Player Bio: John Robertson - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Men's Golf
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Washington
The most experienced player on the UW roster ... three-time letterwinner ... has appeared in 38 tournaments and carded a total of 120 rounds ... a veteran of three NCAA Championships ... one of 13 UW players since 1979 to win a tournament championship ... has seven top-10 finishes in his career ... was a quarterfinalists at last summer's PNGA event ... won the Bellingham Amateur ... was the low amateur at the Northwest Open (a PGA event) and 11th overall ... finished 30th at the Western Amateur ... co-owner of UW single-round score (64) ... best career round was a 60 at Indian Summer Golf and Country Club.
2002 (Fall): Played in three tournaments and was third on the team in stroke average (73.4) ... top finish was an 18th-place performance at The Prestige ... best single round was 68 to open the MacKenzie Invitational.
2001-2002 (Junior): A second-team All-Pac-10 selection ... honorable mention pick for Pac-10 All-Academic team ... set the Husky school record when he carded a 64 during his final round of the fall at The Prestige at Palm Desert ... previous record was a 65 by Bob Conrad in 1995 ... shot at least one round in the 60s during all five tournaments he played in during the fall ...finished second on the team with a stroke average of 72.52 ... that ranked second on UW's single-season stroke average list ... shot par or better in 21 of his 44 rounds during the year ... was fourth with an 8-under 208 at The Prestige for his best collegiate tourney finish ... led UW in scoring with a 2-over 218 at The Schenkel to finish 12th overall ... was one of UW's top two scorers in seven of 14 events ... had four top-10 finishes during the season to raise his career total to seven which tied his for 10th on UW's all-time list ... finished third at the 2001 Washington State Men's Amateur championship at Sudden Valley ... finished 25th at the Western Amateur last summer ... led that event after shooting 66 during the first round ... finished second at Washington's U.S. Amateur Qualifier behind teammate Corey Prugh ... advanced through the qualifying round at U.S. Amateur before losing opening-round match.
2000-20001 (Sophomore): Appeared in 10 tournaments ... posted a stroke average of 73.59 ...that total ranks eighth on UW's all-time single-season list ... competed at NCAA Championships for second consecutive year ... led the team with 10 under-par rounds ... had three rounds in the 60s ... produced a pair of top-10 finishes, highlighted by a sixth-place showing at the Oregon Invitational ... his 217 topped the Huskies in scoring during that event ...also led UW in scoring at Cleveland Golf Classic (9th at 147) and at the NCAA West Regional (15th at 218) ... finished the Pac-10 Championship with consecutive rounds of 70, 69 and 68 to place 12th overall at 1-under 283 ... the 68 at the Pac-10s was the best 18-hole score of his career ... appeared in just two tournaments during the fall ... shot 15-over 231 at the Husky Invitational and 5-over 221 at the Nelson Invitational ... opened spring with a 13-over 226 at the PING Intercollegiate before turning in six consecutive tournaments with final scores of 5-over or better.
1999-2000 (Freshman): Played in 11 rounds during the fall season ... traveled to Japan and helped Washington win the Topy Cup ... carded 80-75--155 over two rounds ... closed the fall with his best round, shooting 69 in the second round of the Nelson Invitational at Stanford ... totaled 217 (74-69-74) for three rounds and finished 30th ... carded 231 at the Husky Invitational and 244 at the Windon Memorial ... fired a season-low 69 in the second round of the Nelson Invitational ... finished in 30th (217) ... shot a 71-73-85--229 at the Southwestern Intercollegiate ... met his season low in the first round of the Oregon Duck Invitational (T26. 69-78-74--221) ... finished tied for 26th at the Anteater Invitational (225) ... placed 65th with a 223 at he Western Intercollegiate ... fired a 224 at the ASU Invitational ... tied for 36th (73-75-72-73--293) at Pac-10s ... carded a 75-73-79--227 in the West Regional ... competed with team at the NCAA Championships.
