Rik Massengale
| Rik Massengale | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Rik Massengale |
| Born | February 6, 1947 Jacksboro, Texas |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Texas |
| Turned professional | 1969 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T3: 1977 |
| PGA Championship | T30: 1976 |
| U.S. Open | T14: 1975 |
| The Open Championship | T26: 1977 |
Rik Massengale (born February 6, 1947) is a former American professional golfer who played full-time on the PGA Tour from 1970–1982.
Massengale was born and raised in Jacksboro, Texas. He developed an interest in golf as a result of his older brother, Don, being a professional golfer. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was a member of the golf team from 1965 to 1969. Massengale was known as a "wild man" at fraternity parties in college; however, he changed his ways and became a born-again Christian in 1975.[1] He turned pro in 1969 and joined the PGA Tour in 1970.
Massengale won three events on the PGA Tour during in the mid-1970s. His first win was at the 1975 Tallahassee Open. His second came a year later at the Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open. The biggest win of his career came in 1977 at the Bob Hope Desert Classic; he established a new tournament record (337) breaking Arnold Palmer's 17-year-old record by one stroke. Massengale shot a blistering 64 on the first day and led this event wire-to-wire. He led wire to wire in all three of his PGA Tour victories. His best career year was 1977 when he had seven top-10 finishes, $126,736 in earnings, and finished 13th on the money list.[2] His best finish in a major was a T-3 at the 1977 Masters.[3]
A back injury led Massengale to retire from the PGA Tour in 1983. He served as National Director for College Golf Fellowship for 15 years. After turning 50 in 1997, he played in a limited number of tournaments on the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour). His best finish in this venue was a T-6 at the 1997 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic.
Today Massengale is a commercial real estate broker[4] in the Dallas metroplex. He married his college sweetheart, Cindy, in 1969. They have four grown children named John, Jake, Jessica and Ashlee and 13 grandchildren. They live in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas. He is chairman of the Board of Chin Community Ministry, a refugee ministry in the Dallas area and serves on the board of Search Ministries Collin County.[5] He plays golf at TPC Craig Ranch and occasionally shoots his age.
Amateur wins
- 1964 Texas-Oklahoma Junior Golf Tournament
- 1967 Cotton States Invitational
- 1968 Western Amateur, Southwest Conference Championship (individual medalist)
PGA Tour wins
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 27, 1975 | Tallahassee Open | −14 (67-67-68-72=274) | 2 strokes | Spike Kelley,  Bert Yancey
|
| 2 | Aug 22, 1976 | Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open | −18 (65-65-70-66=266) | 2 strokes | Al Geiberger, J.C. Snead
|
| 3 | Feb 13, 1977 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | −23 (64-66-70-70-67=337) | 6 strokes | Bruce Lietzke
|
PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1975 | Sahara Invitational | Dave Hill
|
Lost to par on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T23 | T3 | CUT | |||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T30 | T14 | T33 | T39 | CUT | CUT | T26 | ||
| The Open Championship | T26 | |||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T30 | T36 | CUT | WD |
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
References
- ^ "Rik Massengale: Leaving the Past Behind". Links Players International. Archived from the original on March 13, 2007.
- ^ "Rik Massengale – Career". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "Golf Major Championships". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "The Massengale Group". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ "CCM Board". Retrieved January 30, 2017.
External links
- Rik Massengale at the PGA Tour official site
- The Massengale Group Website