Rosburg in 1969. He posted a course-record 62 in the 1976 Westchester Classic, in Rye, N.Y.

Attendees will also be able to review the Museum's new exhibits, which include apparel worn by Keegan Bradley when he won the 93rd PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club in August; plaques and memorabilia honoring the seven recent inductees into the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame; and a tribute to the PGA Cup, featuring the Llandudno International Trophy, which was retained by the United States over Great Britain & Ireland in September.

The Speaker Series continues on Fri., March 16 with 11-time PGA Tour winner and legendary PGA teaching professional Bob Toski, who has taught the likes of Tom Kite, Bruce Compton and Judy Rankin.

Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily through Easter. Admission is free year-round.

For more information, please visit pga.com/museum or call 800-800-GOLF (4653). The PGA Museum of Golf is located at 8555 Commerce Center Drive, adjacent to the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance, in PGA Village.

About PGA Village
The Ryder Course, Wanamaker Course, and Dye Course form a trio of world-class courses at PGA Golf Club, at PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Having been ranked among the best golf resorts in America, PGA Village also features the award-winning, 35-acre PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance and the PGA Museum of Golf. PGA Golf Club exists to be one of the premier public-access resort facilities in America, complete with a Private Members Club, and serves as the home club for our 27,000 men and women PGA Professionals. For more information, please visit pgavillage.com.