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Quick facts for kids Simon Hobday
Personal information
Full name	Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday
Nickname	Scruffy
Born	(1940-06-23)23 June 1940 Mafikeng, South Africa
Died	2 March 2017(2017-03-02) (aged 76)
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
The Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 1995
The Open Championship	T19: 1983
PGA Championship	DNP

Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday (23 June 1940 – 2 March 2017) was a South African professional golfer who won tournaments on three continents.

Amateur career

Hobday was born in Mafikeng. He lived part of his life in Zambia and represented the country in the 1966 Eisenhower Trophy. In early 1969 he was still was an amateur golfer and still represented Zambia. At the time, he worked as a car salesman in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia.

In April 1969, while still an amateur, Hobday played the Kenya Open. In the final round he broke the course record at the Muthaiga Golf Course with a 66 (−6) to leap into second place. At 284 (−4) he finished joint runner-up with Scotland's Bernard Gallacher, five behind champion Maurice Bembridge. He defeated several notable professionals including Christy O'Connor Snr and Australia's Bob Tuohy.

Professional career

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.

Hobday also lived in Rhodesia.

Professional wins (17)

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	29 Apr 1979	Madrid Open	−3 (67-73-71-74=285)	2 strokes	Francisco Abreu, Gordon J. Brand, Tienie Britz

Sunshine 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

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

Other senior wins (4)

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

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

Results in major championships

Note: Hobday never played in the Masters Tournament or PGA Championship.
     Did not play WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1977 and 1984 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Zambia): 1966

Professional

• Double Diamond International (representing the Rest of the World): 1976, 1977

See also

• List of African golfers