Fred Boobyer

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| fullname = Frederick Sackville Boobyer

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| birth_place = Failand, Somerset, England

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| status = Professional

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| open = T25: 1965, 1969

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Frederick Sackville Boobyer (28 January 1928 – 24 March 2009{{cite web |url=http://www.nwnannouncements.co.uk/obituary/1957409 |title=Obituary |accessdate=1 June 2016}}) was an English professional golfer who played on the British circuit in the 1960s.{{cite news |url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Ex-Tour-ace-Fred-Boobyer-dies-81/story-11263610-detail/story.html |title=Ex-Tour ace Fred Boobyer dies, 81 |newspaper=Bristol Post |date=1 April 2009}} Although he never won an important 72-hole tournament, he was good enough to be selected for the Professionals against the Amateurs in 1960 and for the 6-man England team in the 1967 R.T.V. International Trophy, where he won 5 of his 6 matches and halved the other.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G1xAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4216%2C4167574 |title=Scots beaten by Irish at Edmondstown |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=26 August 1967}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HFxAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c6MMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6175%2C4296815 |title=England's clean sweep in R.T.V. Internationals |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=4 |date=28 August 1967}}

He won the 1966 36-hole pro-am Bowmaker Tournament at Sunningdale Golf Club, scoring 30 for the last 9 holes. He collected £350 for the win plus a further £50 for his second round 64 and another £250 for winning the pro-am where he was partnered by Bruce Forsyth.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=239AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zKMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1722%2C5055707 |title=Boobyer's victory with inward 30 – Muscroft one stroke behind |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=16 |date=29 June 1966}}

In the 1981 PGA Seniors Championship at North Berwick Golf Club, he lost in a playoff to Christy O'Connor Snr, taking 5 to Christy's 4 at the first playoff hole.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y-5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kacMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5382%2C4773329 |title=Christy has Irish luck |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=25 July 1981 |page=14}}

His father Fred and brother Bob were also professional golfers.