John Fourie
John Fourie | |||
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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 | |||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
Other Southern African wins (3)
- 1970 South African Masters (as an amateur)
- 1971 Solar Open (Rhodesia)[2]
- 1977 Newcastle Open, Botswana Pro-Am Open
Senior PGA Tour wins (1)
Legend |
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Senior major championships (1) |
Other Senior PGA Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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 |
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | T49 | T59 | T15 | T22 | CUT |
Note: Fourie only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Senior major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runners-up |
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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
- ^ Berkovitz, Anton; Samson, Andrew (1993). South Africa and international sports factfinder. D. Nelson. p. 96. ISBN 1868061019.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1972). The World of Professional Golf 1972. Collins. pp. 295–196, 487. ISBN 0002119412.
- ^ "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
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- 1987 Neil Coles
- 1988 Gary Player
- 1989 Bob Charles
- 1990 Gary Player
- 1991 Bobby Verwey
- 1992 John Fourie
- 1993 Bob Charles
- 1994 Tom Wargo
- 1995 Brian Barnes†
- 1996 Brian Barnes
- 1997 Gary Player†
- 1998 Brian Huggett†
- 1999 Christy O'Connor Jnr
- 2000 Christy O'Connor Jnr
- 2001 Ian Stanley†
- 2002 Noboru Sugai
- 2003 Tom Watson†
- 2004 Pete Oakley
- 2005 Tom Watson†
- 2006 Loren Roberts†
- 2007 Tom Watson
- 2008 Bruce Vaughan†
- 2009 Loren Roberts†
- 2010 Bernhard Langer
- 2011 Russ Cochran
- 2012 Fred Couples
- 2013 Mark Wiebe†
- 2014 Bernhard Langer
- 2015 Marco Dawson
- 2016 Paul Broadhurst
- 2017 Bernhard Langer
- 2018 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- 2019 Bernhard Langer
- 2020 Not held
- 2021 Stephen Dodd
- 2022 Darren Clarke
- 2023 Alex Čejka†
- 2024 K. J. Choi
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