Simon Hobday Golf player

Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday (born 23 June 1940) 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. He also lived in Rhodesia.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.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 23, 1940
Birth place
Mahikeng , South Africa
Nationality
South Africa
Height (meters)1.8034
Weight (Kilograms)77.112

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