Born in Winnipeg on March 27, 1950, Tannys Aspevig made her mark on the Manitoba golf scene from 1965 to 1971.
During that seven-year span, she won the Manitoba Junior Women’s title twice, the Manitoba Amateur Women’s crown four times and the Women’s City and District championship once, and also won berths on the provincial junior team twice and the amateur team once.
Teamed with Lynda Devine, Aspevig won the Canadian Junior Women’s team championship in 1968.
Golfing out of Rossmere Country Club, she won her junior titles in 1967 and 1968 and was on the two-member provincial junior teams in 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. She won the provincial amateur crown in 1967, 1969 and 1970 and was on the provincial amateur team in 1970. In 1968, she added the City and District honours to her list of conquests.
Close friend and fellow Rossmere golfer Bonnie Brekke was also a strong competitor at that time, winning the provincial junior crown in 1965 and 1966 and joining Aspevig on the provincial junior team in 1965, 1966 and 1967. Brekke was also on Manitoba amateur teams in 1968 and 1971.
Tannys Aspevig died on April 14, 2010, at the age of 60.
Tannys is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 24, 2012.