Simon Hobday

Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday (23 June 1940 – 2 March 2017)^[2][3] was a South African professional golfer who won tournaments on three continents.

Simon Hobday
Personal information
Full name	Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday
Nickname	Scruffy[1]
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

Personal life

Hobday was born in Mafikeng. He represented the country in the 1966 Eisenhower Trophy.^[4] He also lived in Rhodesia.^[5]

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.