Marlene Stewart Streit, (born March 9, 1934) is a retired 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

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and U.S. Women's Amateurs. She graduated from

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in 1956 and won the national individual intercollegiate golf championship that same year. Streit was a member of the Canadian team at the Espirito Santo Trophy in 1966, 1970, 1972, and 1984. She won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award for best Canadian female athlete for the fifth time in 1963. She owns a home in Wellington, Florida.

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) * 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 * U.S. Women's Intercollegiate Championship – 1956 * British Ladies Amateur – 1953 * U.S. Women's Amateur – 1956 * Australian Women's Amateur – 1963 * North and South Women's Amateur – 1956, 1974 * U.S. Senior Women's Amateur – 1985, 1994, 2003

Honours

* In 1951 and 1956, she was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy. * In 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, and 1963, she won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award. * In 1962, she was inducted into

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. * In 1967, she was made an Officer of the

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. * In 1971, she was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. * In 1995, she was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. * In 2000, she was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame. * In 2004, she was the first Canadian inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. * In 2006, she was made a member of the

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Team appearances

Amateur * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Canada):

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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 Canadian expatriate golfers in the United States Golfing people from Alberta Golfing people from Ontario Northern Star Award winners Members of the Order of Ontario Officers of the Order of Canada 1934 births Living people 20th-century Canadian sportswomen