John Fourie

John Fourie
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Adriaan Fourie
Born (1939-08-23) 23 August 1939 (age 85)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationality South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional1970
Former tour(s)European Tour
Southern Africa Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Sunshine Tour6
PGA Tour Champions1
European Senior Tour2
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT15: 1976
Achievements and awards
European Seniors Tour
Order of Merit winner		1992

Jonathan Adriaan Fourie (born 23 August 1939) is a South African professional golfer.

Early life

Fourie was born in Johannesburg.

Professional career

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.

Professional wins (13)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 31 Jul 1977 Callers of Newcastle −6 (66-71-74-71=282) Playoff England Peter Butler, Spain Ángel Gallardo,
England Tommy Horton

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1977 Callers of Newcastle England Peter Butler, Spain Ángel Gallardo,
England Tommy Horton 		Won with par on second extra hole
Butler and Horton eliminated by par on first hole

Southern Africa Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 1 Jan 1972 State Mines Open −17 (70-65-67-69=271) 5 strokes South Africa John Bland
2 20 Jan 1973 ICL Transvaal Open −4 (69-73-69-69=280) Playoff South Africa Allan Henning
3 27 Jan 1973 Rothmans International Strokeplay E (73-70-70=213)* 1 stroke South Africa Tienie Britz
4 12 Jan 1974 NCR Western Province Open −11 (71-69-68-69=277) 7 strokes South Africa Cobie Legrange
5 11 Jan 1975 Vavasseur Natal Open −7 (68-69-71-73=281) 1 stroke South Africa Hugh Baiocchi, South Africa Dave Wren
6 25 Jan 1975 Dunlop South African Masters −11 (69-65-65=199)* 1 stroke South Africa Vin Baker, South Africa Allan Henning

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1973 ICL Transvaal Open South Africa Allan Henning Won with par on ninth extra hole
2 1975 Holiday Inns Open South Africa Dale Hayes Lost to par on fourth extra hole
3 1976 BP South African Open South Africa Dale Hayes Lost 18-hole playoff;
Hayes: −3 (69),
Fourie: E (72)

Other Southern African wins (3)

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other Senior PGA Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 26 Jul 1992 Senior British Open −2 (75-67-71-69=282) 3 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles, England Neil Coles

European Seniors Tour wins (2)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other European Senior Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 26 Jul 1992 Senior British Open −2 (75-67-71-69=282) 3 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles, England Neil Coles
2 23 Aug 1992 Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters −3 (71-70-69=210) 4 strokes South Africa Vincent Tshabalala

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1993 Senior Zurich Lexus Trophy England Tommy Horton, Puerto Rico David Jimenez Horton won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2000 Lawrence Batley Seniors England Neil Coles, Scotland David Huish Huish won with par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
The Open Championship CUT T49 T59 T15 T22 CUT

Note: Fourie only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runners-up
1992 Senior British Open −2 (75-67-71-69=282) 3 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles, England Neil Coles

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ Berkovitz, Anton; Samson, Andrew (1993). South Africa and international sports factfinder. D. Nelson. p. 96. ISBN 1868061019.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1972). The World of Professional Golf 1972. Collins. pp. 295–196, 487. ISBN 0002119412.
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.


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