Belle Robertson

Belle Robertson MBE
Personal information
Full nameIsabella Robertson
Born (1936-04-11) 11 April 1936 (age 88)
Perth, Scotland
Sporting nationality Scotland
Career
StatusAmateur

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

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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

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Team appearances

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Amateur

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "A Sporting Nation". BBC. November 2005. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Women Golfers' Museum, Famous Golfers, Belle Robertson". Gillian Kirkwood. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Belle Robertson". Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. 2002. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Award for Belle Robertson". The Herald. 29 November 1971. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  5. ^ "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.
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