Golfing hall of fame announces inductees
The amateur who beat the pros headlines the class of 2010 for the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame, it was announced today.
Rob McMillan, whose victory at the 1996 Manitoba Open was one of the three Canadian Tour titles he earned, will be inducted into the Hall in September, along with six-time women’s amateur champ Aileen Robertson, two-time men’s amateur champion Terry Hashimoto and respected broadcaster Bob Picken.
McMillan’s lengthy list of accomplishments includes four Manitoba juniors, three Canadian juniors, three Manitoba Amateurs, five Manitoba golfer of the year awards, two Manitoba male athlete of the year awards along with his three professional tour victories.
A rousing final round of 65 on his home course, Pine Ridge, in July of 1996 helped him come from behind and become the first amateur in 20 years to win a Canadian Tour championship. McMillan captured the Canadian Amateur later that summer and turned pro in 1997.
Robertson won two Manitoba junior titles and six amateurs as the province’s dominant female player in the 1990′s. In 1994, she added the Canadian Women’s Amateur title to her resume, lifting her to Manitoba’s golfer of the year award.
The former St. Charles member turned pro in 1998 and currently works as a teacher at Henry Brunton Golf in Ontario.
Hashimoto captured his Manitoba player of the year award in three different decades, winning in 1976, 1980 and again in 1998 after regaining his amateur status.
His second of two Manitoba Amateur titles (1998) came 13 years after his first and marked the first time any player had won the province’s top three competitive events — the match play title, the Amateur and the mid-amateur — in one season.
Hashimoto was also one of the founders of the popular Canadian golf brand, Jazz Golf.
Picken’s game as a left-hander wasn’t bad, but he was selected for a sportscasting career that spanned more than 60 years.
In that time, he distinguished himself in coverage of curling, baseball and football, inducted into Canadian and Manitoba halls of fame in those sports.
Picken has also been a director of the popular Grey Owl tournament since 1979.
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