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  Carner, Streit Re-enact 1956 Women’s Amateur | USGA
Streit’s lone Women’s Amateur win and three titles in the USGA Senior Women’s Amateur, including her 2003 victory at the record age of 69, make her a testament to longevity.
Streit hit first, firing her iron shot to within 4 feet.
Streit nearly holed her shot and it settled less than a foot from the flagstick.
www.usga.org /news/2006/september/meridian.html   (1155 words)

  
 :: GolfOntario.ca   >  First Lady ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Fittingly, Marlene Stewart Streit was at her winter golf retreat, the Palm Beach Polo Club in Florida.
Streit might easily have made the transition to the LPGA Tour and, as "Big Momma" JoAnne Carner once said: "If Marlene had turned pro, she would've needed a truck to take her money to the bank.
Streit may have taken advantage of her opportunities and talents better than anyone in Canadian golf history.
www.golfontario.ca /features/20040819_marlenestreit.shtml   (2388 words)

  
 RCGA - Hall of Fame - News
Marlene is the first native born Canadian to be elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Internationally renown Canadian amateur golfer, Marlene Stewart Streit was announced as one of four 2004 Inductees to the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida.
Marlene Streit has won major golf victories from 1953 through to her third USGA Senior Women's title, captured in September 2003, fifty years later.
www.rcga.org /english/halloffame/news.asp?ID=67   (223 words)

  
 Marlene Stewart Streit - World Golf Hall of Fame
Streit made history as the first Canadian inducted to the WGHF, and it was a well deserved honour for a lady who has and continues to contribute so much to the game of golf in Canada.
Fellow Hall of Famer, JoAnne Carner, opened Monday’s ceremonies by calling Streit “probably the greatest amateur -- male or female -- there is in the world.” Her introduction was greeted enthusiastically by small Canadian flags waving in the crowd of 1,000.
Streit, who was attracted to the sport “because I liked the serenity and beauty of the game,” has now won major championships in six different decades.
www.gao.ca /index.cfm/ci_id/1982/la_id/1.htm   (725 words)

  
 SLAM! Sports - Golf News - Streit's road to Hall remarkable
When Marlene Stewart Streit won the 1994 United States Senior Women's Open at the age of 60, 38 years after her first U.S. Amateur title, it became the longest such span in USGA history.
Marlene was born in Alberta but moved to Ontario at the age of seven, when her dad, Harold Stewart, an electrician, was offered a wartime job in the Niagara peninsula town of Fonthill.
Streit has never once expressed a word of regret for her chosen path in life.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Golf/News/2004/04/23/433703.html   (819 words)

  
 MARLENE STEWART STREIT, WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME, Golf, Interviews, ASAPSports FastScripts, Quotes, Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
MARLENE STEWART STREIT: Well, it was sort of a play school of the south at that time, and it was fun.
MARLENE STEWART STREIT: I knew him from when I was 16 years old.
MARLENE STEWART STREIT: There is, when JoAnne and I played in 1956, and when I won.
www.asapsports.com /golf2/2004halloffame/111504MSS.html   (2260 words)

  
 Streit, Marlene Stewart
Streit, Marlene Stewart, golfer (b at Cereal, Alta 9 Mar 1934).
She was a powerful competitor, her game marked by fierce pride and will to win, and she became Canada's greatest women's amateur golfer.
Streit was voted Canada's athlete of the year in 1951 and 1956.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007750   (152 words)

  
 Stewart Streit: Canada's ace amateur - On The Ball: Canada's Golfing Greats - CBC Archives
Earning pocket money was all Marlene Stewart had on her mind when she began caddying at her local golf course.
Ultimately, Stewart will become one of world's finest golfers and will be inscribed in the record books as the first golfer to win the Australian, British, Canadian and United States women's amateur championships.
Stewart Streit remained an amateur her entire career.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-41-1705-11698/sports/canadian_golfers/clip3   (507 words)

  
 2004 Woodbine Oaks Entries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Honorary drawmaster Marlene Stewart Streit and Oaks entrant Touchnow pose for a shot on the Woodbine turf course.
Marlene Stewart Streit is the only golfer to have won the Canadian, United States, British and Australian amateur championships.
Entries were taken and post positions were drawn on Friday afternoon, with special guest Marlene Stewart Streit, the only Canadian inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame, on hand for the proceedings.
www.horse-races.net /library/wooaks04-entries.htm   (911 words)

  
 Golf
By the time Marlene Stewart-Streit began toting golf bags at the Lookout Point Golf Club in Fonthill, Ontario, at the age of 12, there was nary a baffy or niblick in sight.
If Marlene Stewart-Streit was known for her focus, Moe Norman (often called the King of Swing and the Glenn Gould of Golf) is recognized by many as the greatest golfer who ever lived.
When Marlene Stewart-Streit competed in the US Women’s National Golf championship in September of 1956, she was one of 105 competitors.
www.histori.ca /minutes/lp.do;jsessionid=6801770DC21987C7F290CDE49F317C17.tomcat1?id=13145   (3746 words)

