John Fourie

John Fourie
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Adriaan Fourie
Born	(1939-08-23) 23 August 1939 (age 85) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Career
Turned professional	1970
Former tour(s)	European Tour Southern Africa Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Sunshine Tour	6
PGA Tour Champions	1
European Senior Tour	2
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T15: 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.

Career

In 1939, Fourie was born in Johannesburg. In 1970, as an amateur, Fourie won theSouth African Masters.

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	Peter Butler, Ángel Gallardo, Tommy Horton

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1977	Callers of Newcastle	Peter Butler, Ángel Gallardo, 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	John Bland
2	20 Jan 1973	ICL Transvaal Open	−4 (69-73-69-69=280)	Playoff	Allan Henning
3	27 Jan 1973	Rothmans International Strokeplay	E (73-70-70=213)*	1 stroke	Tienie Britz
4	12 Jan 1974	NCR Western Province Open	−11 (71-69-68-69=277)	7 strokes	Cobie Legrange
5	11 Jan 1975	Vavasseur Natal Open	−7 (68-69-71-73=281)	1 stroke	Hugh Baiocchi, Dave Wren
6	25 Jan 1975	Dunlop South African Masters	−11 (69-65-65=199)*	1 stroke	Vin Baker, 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	Allan Henning	Won with par on ninth extra hole
2	1975	Holiday Inns Open	Dale Hayes	Lost to par on fourth extra hole
3	1976	BP South African Open	Dale Hayes	Lost 18-hole playoff; Hayes: −3 (69), Fourie: E (72)

Rhodesian circuit wins (1)

• 1971 Solar Open (Rhodesia) ^[2]

Other Southern African wins (3)

• 1970 South African Masters (as an amateur)
• 1977 Newcastle Open, Botswana Pro-Am Open

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	Bob Charles, 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	Bob Charles, Neil Coles
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
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

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	Bob Charles, Neil Coles

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 1966, 1968, 1970
• Commonwealth Tournament (representing South Africa): 1967
• Professional
• Datsun International (representing South Africa): 1976 (winners) ^[3]

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.

External links

• John Fourie at the European Tour official site
• John Fourie at the Sunshine Tour official site