Marty Fleckman

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Marty Fleckman
Personal information
Full nameMartin Alan Fleckman [1]
Born (1944-04-23) April 23, 1944 (age 81)
Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College University of Houston
Turned professional1967
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1969
PGA Championship T4: 1968
U.S. Open T18: 1967
The Open Championship DNP

Martin Alan Fleckman (born April 23, 1944) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Early life and amateur career

In 1944, Fleckman was born in Port Arthur, Texas. [2] Fleckman credits Byron Nelson, Carl Lohren, and Jim Hardy with teaching him how to play golf. [3] [4] At the age of 20 in 1964, Fleckman won the individual title at the Texas State Amateur. In 1965, he won the NCAA Championship while at the University of Houston, [2] where he was a three-time All-American member of the golf team: third-team in 1964, first-team in 1965 and 1966. [5] He competed for the United States in Israel in the 1965 Maccabiah Games. [6] He was a member of the Walker Cup team in 1967.

While still an amateur, Fleckman played in the U.S. Open at Baltusrol in 1967. He led after the first and third rounds, [7] [8] but shot 80 (+10) on Sunday amid a surge by eventual champion Jack Nicklaus. [3] [9] [10] The last amateur to lead the U.S. Open at 54 holes was Johnny Goodman, 34 years earlier in 1933. [2] (Seven years earlier in 1960, Nicklaus led as an amateur during the final round.) Fleckman finished in a tie for 18th place and was the low amateur, a stroke ahead of Bob Murphy, who shot 69 in the final round. [9]

Professional career

In his first start on the PGA Tour in December 1967, Fleckman won the Cajun Classic Open Invitational in a playoff. [2] At Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette, Louisiana, he sank a 30-foot (9 m) birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Jack Montgomery and take the winner's share of $5,000. [11] [12] It was his third consecutive birdie, finishing regulation play with two. [11] Fleckman is only one of five other players to win his first tour event as a professional, [4] and has since been joined by Ben Crenshaw (1973), Robert Gamez (1990), Garrett Willis (2001), and Russell Henley (2013). This was to be his only Tour title. His best finish in a major was a tie for fourth at the PGA Championship in 1968. [13]

He currently works as director of golf instruction at Blackhorse Teaching Center in Texas. [5]

Awards and honors

Amateur wins (4)

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Dec 3, 1967 Cajun Classic Open Invitational 67-68-71-69=275−13Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jack Montgomery

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1967 Cajun Classic Open Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Jack Montgomery Won with birdie on first extra hole

Source: [14]

Results in major championships

Tournament196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T18 LACUT60WDCUT
PGA Championship T4

Note: Fleckman never played in The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (June 26, 1965). "Fleckman's 281 Wins N.C.A.A. Golf Crown" . Chicago Tribune. p. 3. Retrieved October 30, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf . New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. pp.  64–5. ISBN   0-87000-225-2.
  3. 1 2 3 "Marty Fleckman, PGA Professional". Archived from the original on August 4, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2007.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Biographical information from Marty Fleckman's website" . Retrieved December 31, 2007.
  5. 1 2 "Biographical information from University of Houston Athletics official site". Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Jewish Post 20 August 1965 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
  7. ↑ Bartlett, Charles (June 18, 1967). "Amateur Fleckman regains Open lead". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
  8. ↑ Grimsley, Will (June 18, 1967). "Fleckman fires 69, leads U.S. Open by stroke at 209". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. D-1.
  9. 1 2 Bartlett, Charles (June 19, 1967). "Nicklaus shoots 65, wins Open". Chicago Tribune. p. 1, sec. 3.
  10. ↑ Wright, Alfred (June 26, 1967). "Jack Delivers the Crusher". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  11. 1 2 "Fleckman's 30-footer nets Cajun, PGA mark". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 4, 1967. p. 2B.
  12. ↑ "Fleckman victor in playoff". Chicago Tribune. UPI. December 4, 1967. p. 4, sec. 3.
  13. ↑ "Golf Major Championships" . Retrieved January 7, 2008.
  14. ↑ "Marty Fleckman". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
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