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John Robertson
John Robertson

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Olympia, WA

High School:
Tumwater

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 145

Birthdate:
01/21/1981

Experience:
3V

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
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