{{Short description|South African professional golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2010}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Justin Hobday | image = | imagesize = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = Justin Richard Hobday | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|8|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Bishops Stortford, England | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1963|8|12|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.85|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|90|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{ZAF}} | residence = Pretoria, South Africa | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 1985 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = Sunshine Tour | extour = European Tour | prowins = 13 | sunwins = 6 | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins --> | seneurowins = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins --> | otherwins = 7 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = CUT: 1992 | pga = DNP | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = Southern Africa Tour<br>Rookie of the Year | year1 = 1986 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Justin Richard Hobday''' (born 12 August 1963) is a South African professional golfer who has won eleven official money events on the Sunshine Tour.
== Career == 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.
== Awards and honors == In 1986, Hobday earned the Southern Africa Tour Rookie of the Year honors
==Amateur highlights== *1983/84 Earned Amateur Springbok Colours 4 times *1984/85 Member of SA amateur team
==Professional wins (13)== ===Sunshine Tour wins (6)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|21 Dec 1991 |Goodyear Classic |−8 (71-71-69-69=280) |4 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Hugh Royer III |- |align=center|2 |align=right|7 Oct 1995 |FNB Pro Series (Free State) |−8 (69-70-69=208) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Derek James, {{flagicon|ZAF}} Jannie Legrange |- |align=center|3 |align=right|28 Sep 1996 |IDC Development Tourism Classic |−10 (71-65-70=206) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} James Kingston, {{flagicon|ZAF}} Michael Scholz |- |align=center|4 |align=right|15 Aug 1998 |Royal Swazi Sun Classic |−9 (70-68-69=207) |3 strokes |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Titch Moore |- |align=center|5 |align=right|26 Sep 1998 |FNB Botswana Open |−12 (66-67-68=201) |Playoff |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan |- |align=center|6 |align=right|7 Oct 2001 |Bearing Man Highveld Classic |−13 (69-69-65=203) |Playoff |{{flagicon|ZIM}} Marc Cayeux |}
'''Sunshine Tour playoff record (2–0)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|1 |1998 |FNB Botswana Open |{{flagicon|ZAF}} Richard Kaplan |Won with birdie on first extra hole |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|2 |2001 |Bearing Man Highveld Classic |{{flagicon|ZIM}} Marc Cayeux |Won with par on second extra hole |}
===Other Southern Africa wins (7)=== *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== *List of African golfers
==External links== *{{SunshineTour player|HOB001}} *{{EuroTour player|2810}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hobday, Justin}} Category:South African male golfers Category:European Tour golfers Category:Sunshine Tour golfers Category:Sportspeople from Bishop's Stortford Category:Golfers from Pretoria Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century South African sportsmen
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