Born in Winnipeg, Don Gardner’s major golf accomplishments were recorded in Manitoba and British Columbia.
He won the Manitoba junior men’s championship in 1946 and 1949 and the Manitoba men’s amateur title in 1958. He was also the medallist for the amateur championship in 1954 and 1958.
Don played on four Manitoba Willingdon Cup teams, in 1954, 1956, 1957 and 1958 and was on the British Columbia Willingdon team in 1963. He also played on the British Columbia senior men’s teams eight times from 1985 to 1994. He won the British Columbia senior men’s championship twice in that span, 1985 and 1992. He was runner-up to Bob Wylie in the Canadian senior men’s championship in 1987.
Don was a member of the Charleswood Golf Club from 1948 to 1956, belonged to Niakwa Country Club in 1956-58, then moved to Ontario from 1958 to 1962 before settling at the Capilano Club in Vancouver from 1963 to 2003.
He also made his mark on the executive side of the sport, serving as executive director of the British Columbia Golf Association from 1987 to 1995.
He is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 26, 2005.