Simon Hobday

Simon Hobday
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday
Nickname	Scruffy[1]
Born	23 June 1940 Mafikeng, South Africa
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 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
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 1995
The Open Championship	T19: 1983
PGA Championship	DNP

Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday (born 23 June 1940)^[2] is a South African professional golfer who has won tournaments on three continents.

Hobday was born in Mafikeng. He lived part of his life in Zambia and represented the country in the 1966 Eisenhower Trophy.^[3] He also lived in Rhodesia.^[4]

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.

Professional wins (17)

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

European Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	15 Aug 1976	German Open	−18 (67-68-65-66=266)	1 stroke	Antonio Garrido
2	22 Apr 1979	Madrid Open	−3 (67-73-71-74=285)	2 strokes	Francisco Abreu, Gordon J. Brand, Tienie Britz

Senior PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	4 Jul 1993	Kroger Senior Classic	−11 (67-69-66=202)	1 stroke	Gibby Gilbert, Mike Hill, Bob Reith
2	12 Dec 1993	Hyatt Senior Tour Championship	−17 (64-68-67=199)	2 strokes	Raymond Floyd, Larry Gilbert
3	3 Jul 1994	U.S. Senior Open	−10 (66-67-66-75=274)	1 stroke	Jim Albus, Graham Marsh
4	4 Sep 1994	GTE Northwest Classic	−7 (70-69-70=209)	Playoff	Jim Albus
5	17 Sep 1995	Brickyard Crossing Championship	−12 (71-65-68=204)	1 stroke	Isao Aoki, Hale Irwin, Bob Murphy, Lee Trevino

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1994	GTE Northwest Classic	Jim Albus	Won with birdie on third extra hole

Senior major championship is shown in bold.

Other senior wins (4)

• 1997/98 Vodacom Senior Classic (South Africa)
• 2001 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Martin Maritz; unofficial event in South Africa), Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (with Jim Albus)
• 2003 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Lee Westwood; unofficial event in South Africa)

Champions Tour major championships

Wins (1)

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

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Zambia): 1966

See also

• List of golfers with most Sunshine Tour wins
• List of African golfers

References

1. Green Sr., Ron (25 July 2011). "'Scruffy' Hobday went with the flow, pleasing fans, sportswriters". News Observer. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
2. "Simon Hobday". Who's Who South Africa. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
3. "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books – Eisenhower Trophy – Championship Results – 1966". Retrieved 25 January 2013.
4. "Rhodesian Sport Profiles: Simon Hobday". Retrieved 25 January 2013.

External links

• Simon Hobday at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Simon Hobday at the European Tour official site
• Simon Hobday at the PGA Tour official site