John Fourie | |
Fullname: | Jonathan Adriaan Fourie |
Birth Date: | 23 August 1939 |
Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Residence: | Pretoria, South Africa |
Yearpro: | 1970 |
Extour: | European Tour Southern Africa Tour European Seniors Tour |
Prowins: | 13 |
Eurowins: | 1 |
Sunwins: | 6 |
Champwins: | 1 |
Seneurowins: | 2 |
Otherwins: | 4 |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T15: 1976 |
Pga: | DNP |
Award1: | European Seniors Tour Order of Merit winner |
Year1: | 1992 |
Jonathan Adriaan Fourie (born 23 August 1939) is a South African professional golfer.
Fourie was born in Johannesburg.
In 1970, Fourie turned professional. He spent his career playing mainly on the Southern Africa Tour and the European Tour. He won ten times on the Southern Africa Tour, including one win as an amateur, and led the Order of Merit in 1973/74.[1]
In Europe, he won the 1977 Callers of Newcastle tournament and twice finished in the top twenty on the Order of Merit. In 1992, he joined the European Seniors Tour during its 1992 debut season, and won the Senior British Open and the Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters on his way to winning the tour's Order of Merit. He continued to play on the seniors tour into his mid-60s.
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 1 Jan 1972 | State Mines Open | −17 (70-65-67-69=271) | 5 strokes | ![]() | |
2 | 20 Jan 1973 | ICL Transvaal Open | −4 (69-73-69-69=280) | Playoff | ![]() | |
3 | 27 Jan 1973 | Rothmans International Strokeplay | E (73-70-70=213)* | 1 stroke | ![]() | |
4 | 12 Jan 1974 | NCR Western Province Open | −11 (71-69-68-69=277) | 7 strokes | ![]() | |
5 | 11 Jan 1975 | Vavasseur Natal Open | −7 (68-69-71-73=281) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() | |
6 | 25 Jan 1975 | Dunlop South African Masters | −11 (69-65-65=199)* | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result | |
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1 | 1973 | ICL Transvaal Open | ![]() | Won with par on ninth extra hole | |
2 | 1975 | Holiday Inns Open | ![]() | Lost to par on fourth extra hole | |
3 | 1976 | BP South African Open | ![]() | Lost 18-hole playoff; Hayes: −3 (69), Fourie: E (72) |
Legend | |
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Senior major championships (1) | |
Other Senior PGA Tour (0) |
Legend | |
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Senior major championships (1) | |
Other European Senior Tour (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 26 Jul 1992 | Senior British Open | −2 (75-67-71-69=282) | 3 strokes | ![]() | |
2 | 23 Aug 1992 | Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters | −3 (71-70-69=210) | 4 strokes | Vincent Tshabalala |
European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result | |
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1 | 1993 | Senior Zurich Lexus Trophy | Tommy Horton, David Jimenez | Horton won with birdie on first extra hole | |
2 | 2000 | Lawrence Batley Seniors | Neil Coles, David Huish | Huish won with par on first extra hole |
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