# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-locke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:05:11.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-locke"
name: "Bobby Locke"
slug: "bobby-locke"
description: "Arthur D'Arcy \"Bobby\" Locke was a South African professional golfer. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won The Open Championship four times and 15 PGA Tour events in total. In addition, he was a prolific tournament winner in South Africa, ultimately recording over 50 significant victories in his home country, including the South African Open nine times."
tagline: "South African golfer (1917–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Golf-player-Bobby-Locke-in-the-upturn-with-his-driver-142464250431.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1917-11-20"
deathDate: "1987-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.63
  momentum:             2.666666666666667
  historical:           9.855044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  245
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bobbylocke.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "بوبي لوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Locke"
    title: "Bobby Locke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888613"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump