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Justin Hobday

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Justin Hobday
Personal information
Full nameJustin Richard Hobday
Born (1963-08-12) 12 August 1963 (age 61)
Bishops Stortford, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidencePretoria, 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 TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 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.

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

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  • 1983/84 Earned Amateur Springbok Colours 4 times
  • 1984/85 Member of SA amateur team

Professional wins (13)

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Sunshine Tour wins (6)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 21 Dec 1991 Goodyear Classic −8 (71-71-69-69=280) 4 strokes United States Hugh Royer III
2 7 Oct 1995 FNB Pro Series (Free State) −8 (69-70-69=208) 2 strokes South Africa Derek James, South Africa Jannie Legrange
3 28 Sep 1996 IDC Development Tourism Classic −10 (71-65-70=206) 2 strokes South Africa James Kingston, South Africa Michael Scholz
4 15 Aug 1998 Royal Swazi Sun Classic −9 (70-68-69=207) 3 strokes South Africa Titch Moore
5 26 Sep 1998 FNB Botswana Open −12 (66-67-68=201) Playoff South Africa Richard Kaplan
6 7 Oct 2001 Bearing Man Highveld Classic −13 (69-69-65=203) Playoff Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux

Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1998 FNB Botswana Open South Africa Richard Kaplan Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2001 Bearing Man Highveld Classic Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux Won with par on second extra hole

Other Southern Africa wins (7)

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  • 1989 Lombard Tyres Classic
  • 1991 PX Celebrity Pro-Am (tied with Chris Williams), Chipkin Catering Supply Sun City Pro-Am (tied with Des Terblanche)
  • 1993 Spoornet Classic, Sun City Classic
  • 1995 Bloemfontein Classic
  • 1999 Royal Swazi Sun Touring Pros Pro-Am

See also

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