On a leaderboard dominated by the Australian flag at the upper end, Wright earned medallist honours by two strokes from Victorian Cameron Percy with David Bransdon four shots back in fifth spot.

Stephen Allan also guaranteed himself a spot at Final Stage with a tie for 13th, joining Greg Chalmers, David McKenzie and Mick Smith at TPC Scottsdale starting Tuesday.

Wright, will turn 50 on February 21, has already notched four top-10s on the 2023/2024 Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia season to sit 16th on the Order of Merit.

Another Aussie on track to play her way into a promotion in 2024 is Robyn Choi.

After narrowly missing out on a LPGA Tour card via the Epson Tour, Choi leads by one at the halfway mark of the six-round LPGA Q-Series in Alabama.

Heavy rain forced the postponement of Round 3 to Sunday with a cut of 65 and ties to be made after the fourth round is completed on Monday.

The top 45 and ties at the completion of the 108-hole marathon will earn LPGA Tour cards for 2024 while those who make the 72-hole cut are guaranteed status on the Epson Tour at a minimum.

Robyn Choi is making moves at Q-Series 🔥👀 pic.twitter.com/VsCqErOH1B

— LPGA (@LPGA) December 3, 2023

Elsewhere this week Scott Hend was runner-up at the Legends Tour event in Vietnam, Victorian Todd Sinnott was tied for 11th at the Asian Tour event in Taiwan and Jason Day was 11th at the Hero World Challenge.

Terry Pilkadaris was forced to withdraw after one round in Taiwan and took to social media afterwards to announce that it would be his final event on the Asian Tour.

A winner of three Asian Tour events in the space of just eight months in 2004-2005, Pilkadaris turned 50 in October and said that injuries have made it too difficult to continue playing professional golf internationally.

“After 242 events, three wins and 26 top-10s and playing in three major championships, my time on the Asian Tour has come to an end,” Pilkadaris wrote.

“A rib and elbow injury making it hard to play; the joys of getting old.

“Thank you for giving me the opportunity to play the game I love.”

Results

Japan Golf Tour
Golf Japan Series JT Cup
Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club, Tokyo
1          Taiga Semikawa           67-64-66-68—265       ¥40m
14        Brad Kennedy              68-71-69-72—280       ¥2,337,593

Asian Tour
Taiwan Glass Taifong Open
Taifong Golf Club, Taiwan
1          Suteepat Prateeptienchai         68-67-66-68—269       $US72,000
T11      Todd Sinnott                            75-64-68-71—278       $6,513.33
T32      Douglas Klein                           71-72-68-73—284       $3,040
WD      Terry Pilkadaris                         74

PGA TOUR
Hero World Challenge
Albany Golf Club, Albany, Bahamas
1          Scottie Scheffler           69-66-65-68—268      
11        Jason Day                    71-69-66-74—280      

LPGA Tour
Q-Series
RTJ Magnolia Grove, Mobile, Alabama
Through three of six rounds
1          Robyn Choi                  69-68-64—201
T47      Hira Naveed                 72-67-71—210
T59      Amelia Garvey              73-69-70—212
T96      Su Oh                          75-70-72—217

PGA TOUR Champions
2024 PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying
First Stage Soboba Springs
Soboda Springs Golf Club, California
1          Michael Wright            65-71-69-73—278
2          Cameron Percy             70-70-72-68—280
5          David Bransdon           73-73-70-68—284
T13      Steve Allan                   71-74-69-75—289
T34      John Wade                   75-70-79-75—299

Legends Tour
Vinpearl DIC Legends Vietnam
Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang, Vietnam
1          Adilson Da Silva           66-69-68—203
2          Scott Hend                   66-74-66—206
T3        Michael Campbell        69-68-70—207
T24      Peter Fowler                 73-73-73—219
T51      Michael Long               77-78-73—228