Nickname Scruffy Masters Tournament DNP Weight 77 kg Nationality South Africa Name Simon Hobday Champions tour 5 | Turned professional 1969 Role Golfer European tour 2 Other 4 Height 1.8 m Professional wins 17 | |
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Full name Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday Former tours Sunshine Tour, PGA European Tour, Champions Tour | ||
Simon Hobday - USA Open Golf Champion
Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday (23 June 1940 – 2 March 2017) was a South African professional golfer who won tournaments on three continents.
Contents
- Simon Hobday USA Open Golf Champion
- Dale hayes interviews simon hobday part 1
- Southern Africa Tour wins 6
- Senior PGA Tour wins 5
- Other senior wins 4
- Team appearances
- References
Hobday was born in Mafikeng. He lived part of his life in Zambia and represented the country in the 1966 Eisenhower Trophy. He also lived in Rhodesia.
Hobday turned professional in 1969. He spent his regular career mainly on the Southern Africa Tour, where he won six times and the European Tour, where he won the 1976 German Open and the 1979 Madrid Open. As a senior, he played mainly in the United States on the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour), where he claimed five titles between 1993 and 1995 including one senior major, the 1994 U.S. Senior Open.
Dale hayes interviews simon hobday part 1
Southern Africa Tour wins (6)
Senior PGA Tour wins (5)
Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
Senior major championship is shown in bold.
Other senior wins (4)
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional