Bobby Lincoln
| Bobby Lincoln | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Robert James Lincoln |
| Born |
8 September 1953 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg; 14.9 st) |
| Nationality |
 South Africa |
| Residence | Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1971 |
| Current tour(s) | European Seniors Tour |
| Former tour(s) |
Sunshine Tour European Tour |
| Professional wins | 19 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Sunshine Tour | 15 (9th all time) |
| European Senior Tour | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1981 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Robert James "Bobby" Lincoln (born 8 September 1953) is a South African professional golfer who was a regular winner on the Southern African Tour from 1985 to 2000, and now plays on the European Seniors Tour.
Lincoln played on the European Tour in the late 1970s and early 1980s with little success. He was over thirty before he found success on his home tour by winning the 1985 Wild Coast Pro-Am. He went on to win three times in each of the following three years. He served on the Southern Africa Tour Players Committee from 1991 to 2006
Lincoln joined the European Seniors Tour in 2006, and claimed his first senior win in 2007 at the Jersey Seniors Classic.
Professional wins (19)
Southern African Tour / Sunshine Tour wins (15)
- 1985 Wild Coast Pro-Am
- 1986 Wild Coast Pro-Am, Bethlehem Classic
- 1987 Protea Assurance Challenge, Wild Coast Pro-Am, Bethlehem Classic
- 1988 AECI Charity Classic, Bethlehem Classic, Ronnie Bass Pro-Am
- 1989 Zululand Classic
- 1992 Amatola Sun Classic, Trustbank Tournament of Champions
- 1998 Platinum Classic
- 1999 Bearing Man Highveld Classic, Platinum Classic
Other wins (3)
- 1986 Johnnie Walker Air Mauritius Golf Classic
- 2006 Nelson Mandela Invitational (unofficial money event in South Africa; with Retief Goosen)
- 2008 Gary Player Invitational (with Garth Mulroy)
European Seniors Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Jun 2007 | Jersey Seniors Classic | −11 (71-67-67=205) | 2 strokes |  Bill Longmuir |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
See also
External links
- Bobby Lincoln at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Bobby Lincoln at the European Tour official site