Information on South African Golfer Simon Hobday - The Golf Club - South African Golf Tours

Simon Hobday (born 26 June 1940)

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.

 

 

Tournament Wins

Southern Africa Tour
1971 South African Open
1978 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters
1978 Victoria Falls Classic
1979 Rhodesian Open (play-off with Denis Watson)
1981 ICL International
1985 Trustbank Tournament of Champions

European Tour
1976 German Open
1979 Madrid Open

Champions Tour
1993 Kroger Senior Classic, Hyatt Senior Tour Championship
1994 U.S. Senior Open, GTE Northwest Classic
1995 Brickyard Crossing Championship

Other
1997/98 Vodacom Senior Classic (South Africa)
2001 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Martin Maritz; unofficial event in South Africa), Legends of Golf - Legendary Division (Champions Tour unofficial money event for players aged 60 and over)
2003 Nelson Mandela Invitational (with Lee Westwood; unofficial event in South Africa)

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