Marlene Stewart Streit ( born Marlene Stewart Streit , born March 9, 1934) is a Canadian golfer , member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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| Full name | Marlene stewart streit |
| A country |  Canada |
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| Date of Birth | March 9, 1934 (85 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Seryl, Alberta , Canada |
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Biography
Strett was born in Alberta, Canada. She studied golf at Lookout Point Golf Club under the supervision of Gordon Masinnis Sr. She is one of the most successful Canadians in amateur golf and the only one who has won the championships in Australia, Britain, Canada and the USA among amateurs. She graduated from Rolling College in 1956, and in the same year won the student golf championship (now the NCAA Women's Golf Championship ) [1] .
Stret was a member of the Canadian national team, who participated in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 1966, 1970, 1972 and 1984. She received the Bobby Rosenfeld Award , as Canada's Best Athlete of the Year, five times. [2]
Achievements
- Ontario Junior Girls (won twice)
- Ontario Ladies' Amateur - 1951, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977
- Ontario Senior Ladies' Amateur (6 times)
- Canadian Women's Amateur - 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973
- CLGA Close Amateurs - 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1968
- CLGA Senior Women's Amateur - 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993
- US Women's Intercollegiate Championship - 1956
- British Ladies Amateur - 1953
- US Women's Amateur - 1956
- Australian Women's Amateur - 1963
- North and South Women's Amateur - 1956, 1974
- US Senior Women's Amateur - 1985, 1994, 2003
Rewards
- Lu Marsh Prize (1951, 1956)
- Bobby Rosenfeld Prize (1952, 1953, 1956, 1963)
- Included in the Canada Hall of Fame (1962)
- Officers of the Order of Canada (1967)
- Included in the Canadian Golf Glory Hall (1971)
- Included in the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame (2000)
- Becomes the first Canadian to be included in the World Golf Hall of Fame (2004)
- Knights of the Ontario Order (2006)
Notes
- ↑ Golf in Canada: A History , by James A. Barclay, Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1992.
- ↑ Immodest and Sensational: 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sport, M. Ann Hall, p. 59, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Toronto, 2008, ISBN 978-1-55277-021-4