Hawkes, a South African professional golfer better know as 'Hawkeye', visited Monash and gave students a motivational speech about his career and “very colourful life” including the glory days and the times when he found himself off course. He said, “I like to believe that I’m 61 years old, look 59 and behave like a 20 year old.”
Born 3 September 1953, in the Transkei, in the Eastern Cape, Hawkes turned professional in 1974. He has two daughters, Charlotte and Rebecca, and currently resides in Bruma near Johannesburg. He played on the European Tour for over twenty years, making the top one hundred on the European Tour Order of Merit every year from 1977 to 1991. His sole European Tour win was at the 1991 Canon European Maters Swiss Open and he has won three tournaments on the Southern Africa Tour.
Hawkes joined the European Seniors Tour in 2004, but has yet to win at that level. However, his playing schedule is limited as he also owns a waste recycling plant here in South Africa and works as a golf commentator and analyst for Sky Sports when he is in the United Kingdom.
Students
said, “Jeff Hawkes was very motivating. After listening to him, you realize
that you can go beyond the limits, beyond your boundaries.”
For Hawkes' take on the ups and downs in his life, and his advice to students, watch the video below.
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