Marlene Stewart Streit, (born March 9, 1934) is a Canadian amateur golfer, and a member of the

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. She was born in

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. She learned golf from Gordon McInnis Sr. at the Lookout Point Golf Club in

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. She is the most successful Canadian amateur female golfer, and the only golfer in history to have won the

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and U.S. Women's Amateurs. She graduated from Rollins College in 1956 and won the national individual intercollegiate golf championship that same year. Streit was a member of the Canadian team at the

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in 1966, 1970, 1972, and 1984. She owns a home in

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. She won the

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for best Canadian female athlete for the fifth time in 1963.

Significant career wins

* Ontario Junior Girls (2-time winner) * Ontario Ladies' Amateur – 1951, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977 * Ontario Senior Ladies' Amateur (6 times) *

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– 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 * U.S. Women's Intercollegiate Championship – 1956 *

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– 1953 * U.S. Women's Amateur – 1956 *

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– 1963 *

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– 1956, 1974 * U.S. Senior Women's Amateur – 1985, 1994, 2003

Honours

* In 1951 and 1956, she was awarded the

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. * In 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, and 1963, she won the

. * In 1962, she was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. * In 1967, she was made an Officer of the

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. * In 1971, she was inducted into the

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. * In 1995, she was inducted into the

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in 1995. * In 2000, she was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame. * In 2004, she was the first Canadian inducted into the

. * In 2006, she was made a member of the

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Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Canada): 1966,

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

References

External links

Histori.ca profile
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Canadian Golf Hall of Fame profileCanada's Sports Hall of Fame profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Streit, Marlene Canadian female golfers Amateur golfers Rollins Tars women's golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships World Golf Hall of Fame inductees Golfing people from Alberta Golfing people from Ontario Lou Marsh Trophy winners Members of the Order of Ontario Officers of the Order of Canada 1934 births Living people