Lex Robson

{{short description|Scottish-Canadian golfer}}

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| fullname = Alexander Lawrie Robson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|02|07}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

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| death_place = Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

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Alexander Lawrie Robson (February 7, 1898 – January 27, 1974){{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47720898/the-gazette/ |title=Robson passes |newspaper=The Gazette |location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |date=April 30, 1974 |page=39 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 31, 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47720955/the-ottawa-journal/ |title=Deaths |newspaper=The Ottawa Journal |location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |date=January 27, 1974 |page=28 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=March 31, 2020}} was a Scottish-Canadian professional golfer.

Robson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Having moved to Canada, he had a successful tournament career, highlighted by winning the Canadian PGA Championship in 1932,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fPQuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VdsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7039%2C1380496 |title=Lex Robson wins golf title playoff |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |date=July 6, 1932 |via=Google News Archives |accessdate=March 30, 2020}} and finishing as runner-up in the Canadian Open in 1933. He also won the Millar Trophy, originally awarded for the Ontario PGA Match Play championship and later the Canadian PGA Match Play, on six occasions.

In 1934, as recognition for his consistently good play, Robson was invited to compete in the inaugural Masters Tournament but he was unable to play. In 2008 he was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=https://www.pgaofcanada.com/media-centre/archive/two-legendary-canadian-pga-members-inducted-into-ontario-golf-hall-of-fame-2132 |title=Two legendary Canadian PGA members inducted into Ontario Golf Hall of Fame |website=PGA of Canada |date=May 9, 2020 |accessdate=March 30, 2020}}

Robson served as the head professional at several golf clubs in Ontario, most notably at Islington Golf Club in Etobicoke for many years until 1939,{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/IslingtonGolfClub/photos/a.133999019952765/2389875481031763/?type=3&theater |title=Islington Golf Club |website=Facebook |accessdate=March 30, 2020}} when he moved to Kawartha Golf & Country Club in Peterborough where he remained for 25 years.{{cite web |url=https://gao.ca/about-us/ontario-golf-hall-of-fame/ontario-golf-hall-of-fame-member-bios/lex-robson-class-of-2008/ |title=Lex Robson – Class of 2008 |website=Golf Ontario |accessdate=March 30, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://pdshof.com/inductees/a-l-lex-robson/ |title=A. L. (Lex) Robson |website=Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame |accessdate=March 30, 2020}}