Ronald Raymond Streck (born July 17, 1954) is an American professional golfer who has played on the

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and Nationwide Tour, and is a current player on the Champions Tour.

Career

Streck was born in

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

. His father started him playing

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at age 3. He attended the University of Tulsa from 1973 to 1976, and was twice an All-American. He turned pro in 1976. Streck had several notable "firsts" in the annals of professional golf, earning him the nickname "Milestone Man". He was the first PGA player to play with Metalwoods. He was the first PGA player to win with Metalwoods (at the 1981

Michelob-Houston Open The Cadence Bank Houston Open is a professional golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, played in November. As a part of a restructuring of the schedule, the event moved to the fall in 2019. Because the tour year starts the previous fall, the ...

). With his victory in 2005 at the

Commerce Bank Championship The Commerce Bank Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It started as non-sanctioned event in 1987, before becoming a regular Senior event in 1988. The tournament was played annually in either June or July until 2008. It was las ...

, he became the first player to win events on all three U.S.-based men's professional Tours (PGA, Nationwide, and Champions). In addition, he won in Morocco in 1983 in a tournament that was later on the European Tour. In 1997, Streck was inducted into the University of Tulsa Athletics Hall of Fame. He is married with three children and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (2)

''*Note: The 1981 Michelob-Houston Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Nike Tour wins (1)

Nike Tour playoff record (1–0)

Other wins (2)

*1983

Hassan II Golf Trophy The Hassan II Golf Trophy is a golf tournament in Morocco hosted by Prince Moulay Rachid. The tournament was founded by, and is now named for, his father, Hassan II, who served as King of Morocco. The tournament was originally staged as an invita ...

*1984

Chrysler Team Championship The Chrysler Team Championship was an unofficial event on the PGA Tour from 1983 to 1990. It used a two-man better-ball format. It was played at Boca West Resort and Club and Broken Sound Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida from 1983 to 1986; at P ...

(with

Phil Hancock Phillip Ranson Hancock (born October 30, 1953) is an American professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour. Early life Hancock learned to play golf growing up in Greenville, Alabama from his father, a local dentist.Charles Newborn, ...

)

Champions Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Streck, Ron American male golfers Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Golfers from Oklahoma Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma 1954 births Living people