| Justin Hobday | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Justin Richard Hobday |
| Born | 12 August 1963 Bishops Stortford, England |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Nationality | South Africa |
| Residence | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1985 |
| Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 12 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Sunshine Tour | 11 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1992 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| 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 legendary fellow South African 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.
Contents |
| Tournament | 1992 |
|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.