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{{short description|New Zealand professional golfer (born 1960)}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Frank Nobilo
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| fullname          = Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo
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| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1960|5|14|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1960|5|14|df=y}} -->
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| nationality       = {{NZL}}
| residence         = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
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| children          = Bianca Nobilo
| college           =
| yearpro           = 1979
| retired           = <!-- Year retired -->
| tour              = <!-- Current tours which a member of -->
| extour            = [[PGA Tour]]<br>[[European Tour]]<br>[[PGA Tour of Australasia]]
| prowins           = 14
| pgawins           = 1
| eurowins          = 5
| asiawins          = 1
| auswins           = 2
| champwins         = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins -->
| seneurowins       = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins -->
| otherwins         = 5
| majorwins         = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| masters           = 4th: [[1996 Masters Tournament|1996]]
| usopen            = T9: [[1994 U.S. Open (golf)|1994]]
| open              = T10: [[1997 Open Championship|1997]]
| pga               = T8: [[1996 PGA Championship|1996]]
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear         = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1            = [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Companion of the New<br>Zealand Order of Merit]]
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'''Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM}} (born 14 May 1960) is a New Zealand former professional golfer.

Nobilo had a successful playing career, winning 14 pro tournaments around the world. He was at his peak during the mid-1990s when he also produced strong finishes in all four [[men's major golf championships|major championships]].

Since his 2003 retirement, Nobilo has worked as a television announcer for golf events.

==Personal life==
Nobilo was born in [[Auckland]], of [[Italians|Italian]] and [[Croats|Croatian]] descent, and is the great-grandson of an Italian [[pirate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/four-long-shots-who-are-in-with-a-chance-1251148.html |title=Four long shots who are in with a chance  |work=[[The Independent]] |date=17 July 1997 |access-date=16 July 2009}}</ref> At birth, his right leg was shorter than his left, causing him ongoing back problems. He was educated at [[St Peter's College, Auckland|St Peter's College]] in Auckland where he was persuaded to play golf by schoolmates (Chris Treen and [[Mark Lewis (tennis)|Mark Lewis]]). Nobilo preferred to play [[Rugby league]] for [[Glenora Bears|Glenora]] over [[Rugby Union]] for St Peter's, which was "a bone of contention" with the school, and with his parents.
{{Blockquote
|text=I got a bit of grief because I preferred league over rugby then and I was a bit more of a rebel. I used to catch the train to and from school and it took about 30–40 minutes. My mum said it drove her crazy because I missed it often and my parents were living in [[Glen Eden]] and I would end up in [[Henderson, New Zealand|Henderson]] and they'd have to come and collect me.<ref>Wynne Gray, [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10765572 "Q & A Frank Nobilo"], ''[[New Zealand Herald]]'', 12 November 2011 (retrieved 17 November 2011)</ref>}}

Nobilo and his wife, Selena, married in 1998. He has a daughter, former [[CNN]] journalist Bianca Nobilo, who also speaks Italian and Croatian,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bianca Nobilo {{!}} CNN Anchor and Correspondent |date=2023-05-09 |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/profiles/bianca-nobilo#about |access-date=2023-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508012055/https://www.cnn.com/profiles/bianca-nobilo |archive-date=2023-05-08 |url-status=live |quote=Bianca Nobilo is a CNN anchor and correspondent based in London. She is the co-host of ''CNN Newsroom with Max Foster and Bianca Nobilo''. … Bianca speaks Italian and Croatian.}}</ref> from a previous marriage. Nobilo works as an ambassador for The House of Nobilo, one of New Zealand's leading wineries and founded by one of his relatives [[Nikola Nobilo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/product-management-branding/5117808-1.html |title=Professional Golfer Frank Nobilo Signs on as House of Nobilo Brand Ambassador |publisher=[[Business Wire]] |date=4 May 2005 |access-date=16 July 2009}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Frank Nobilo was appointed a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to golf, in the [[1998 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1998 Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1998 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1998 |date=1 June 1998 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=5 July 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1978, Nobilo won the [[New Zealand Amateur]] at 18, the second-youngest winner of this title. He turned professional in November 1979. 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, having played in selected events in 1982 and 1983. He recorded his first win on the Tour in the 1988 [[PLM Open]] (not to be confused with the [[KLM Open]]). Nobilo 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 United States–based [[PGA Tour]] for the following season. He won the [[Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic]] during his rookie season, which proved to be his only win on that tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the [[Official World Golf Rankings]].

