Who's who: Robbie Robinson

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Who's who: Robbie Robinson

  • Name:

    Clinton E. "Robbie" Robinson
  • Country:

    Canada
  • Lived:

    [1907-1989]. Born on April 9, 1907 in Saint-Amédée, Québec. Died on Dec 29, 1989 in Oakville, Ontario (aged 82).
  • Original/Home Club:

  • Occupation:

    Golf course architect.
  • Turned Pro:

Roll of Honour

President of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (1961-62; 1971-72); ASGCA Fellow from 1977. Canadian Golf Hall of Fame (inducted in 2002).

Golf course design

Robbie Robinson's best known work includes, but is not limited to:

CANADA:
Beverly G&CC, Ont. (1957) / Brampton GC, Ont. (1963) / Brantford G&CC, Ont. (1960, redesign) / Brudenell River, PEI (1969) / Calgary G&CC, Alb. (modifications) / Cedar Brae, Ont. (1969, redesign) / Cherry Hill Club, Ont. (1960s, modifications) / Credit Valley G&CC, Ont. (1969) / Dalewood, Ont. (1974) / Gowan Brae, NB (1958) / Green Gables, PEI (1980s) / Hamilton G&CC, Ont. (1974, East-nine) / Lambton G&CC, Ont. (1954, modifications) / Lingan, NS (1964, second nine) / London Hunt, Ont. (1960, with Robert Trent Jones Sr) / Mill River, PEI (1971) / Oakdale G&CC, Ont (1957, Knudson-nine) / Oakville, Ont. (modifications) / Rideau View, Ont. (1961, front-nine) / South Muskoka C&GC, Ont. (1974) / St George’s, Ont. (1965-67, modifications) / St Thomas, Ont. (1970, modifications) / Stanhope, PEI (1970) / Sunningdale G&CC, Ont. (1962, Robinson/West course) / Terra Nova Resort, Nfld. (1984, original nine holes of Twin Rivers course) / Westmount, Ont. (1961, modifications) / Whirlpool, Ont. (modifications) / Windermere G&CC, Alb. (1957).

UNITED STATES:
Dearborn CC, MI (1966, redesign).

Did you know?

"Robbie" Robinson apprenticed under the legendary Stanley Thompson, and became a leading post-war Canadian golf course architect in his own right. After World War II, in which he served with the Canadian Royal Air Force, Robinson entered the world of golf course design in 1948, and founded C.E. Robinson & Associates in 1961. The firm went on to design or remodel more than 300 courses, among them several revered names in Canadian golf.

Robinson was able to pass on the design principles of Stanley Thompson to several lead designers who worked for him, most notably Doug Carrick and Tom McBroom.

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