John Fourie
Professional golfer

John Fourie

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23 August 1939
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Jonathan Adriaan Fourie (born 23 August 1939) is a South African professional golfer.
Fourie was born in Johannesburg. He turned professional in 1970 and 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. In Europe he won the 1977 Callers of Newcastle tournament and twice finished in the top twenty on the European Tour Order of Merit. He joined the European Seniors Tour in its 1992 debut season, and won the Senior British Open and the Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters on his way to winning that tour's order of merit. He continued to play on the seniors tour into his mid sixties.

Professional wins (13)

Southern Africa Tour wins (10)

  • 1970 South African Masters (as an amateur)
  • 1972 State Mines Open
  • 1973 TVL Open
  • 1974 Dunlop Masters, Western Province Open, Rothmans Medal, Vavasseur International
  • 1975 Natal Open
  • 1977 Newcastle Open, Botswana Pro-Am Open

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 Seniors Tour wins (2)

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 (71-70-69=210) 4 strokes South Africa Vincent Tshabalala

Results in major championships

Tournament 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP T49 T59 DNP T15 T22 CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1966, 1968, 1970