One week after his marriage to Selena in 1998, Nobilo was struck above the left eye by an errant tee shot at the [[Lake Nona Golf & Country Club]] in [[Florida|Central Florida]]. The injury required 30 stitches, and affected his play afterwards.

Nobilo played for the International Team in each of the first three [[Presidents Cup]]s ([[1994 Presidents Cup|1994]], [[1996 Presidents Cup|1996]], [[1998 Presidents Cup|1998]]). He contributed significantly to the international appeal of the event when in 1998 and paired with fellow kiwi [[Greg Turner]] he holed a 70-foot putt on the final green to defeat the American pairing. On 2 October 2008, International Presidents Cup team captain [[Greg Norman]] announced that Frank Nobilo would serve as his assistant captain for the [[2009 Presidents Cup]] 6–11 October 2009 at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/2008/10/20081003nobilo |title=Nobilo Joins Norman's Int'l Team |publisher=[[Golf Digest]] |date=2 October 2008 |access-date=16 July 2009}}</ref>

On 9 October 2007, it was reported that Nobilo had announced he would be coming out of retirement, and attempt to gain a card for the U.S. PGA Tour through [[qualifying school]]. However, in a statement issued on the Golf Channel's website, Nobilo denied the report: "I have not, nor did I have any intention of entering this years [[PGA Tour Qualifying school]]."<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15101&select=24092 | title = Golf Channel's Nobilo Denies Return | publisher = [[Golf Channel]] | date = 9 October 2007 }}</ref>

==Television work==
Upon retiring from tournament golf in 2003, Nobilo joined the [[Golf Channel]] for studio coverage. He has been a key member of the ''Live From'' team at the major championships. From 2012 to 2014, he occasionally filled in for [[Peter Jacobsen]] on [[Golf Channel on NBC|NBC]]'s golf coverage (NBC and Golf Channel are corporate siblings).

In 2015, Nobilo joined [[PGA Tour on CBS|CBS]]'s golf coverage, replacing [[Peter Oosterhuis]]. Like Oosterhuis did, he worked only the cable coverage of about half of CBS's events, while working on the network coverage of the other half, including the Masters and PGA Championship. He remained on ''Live From'' on Golf Channel but will no longer be allowed to fill in on NBC. Nobilo made his CBS debut at the 2015 Phoenix Open.

He was also a commentator in [[Rory McIlroy PGA Tour]] and [[EA Sports PGA Tour]] video games, released in 2015 and 2023, respectively.

==Amateur wins==
*1978 [[New Zealand Amateur]]
*1979 New Zealand Under-25 Stroke Play Championship

==Professional wins (14)==
===PGA Tour wins (1)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|27 Apr [[1997 PGA Tour|1997]]
|[[Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic]]
|−14 (69-69-69-67=274)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Faxon]]
|}

'''PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|1
|[[1997 Asian PGA Tour|1997]]
|[[Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Faxon]]
|Won with par on first extra hole
|}

===European Tour wins (5)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|14 Aug [[1988 European Tour|1988]]
|[[PLM Open]]
|−10 (63-68-71-68=270)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Howard Clark (golfer)|Howard Clark]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=right|15 Sep [[1991 European Tour|1991]]
|[[Trophée Lancôme]]
|−13 (65-68-69-65=267)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ian Baker-Finch]], {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Fowler]], <br>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Gilford]], {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jamie Spence]]
|-
|align=center|3
|align=right|7 Mar [[1993 European Tour|1993]]
|[[Turespaña Open Mediterrania]]
|−9 (71-69-67-72=279)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Gordon Brand Jnr]], {{flagicon|NIR}} [[David Feherty]]
|-
|align=center|4
|align=right|2 Jul [[1995 European Tour|1995]]
|[[BMW International Open]]
|−16 (67-69-69-67=272)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Bernhard Langer]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jarmo Sandelin]]
|-
|align=center|5
|align=right|2 Jun [[1996 European Tour|1996]]
|[[Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe]]
|−18 (65-69-72-64=270)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Colin Montgomerie]]
|}

