One of Brionie Brown’s goals was to become the best golfer she could be and by all measures she achieved that goal. She did this through dedication to the game, being a quick study and sheer hard work. Always a long hitter, she became successful by applying herself to the other areas that would maximize her results.
Brown burst on to the national stage by winning the 15 and Under Title at the 1989 Canadian Junior Girls Championship. She was 13 years of age at that time. Brown followed this up in 1991 by winning the 16 and Under Title at the Canadian Junior Girls Championship when she was 15 years old.
The 1991 Manitoba Junior Girls Team that Brown was a member of won the Canadian Junior Girls Interprovincial Team Competition. This was the first and only time that Manitoba has won this Competition in this format.
1992 was another stellar year for Brown as she won the Alberta Junior Girls Championship and the Manitoba High School Girls Championship. She also played in the U.S. Junior Girls Championship and qualified for the match play round of 32 but lost in the first round. Brown also played in the 1991 U.S. Junior Girls Championship.
Brown started off 1993 by winning the Manitoba Junior Girls Championship and then winning the Canadian Junior Girls Championship. She is still the only player from Manitoba to have won the Canadian Junior Girls Championship.
In recognition of her achievements, Brown was the 1993 Canadian Ladies Golf Association #1 ranked Canadian Junior Woman Golfer. She was also named the 1993 Score Magazine Canadian Junior Woman Golfer of the Year. Brown was also the runner up for Manitoba Golfer of the Year in 1993.
Brown was a 5-time member of the Manitoba Junior Girls Team (1990 – 1994) and continued her strong play after her junior career by winning the Manitoba City and District Championship in 1995 and captured a spot on the Manitoba Women’s Amateur Team in 1995. All of her superb play led to Brown receiving a Golf Scholarship to attend Memphis State where she played one season before transferring to the University of British Columbia where she was a member of the golf team while obtaining her Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Civil) in 1999.
Brionie Brown is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc, September 30, 2019.