| Marlene Streit | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Marlene Stewart Streit |
| Born | March 9, 1934 Cereal, Alberta, Canada |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Residence | Wellington, Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | Rollins College |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships |
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| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | DNP |
| LPGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | T7: 1961 |
| du Maurier Classic | 76th: 1985 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2004 (member page) |
| Lou Marsh Trophy | 1951, 1956 |
| Bobbie Rosenfeld Award | 1952, 1953, 1956, 1963 |
| Canada's Sports Hall of Fame |
1962 |
| Canadian Golf Hall of Fame | 1971 |
Marlene Stewart Streit, OC, O.Ont (born March 9, 1934) is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
She was born in Cereal, Alberta. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontario. She is the most successful Canadian amateur female golfer, and the only golfer in history to have won the Australian, British, Canadian and U.S. Women's Amateurs. She graduated from Rollins College in 1956, and won the American individual intercollegiate golf title that same year (then known as the Division of Women's and Girls' Sports (DWGS)); this event evolved into the current NCAA Women's golf championship.[1]
Streit was a member of the Canadian team at the Espirito Santo Trophy in 1966, 1970, 1972, and 1984. She owns a home in Wellington, Florida. She won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award for best Canadian female athlete for the fifth time in 1963.[2]
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| Preceded by Bob McFarlane |
Lou Marsh Trophy winner 1951 |
Succeeded by George Genereux |
| Preceded by Beth Whittall |
Lou Marsh Trophy winner 1956 |
Succeeded by Maurice Richard |