  
 TSN.ca - Print Story - Canada's Sports Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Streit was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame last weekend.
''Marlene's contribution to golf is tremendous and she has been an outstanding role model for all Canadian golfers,'' said Jim Fraser, executive director of the RCGA Foundation.
Streit was in attendance for the official announcement at the CLGA annual general meeting.
www.tsn.ca /tools/print_story.asp?id=106188   (335 words)

  
 Sifford, Kite, Aoki and Streit inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
Joining Sifford were Marlene Stewart Streit, Isao Aoki and Tom Kite.
Joining Sifford in a most diverse class of inductees was Canadian amateur Marlene Stewart Streit; Japanese star Isao Aoki; and former U.S. Open champion Tom Kite, whose endless work ethic brought him 19 victories.
Streit became the first Canadian inducted into the Hall of Fame, an amazing amateur career in which she won six national titles and last year captured the U.S. Senior Amateur at 69.
www.pga.com /news/tours/pga-tour/halloffame111504.cfm   (933 words)

  
 TSN : GOLF - Canada's Sports Leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A lifetime amateur who was selected in the veterans' category, Stewart Streit admitted to feeling a sense of awe strolling through the Hall of Fame.
Stewart Streit opened eyes when she won the British Women's Amateur in 1953 as a 19-year-old.
Stewart Streit was named The Canadian Press female athlete of the year in 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957 and 1963.
www.tsn.ca /golf/news_story/?ID=104812&hubname=   (697 words)

  
 BC Golf News 2006
But, 50 years after their first encounter, two of history’s most distinguished players, Marlene Stewart Streit of Canada and JoAnne Gunderson Carner of the USA, teed off in an 18-hole match to celebrate their final-round battle in the 1956 U.S. Women’s Amateur.
Carner and Streit, who play some eight friendly matches a year in Florida, first thought of the re-match three years ago.
Carner made a fine birdie putt on the picturesque 11th, and Streit inspired cheers when she rolled in a slick 20-footer to match her.
www.bcgolfnews.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1352&Itemid=2   (1191 words)

  
 Marlene Stewart-Streit
In the final round the 46-year-old beat 20-year-old Chandler Egan and then proceeded to walk the entire length of the clubhouse on his hands.
Marlene Steward-Streit's place in the pantheon of women’s golf has been assured.
She is the only golfer to have won the Canadian, United States, British and Australian amateur championships.
www.histori.ca /minutes/minute.do?id=14254   (450 words)

  
 PGATOUR.com - Aoki, Kite, Sifford and Streit to be inducted into the HOF   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Isao Aoki, Tom Kite, Charlie Sifford and Marlene Stewart Streit will become members of the World Golf Hall of Fame this November, it was announced Thursday at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in Savannah, Ga.
All four were present for the announcement made by PGA TOUR Commissioner and World Golf Foundation Chairman Tim Finchem, as were Hall of Fame members Ben Crenshaw, Hale Irwin, Tony Jacklin, Carol Mann, Lee Trevino and Hall of Fame Global Ambassador Gary Player.
Streit is the only golfer to have won the Australian, British, Canadian and United States women's amateur championships.
www.pgatour.com /story/7274859   (863 words)

  
 GolfInvestors : Offsite News Article (where fantasy becomes real)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Streit is the first Canadian elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, though she also won numerous championships in the United States.
MARLENE STEWART STREIT: Selected in the Veteran's category, Marlene Stewart Streit's career has spanned six decades.
Streit won 11 Canadian Ladies Open Amateur titles, nine Canadian Ladies Close Amateur titles and three Canadian Ladies Senior Women's Amateur tournaments.
golfinvestors.com /news/view_news_detail.php?id=14216   (1180 words)

  
 CAAWS
Marlene Stewart Streit was inducted Monday into the World Golf Hall of Fame, the first Canadian so honoured.
Including Streit, that raised membership in the 30-year-old hall to 104.
Streit, a resident of Unionville, Ont., is the only golfer to win the Australian, British, Canadian and United States women's amateur championships.
www.caaws.ca /e/print_story.cfm?ID=22   (259 words)

  
 The Golf Channel - Inductees Share Common Bond - November 17, 2004
We celebrate the newest World Golf Hall of Fame inductees for their diversity: Marlene Stewart Streit, the first Canadian in the Hall; Charlie Sifford, the first African-American; Isao Aoki, the first Japanese man and Tom Kite, the first player on the PGA Tour to win six million dollars in career earnings.
Streit, who turned 70 in March, won national championships in six different decades.
Marlene Streit was barely five feet tall and didn’t hit her driver much past 200 yards.
www.thegolfchannel.com /core.aspx?page=15100&dv=1760037&select=14899&select2=0   (512 words)

  
 Sifford Highlights 2004 Hall Of Fame Class - Golf - nbc4.tv | KNBC
Tom Kite, Isao Aoki and Marlene Stewart Streit were also inducted on Monday, which marked the 30th anniversary of the first class inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Streit was chosen in the Veterans category and was the first Canadian elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Streit captured four USGA events, including the 1956 U.S. Women's Amateur title.
www.nbc4.tv /golf/3921015/detail.html   (575 words)

