Justin Hobday

Justin Richard Hobday (born 12 August 1963) is a South African professional golfer who has won eleven official money events on the Sunshine Tour.

Justin Hobday
Personal information
Full name	Justin Richard Hobday
Born	(1963-08-12) 12 August 1963 Bishops Stortford, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Nationality	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	1985
Current tour(s)	Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	11
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1992
Achievements and awards
Southern Africa Tour Rookie of the Year 1986

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.