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BOBBY LINCOLN
Birth Date: September 8, 1953
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Age: 50 Ht.: 6'1" Wt.: 190
Home: Edenvale, South Africa

Turned Professional: 1970

Joined Senior PGA Tour: 2004

Southern Africa Tour Wins: 1985 Wild Coast Pro-Am, 1986 Wild Coast Pro-Am, 1986 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

Also won the Johnnie Walker Air Mauritius Golf Classic in 1996.

Player Notes: - Played on the European Tour from 1976 to 1980.

- Started his golf career as a 13-year old when a friend persuaded him to buy golf clubs instead of a go-cart. Bought his first set for R10 - a half set of Valiant Clubs. Started playing with friends on a self-designed golf course at the top of mine dumps near Crown Mines.

- Left school aged 17, and joined Tienie Britz as the assistant professional at Southdowns and currently Managing Director of a South African company that manufactures petro- chemical products.

- Served on the Southern Africa Tour Players Committee since 1991 and is currently the Chairman.

- Has a reputation for designing and using unusual putters. He used his love of hunting to design a putter based on the barrel of a weapon with a metal bar jutting out at 90 degrees behind the head. It was this club that earned him victory in the 1998 Platinum Classic.

- Bobby is one of the few professionals who never played golf as an amateur.

Played twice on the Champions tour in 2003, T64th State Farm Senior Classic and T24th, Turtle Bay Championship. Earned a conditional exemption on the Champions Tour for 2004 as a result of his 11th-place finish at the National Qualifying Tournament at the TPC at Eagle Trace in Florida. Carded a final-round 70 on the last day to improve from a T16 after three days.

2004 European PGA Tour record:

South African Airways Open Cut 72-76=148 +4

Dunhill Championship Cut 73-71=144 Even