  
 Marlene Stewart Streit - Leaders & Achievers - Sporting Lives: Images of Canadian Athletes - Exhibitions - Library and ...
Marlene Stewart Streit congratulated by her daughters and runner-up Jocelyne Bourassa, after winning the Canadian Ladies Golf Open at Khanawake, Quebec, 26 August 1968, by John Daggett
Marlene Stewart Streit (born 1934) is recognized as one of the top female golf players in the world.
She is the only golfer to have won the Canadian, United States, British and Australian amateur championships, and she captured eleven Canadian Ladies Open championships during her career.
www.collectionscanada.ca /sporting-lives/05270301_e.html   (153 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Columnist Peter Benton: Four selected for golf's top destination
Isao Aoki, Charlie Sifford, Tom Kite and Marlene Stewart Streit will make up the hall's class of 2004, Tim Finchem, commissioner of the PGA tour, announced.
Selected from a large group of nominees, the four chosen received the mandatory minimum of 70 percent of the votes from the voting members of the Golf Writers Association of America.
Streit and Jack Nicklaus are the only players to win the same championship in three decades.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/births/2004/may/05/516804242.html   (303 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Sifford Finally Receives His Due   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Sifford, whose Hall of Fame sculpture features his ever-present cigar stub, was a part of the most diverse class of golfers to be honored in Hall history, joining Marlene Stewart Streit, the first Canadian inducted; Isao Aoki, the first male Japanese golfer in the Hall; and Tom Kite.
Streit is the only golfer to win the Australian, British, Canadian and U.S. women's amateur titles.
Aoki won 73 times on six tours and was the first man from his country to win on the PGA Tour, at the 1983 Hawaiian Open.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A52551-2004Nov15?language=printer   (823 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Columnist Peter Benton: New class enters Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Isao Aoki, Tom Kite, Charlie Sifford and Marlene Stewart Streit were named this month as the 2004 inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame in Florida, being recognized for their personal, professional and amateur achievements.
He donated the first PGA member card Sifford was granted in 1960, when he became the first fl player to play on the PGA tour; the scorecards and plaque from his 1967 Greater Hartford Open victory; his contestant badge, commemorative medallion and program from his 1969 Los Angeles Open win.
Marlene Stewart Streit, a truly extraordinary player who last year, at the age of 69, became the oldest champion of the USGA's Senior Women's Amateur.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2004/nov/24/517878701.html   (348 words)

  
 The Pacific Northwest Golf Association - PNGA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
And, along the way, the PNGA and the Northwest golf scene helped her become one of the premier amateur women players in the latter half of the 20th Century.
Anne (Quast) Sander, JoAnne (Gunderson) Carner, and Marlene (Stewart) Streit of Canada were amateur golf’s “Golden Girls” during this period.
Marlene won in Canada, Great Britain, the United States and Australia, JoAnne took America by storm, and Anne brought home major American and British titles.
www.thepnga.org /AwardsAndHonors/halloffame_people/hall1999_2.asp   (1921 words)

  
 Marlene Stewart Streit - Canadian Ladies Senior Nationals - Galt CC - 28Aug2003
Marlene Stewart Streit - Canadian Ladies Senior Nationals - Galt CC - 28Aug2003
Marlene Stewart Streit - Canadian Ladies Senior Nationals
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www.adventureimaging.ca /galleries/summersports/golf/Marlene/index.htm   (69 words)

  
 Kite, Aoki, Sifford and Streit are voted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (Sports Network) – Tom Kite, Isao Aoki, Charlie Sifford and Marlene Stewart Streit will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame later this year, officials announced on Thursday.
The inductions will take place Nov. 15 at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla. This marks the 30th anniversary of the first class inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, and these four new members will be Nos.
Streit was chosen in the Veterans category and is the first Canadian elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
www.pga.com /news/tours/pga-tour/halloffame042204.cfm   (669 words)

  
 Official Website Of The 2005 USGA Senior Women's Amateur Championship| Past ChampionsChampionship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In 1993, Anne Sander, the Women's Amateur champion in 1958, 1961 and 1963, won her fourth Senior Women's Amateur.
Marlene Stewart Streit, U.S. Women's Amateur champion in 1956, won the Senior Women's Amateur in 1985 and 1994 and was runner-up a record five times.
The 38-year span between Streit's first and last USGA titles is the longest among all USGA champions.
www.seniorwam.org /2005/history   (769 words)

  
 RCGA - Hall of Fame - Hall of Famers
One of the most revered and recognized female golfers in Canada and around the world, Marlene Stewart Streit personifies the dedication and determination of Canadian golfers.
Streit is the only player to have won the Canadian, U.S., British and Australian Amateur in her career and is one of the inspirations behind many of Canada's top young female professional and amateur golfers.
On September 11, 2003 when Marlene won her third USGA Senior's she also became the oldest USGA Champion.
www.rcga.org /english/HallOfFame/hall_ofFamers.asp?ID=51   (222 words)

  
 bet on Marlene Streit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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