| Belle Robertson MBE | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Isabella Robertson |
| Born | 11 April 1936 Perth, Scotland |
| Sporting nationality |  Scotland |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
Isabella Robertson (née McCorkindale) MBE (born 11 April 1936) is a Scottish golfer who won the British Ladies Amateur in 1981.[1][2] Robertson represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup as a player on seven occasions and twice as non-playing captain.[1] She was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[3]
Career
Robertson learned to play golf at Dunaverty Golf Club in Argyll, Scotland.[1] She won the British Ladies Amateur title in 1981 at Conwy Golf Club in Caernarvonshire, Wales, having been runner-up three times: 1959 at Royal Ascot Golf Club, 1965 at St Andrews, and at Gullane Golf Club in 1970.[1] She won the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship on seven occasions.[1]
Robertson represented Great Britain and Ireland as a player on seven occasions in the Curtis Cup (1960, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1982, 1986).[1] She was a non-playing captain in 1974 and 1976.[1] On her ninth appearance in the competition, she experienced victory for the first time, beating the U.S. team 13–5 at the Prairie Dunes Country Club, Kansas in 1986.[1]
Notable wins
- British Ladies Amateur – 1981[1]
- Scottish Women's Amateur Championship – 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1986[1]
- New Zealand Ladies Amateur – 1981[3]
- British Ladies Amateur Stroke Play Championship – 1971, 1972, 1985[1]
- Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Stroke Play Championship – 1973, 1978, 1986[1]
Team appearances
Amateur
- Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1960, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974 (non-playing captain), 1976 (non-playing captain), 1982, 1986 (winners)
- Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1959 (winners), 1963 (winners), 1967 (non-playing captain), 1969, 1971 (winners), 1981, 1985 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Scotland): 1964
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1985[2]
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1982
- Commonwealth Trophy (representing Great Britain): 1971 (winners)
Honours
- Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to golf[1]
- Voted "Scottish Sportswoman of the Year" four times[1]
- Voted "Women Golfer of the Year" three times[1][4]
- Inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002[1]
- Became one of the first female members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in February 2015[5]
- Inducted into Scottish Women in Sport Hall of Fame in 2018
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "A Sporting Nation". BBC. November 2005. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- 1 2 "Women Golfers' Museum, Famous Golfers, Belle Robertson". Gillian Kirkwood. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- 1 2 "Belle Robertson". Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. 2002. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ↑ "Award for Belle Robertson". The Herald. 29 November 1971. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ↑ "Princess Royal among first women to join St Andrews". BBC Sport. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.