Belle Robertson Explained
Belle Robertson |
Full Name: | Isabella Robertson |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1936 |
Birth Place: | Perth, Scotland |
Status: | Amateur |
Isabella Robertson (née McCorkindale) (born 11 April 1936) is a Scottish golfer who won the British Ladies Amateur in 1981.[1] Robertson represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup as a player on seven occasions and twice as non-playing captain. She was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[2]
Career
Robertson learned to play golf at Dunaverty Golf Club in Argyll, Scotland. 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. She won the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship on seven occasions.
Robertson represented Great Britain and Ireland as a player on seven occasions in the Curtis Cup (1960, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1982, 1986). She was a non-playing captain in 1974 and 1976. 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.
Notable wins
- British Ladies Amateur – 1981
- Scottish Women's Amateur Championship – 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1986
- New Zealand Ladies Amateur – 1981
- British Ladies Amateur Stroke Play Championship – 1971, 1972, 1985
- Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Stroke Play Championship – 1973, 1978, 1986
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[3]
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1982
- Commonwealth Trophy (representing Great Britain): 1971 (winners)
Honours
Notes and References
- Web site: A Sporting Nation . BBC . November 2005 . 28 July 2013 . 10 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121110054027/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0050/ . live .
- Web site: Belle Robertson . Scottish Sports Hall of Fame . 2002 . 28 July 2013 . 28 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080828005314/http://www.sshf.co.uk/inductees/show/57 . live .
- Web site: Women Golfers' Museum, Famous Golfers, Belle Robertson . Gillian Kirkwood . 11 August 2022 . 21 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221121183758/http://www.womengolfersmuseum.com/Famousgolfers/R.htm . live .
- Web site: Award for Belle Robertson . The Herald . 29 November 1971 . 28 July 2013 . 17 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170517131959/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19711129&id=OOU9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dkgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6587,5818538 . live .
- News: Princess Royal among first women to join St Andrews . BBC Sport . 10 February 2015 . 12 February 2018 . 29 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150929024844/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/31373972 . live .