 Upon fulfilling his active duty obligation to the National Guard, he returned home to marry Joyce McGugin in March 1964.Shortly thereafter, Wright resumed his golf career and was selected for the number one assistant position at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, where he worked under the tutelage of respected and noted golf instructor Claude Harmon.Wright was at Winged Foot from 1964 until the fall of 1965 when he was selected as the Head Professional of the Inwood Country Club in Long Island, New York.