Marty Fleckman

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Marty Fleckman (born April 23, 1944) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.

Fleckman credits Byron Nelson, Carl Lohren and Jim Hardy with teaching him how to play golf.[1][2] At the age of 20 in 1964, Fleckman won the individual title at the Texas State Amateur Championship. In 1965, he won the NCAA Championship while a student at the University of Houston, where he was a three-time All American member of the golf team: third-team in 1964, first-team in 1965 and 1966.[3] He was a member of the Walker Cup team in 1967. At the 1967 U.S. Open, he led the tournament after the first 3 rounds until a final round surge by Jack Nicklaus denied him the championship.[1]

Fleckman won the 1967 Cajun Classic Open Invitational in his first start as a member of the PGA Tour. He is only one of four other players in Tour history to win his first tour event, and the first to do it.[2] He has since been joined by Ben Crenshaw (1973), Robert Gamez (1990) and Garrett Willis (2001). His best finish in a major is T-4 at the 1968 PGA Championship.[4]

Fleckman was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 1986 and the University of Houston Hall of Honor in 2006.[1][2] He also received the prestigious 2007 Teacher of the Year Award for the Southern Texas Section of the PGA.[2] He currently works as director of golf instruction at Blackhorse Teaching Center in Texas.[3]

[edit] Amateur wins

[edit] PGA Tour wins

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Marty Fleckman, PGA Professional. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  2. ^ a b c d Biographical information from Marty Fleckman's website. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  3. ^ a b Biographical information from University of Houston Athletics official site. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.
  4. ^ Golf Major Championships. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
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