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Frank Nobilo is a PGA championship golfer with 15 tournament wins. Since retiring from golf in 2003,

Frank Nobilo is a PGA championship golfer with 15 tournament wins. Since retiring from golf in 2003, he has worked as an analyst for the Golf Channel's Champions Tour and PGA Tour coverage.

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Nobilo won the New Zealand Amateur Championship at age 18. He turned professional in November 1979 and his first professional win came in 1982 at the New South Wales PGA Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia. Nobilo joined the European Tour in 1985 as a full-time player and recorded his first win on the Tour in the 1988 PLM Open. He subsequently won four other European Tour events and finished inside the top 50 on the Order of Merit every season from 1988 to 1996, with a best of 14th place in 1993.

After strong performances in all the majors, including a 4th place finish in the Masters Tournament and a tie for 8th in the PGA Championship, Nobilo left Europe at the end of 1996 and joined the US PGA Tour for the following season. He won the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic during his rookie season and was featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

In 1998 Nobilo was struck above the left eye by an errant tee shot at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Central Florida. The injury required 30 stitches and affected his future play. Nobilo retired from professional golf in 2003 and subsequently joined the Golf Channel as an analyst and commentator.

On October 2, 2008, International Presidents Cup team captain Greg Norman announced Frank Nobilo as his his assistant captain for the 2009 Presidents Cup at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco.

Nobilo was awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1998.

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