Simon Hobday

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Simon Hobday
Personal information
Born 23 June 1940 (1940-06-23) (age 71)
Mafikeng, South Africa
Height 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 84 kg (190 lb; 13.2 st)
Nationality  South Africa
Career
Turned professional 1969
Former tour(s) Sunshine Tour
European Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 17
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2
Sunshine Tour 6
Champions Tour 5
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 1995
The Open Championship T19: 1983
PGA Championship DNP

Simon Hobday (born 23 June 1940) is a South African professional golfer who has won tournaments on three continents.

Hobday was born in Mafikeng. He 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 Champions Tour, where he claimed five titles between 1993 and 1995 including one senior major, the 1994 U.S. Senior Open.

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[edit] Professional wins (17)

[edit] Southern Africa Tour wins (6)

  • 1971 South African Open
  • 1978 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters
  • 1978 Victoria Falls Classic
  • 1979 Rhodesian Open
  • 1981 ICL International
  • 1985 Trustbank Tournament of Champions

[edit] European Tour wins (2)

[edit] Senior PGA wins (5)

Senior major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other senior wins (4)

[edit] Champions Tour major championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
1994 U.S. Senior Open −10 (66−67−66−75=274) 1 stroke United States Jim Albus, United States Graham Marsh

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