Justin Hobday

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Justin Hobday
Personal information
Full nameJustin Richard Hobday
Born (1963-08-12) 12 August 1963 (age 62)
Bishops Stortford, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Pretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1985
Current tour(s) Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour6
Other7
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1992
Achievements and awards
Southern Africa Tour
Rookie of the Year
1986

Justin Richard Hobday (born 12 August 1963) is a South African professional golfer who has won eleven official money events on the Sunshine Tour.

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Hobday was born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, and is the nephew of golfer Simon Hobday, twice winner on the European Tour.

Hobday turned professional in 1985 and joined the Southern Africa Tour, now the Sunshine Tour. He was awarded the Bobby Locke Trophy as the Rookie of the Year in 1986, and went on to win his first event in 1989. He would win ten more tournaments official money events on the tour between then and 2001.

Between 1987 and 2002, Hobday competed also on the European Tour, where he had a best finish of 92nd place on the Order of Merit in 1992, with a tournament best of third in the Peugeot Spanish Open that same year.

Amateur highlights

Professional wins (13)

Sunshine Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
121 Dec 1991 Goodyear Classic −8 (71-71-69-69=280)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Hugh Royer III
27 Oct 1995 FNB Pro Series (Free State)−8 (69-70-69=208)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Derek James, Flag of South Africa.svg Jannie Legrange
328 Sep 1996 IDC Development Tourism Classic −10 (71-65-70=206)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston, Flag of South Africa.svg Michael Scholz
415 Aug 1998 Royal Swazi Sun Classic −9 (70-68-69=207)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Titch Moore
526 Sep 1998 FNB Botswana Open −12 (66-67-68=201)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Richard Kaplan
67 Oct 2001 Bearing Man Highveld Classic −13 (69-69-65=203)Playoff Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Marc Cayeux

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1998 FNB Botswana Open Flag of South Africa.svg Richard Kaplan Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2001 Bearing Man Highveld Classic Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Marc Cayeux Won with par on second extra hole

Other Southern Africa wins (7)

See also