===Asian PGA Tour wins (1) ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|7 Dec [[1997 Asian PGA Tour|1997]]
|[[Andersen Consulting Hong Kong Open]]
|−17 (67-66-66-68=267)
|5 strokes
|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kang Wook-soon]]
|}

===Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|26 Mar [[1994 Asia Golf Circuit|1994]]
|[[Sampoerna Indonesia Open]]
|−15 (69-67-68-69=273)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry Smith (golfer)|Jerry Smith]]
|}

'''Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|1
|[[1994 Asia Golf Circuit|1994]]
|[[Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open]]
|{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Periasamy Gunasegaran]], {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Joakim Haeggman]]
|Haeggman won with par on eighth extra hole<br>Nobilo eliminated by par on sixth hole
|}

===PGA Tour of Australia wins (2)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|26 Sep 1982
|[[Reschs Pilsner New South Wales PGA Championship]]
|−13 (72-74-67-66=279)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lyndsay Stephen]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=right|31 Dec 1985<br>([[1986 PGA Tour of Australia|1986 season]])
|[[Nissan-Mobil New Zealand PGA Championship]]
|−8 (72-67-70-71=280)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brett Ogle]]
|}

===Other wins (4)===
*1987 [[New Zealand PGA Championship]]
*1995 [[Sarazen World Open]]
*1996 [[Subaru Sarazen World Open]]
*1997 [[Mexican Open (golf)|Mexican Open]]

==Results in major championships==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1986
!1987
!1988
!1989
!1990
!1991
!1992
!1993
!1994
!1995
!1996
!1997
!1998
!1999
!2000
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|4
|46
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|T13
|T36
|T40
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|T59
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T16
|T73
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T51
|T11
|T68
|T27
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|CUT
|T18
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T33
|T22
|T47
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|T29
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
"T" = tied

===Summary===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]         || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 2
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 6 || 5
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]      || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 10 || 9
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]           || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 5
|-
!Totals                                    !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 1 !! 5 !! 10 !! 27 !! 21
|}
*Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (1986 Open Championship – 1994 PGA)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

==Results in The Players Championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002
|-
|align=left|[[The Players Championship]]
|CUT
|T60
|CUT
|T63
|T71
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the halfway cut<br>
"T" indicates a tie for a place

==Results in World Golf Championships==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!1999
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Match Play|Match Play]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Championship|Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Invitational|Invitational]]
|38
|}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

==Team appearances==
'''Amateur'''
*[[Eisenhower Trophy]] (representing New Zealand): [[1978 Eisenhower Trophy|1978]]
*[[Nomura Cup]] (representing New Zealand): 1979

'''Professional'''
*[[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]] (representing New Zealand): [[1982 World Cup (men's golf)|1982]], [[1987 World Cup (men's golf)|1987]], [[1988 World Cup (men's golf)|1988]], [[1990 World Cup (men's golf)|1990]], [[1991 World Cup (men's golf)|1991]], [[1992 World Cup (men's golf)|1992]], [[1993 World Cup of Golf|1993]], [[1994 World Cup of Golf|1994]], [[1995 World Cup of Golf|1995]], [[1998 World Cup of Golf|1998]], [[1999 World Cup of Golf|1999]], [[2000 WGC-World Cup|2000]]
*[[Alfred Dunhill Cup]] (representing New Zealand): [[1985 Dunhill Cup|1985]], [[1986 Dunhill Cup|1986]], [[1987 Dunhill Cup|1987]], [[1989 Dunhill Cup|1989]], [[1990 Dunhill Cup|1990]], [[1992 Dunhill Cup|1992]], [[1994 Dunhill Cup|1994]], [[1995 Dunhill Cup|1995]], [[1996 Dunhill Cup|1996]], [[1997 Dunhill Cup|1997]], [[1998 Alfred Dunhill Cup|1998]]
*[[Presidents Cup]] (International team): [[1994 Presidents Cup|1994]], [[1996 Presidents Cup|1996]], [[1998 Presidents Cup|1998]] (winners)
*[[Alfred Dunhill Challenge]] (representing Australasia): 1995
*[[UBS Warburg Cup]] (representing the Rest of the World): 2001

==See also==
*[[2000 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]]
*[[List of alumni of St Peter's College, Auckland]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.nobilo.com/}}
*{{EuroTour player|1000}}
*{{PGATour player|10457}}
*{{OWGR|511}}

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