John Fourie

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

Fourie was born in Johannesburg.

In 1970, Fourie turned professional. He spent his career playing mainly on the

In Europe, he won the 1977

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)

Other Southern African wins (3)

• 1970 South African Masters (as an amateur)
• 1971 Solar Open (Rhodesia)^[2]
• 1977 Newcastle Open, Botswana Pro-Am Open

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

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

Note: Fourie only played in The Open Championship.

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

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

Amateur

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

External links

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

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