Tumwater High School/Junior Golf: Four-year golf letterwinner ... earned AJGA All-America honors as a senior ... team captain and MVP senior year ... state champion as a junior and runner-up as a sophomore ... team finished second in the state sophomore year ... best round was a 67 at the AJGA Boise Junior Classic ... earned scholar-athlete honors. Personal: Born January 21, 1981 in Olympia, Wash. ... son of Yo and John Robertson ... mother is a high school counselor and father is a personnel director ... has one older sister, Sunni ... mother played volleyball and father played basketball at Whitworth ... sister played lacrosse at Linfield College ... has not yet declared a major.
Robertson's Career Statistics
Years Rounds Strokes Avg. Low
1999-2000 38 2878 75.74 69
2000-2001 29 2134 73.59 68
2001-2002 44 3191 72.52 64
2002 (Fall) 9 661 73.44 68
Totals 120 8864 73.87 64
Career Best Finish: 4th, The Prestige, Nov. 4-6, 2001
Career Top-10 Finishes: 7
Career Best 54-Hole Score: 208, The Prestige, Nov. 4-6, 2001
Career Best 18-Hole Score: 64, The Prestige, Nov. 4-6, 2001
Robertson's Tournament Results
2002 (Fall)
UW
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
10/7-8 PING Preview 73-76-76 +9 225 21 3
10/14-15 MacKenzie Invitational 68-70-79 +4 217 29 3
11/4-5 The Prestige 74-72-73 +3 219 18 2
2001-2002
UW
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/24-25 Vandal Classic 69-72-70 -2 211 9 5
10/1-2 Husky Invitational 67-71-79 +1 217 5 2
10/8-9 Red River Classic 69-70-72 -5 211 15 2
10/27-28 The Nelson 69-69-72 -3 210 7 2
11/4-6 The Prestige 70-74-64 -8 208 4 2
2/4-5 Arizona Intercol. 69-72-79 +7 220 52 4
2/13-15 Waikoloa Intercol. 72-77-74 +7 223 44 3
3/4-5 Cleveland Golf Classic 75-79-72 +13 226 42 3
3/23-24 Schenkel Invitational 75-72-71 +2 218 12 1
4/8-9 Western Intercollegiate 74-69-74 +7 217 19 4
4/12-13 ASU Thunderbird 76-69-73 +2 218 52 2
4/25-27 Pac-10 Championships 71-78-74-71 +6 294 23 3
5/16-18 NCAA West Regional 74-76-74 +8 224 60 3
5/29-6/1 NCAA Championships 70-76-76-72 +10 294 86 4
2000-2001
UW
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/25-26 Husky Invitational 80-81-70 +15 231 43 5
10/27-29 Nelson Invitational 72-73-76 +5 221 49 3
01/29-30 PING Intercollegiate 77-70-79 +13 226 63 3
3/5-6 Cleveland Classic 75-72 +5 147 9 1
3/26-27 Oregon Invitational 72-74-71 +1 217 6 1
4/2-3 Western Intercol. 79-69-73 +5 221 31 4
4/13-14 ASU Invitational 71-75-71 +1 217 54 2
4/27-30 Pac-10 Champ. 76-70-69-68 -1 283 12 3
5/17-19 NCAA West Regional 71-74-73 +2 218 15 1
6/30-7/2 NCAA Championships 79-74 +9 153 122 3
1999-2000
UW
Date Tournament 1-2-3-4 Par Tot. Pl. Pl.
9/21-22 Topy Cup (Japan) 80-75 +11 155 10 4
9/27-28 Husky Invitational 76-77-78 +18 231 41 6
10/4-5 Windon Memorial 79-80-85 +31 244 70 5
10/29-31 Nelson Invitational 74-69-74 +4 217 30 3
2/17-19 Waikoloa Intercol. 71-73-85 +15 229 73 4
2/28-29 Southwestern Invit. 78-77-72 +14 227 53 5
3/20-21 Oregon Invitational 69-78-74 +5 221 26 5
3/27-28 Anteater Invitational 76-77-72 +9 225 26 4
4/3-4 Western Intercollegiate 75-73-75 +23 223 65 4
4/15-16 ASU Invitational 73-76-75 +8 224 62 3
4/24-26 Pac-10 Championships 73-75-72-73 +5 293 36 3
5/18-20 NCAA Regional 75-73-79 +11 227 104 5
5/31-6/1 NCAA Championships 79-83 +18 162 156 5
