John Fourie

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John Fourie
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Adriaan Fourie
Born (1939-08-23) 23 August 1939
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
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 10
European Seniors Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T15: 1976
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
European Seniors Tour
Order of Merit winner
1992

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)

European Seniors Tour wins (2)

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

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