Born in Winnipeg on June 9, 1969, Aileen June Robertson was an outstanding figure in Manitoba women’s amateur golf circles in the decade from 1986 to 1996.
During that time, Robertson was winner of two Manitoba Junior Women’s Championships, three City and District titles, six Manitoba Amateur Women’s Championships and crowned it all with a Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship.
Playing out of St. Charles Country Club, she was the Provincial Junior Champ in 1986 and 1987 and claimed the Amateur honours in 1989-90-91-94-95-96. The National Championship was won in 1994, when she was also declared Manitoba Amateur Golfer of the Year along with Rob McMillan.Robertson was also a Finalist for the Golfer of the Year honours twice, in 1989 and 1991 and was a nominee for Manitoba Female Athlete of the Year twice, 1992 and 1994. She also won the Ontario Women’s Amateur title and was named Score Magazine’s Female Amateur of the Year in 1994.
Robertson represented the province on Manitoba golf teams for 13 straight years, as a junior from 1984-87 and on nine consecutive amateur teams from 1988 through 1996.
She represented Canada seven times at international events including the World Amateur, British Amateur, Australian Amateur, New Zealand Amateur, Mexican Amateur and Commonwealth Championship.
In 1996 at the Women’s International Four-Ball tournament in Florida, Robertson teamed with Marlene Streit and they set a course record 64 and made it to the semi-finals. That same year, Robertson shared medalist honours for both the U.S Women’s Amateur and U.S Women’s Mid – Amateur qualifiers.
While obtaining her Bachelor of Psychology at University of South Carolina, Robertson graduated cum laude and was named to the National Dean’s Honour List 1988-91 and was named National Golf Coaches Association All-American in 1990-91.
Robertson turned professional in April, 1997, and she won the Guess Challenge event in Quebec, tied for first place in a duMaurier series event in New Brunswick and finished sixth overall in the duMaurier series in that year. She also had two top-five finishes in the series in 1998. In the years from 1997 – 2003 Robertson claimed five professional wins. Robertson won two events in Canada (1997 Guess Challenge, 1999 Sally Hanson Challenge) and three events in the United States on the U.S Challenge Tour.
She is now serving as a golf coach for Henry Brunton Golf located at Eagle’s Nest Golf Club in Maple, Ont.
Aileen Robertson is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 27, 2010