Rik Massengale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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professional golfer
Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1947
Place of Birth: Jacksboro, Texas, United States
Profession: golfer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Rik Massengale
- 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.
- He turned pro in 1969 and joined the PGA Tour in 1970. Massengale won three events on the PGA Tour during 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.
- His best finish in a major was a T-3 at the 1977 Masters.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 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.
- He plays golf at TPC Craig Ranch and occasionally shoots his age.
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