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

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Early life

Fourie was born in

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Professional career

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

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and the

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. He won ten times on the Southern Africa Tour, including one win as an amateur, and led the Order of Merit in 1973/74. 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

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during its 1992 debut season, and won the

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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)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Southern Africa Tour wins (6)

''*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Southern Africa Tour playoff record (1–2)

Other Southern African wins (3)

*1970

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(as an amateur) *1971 Solar Open (Rhodesia) *1977 Newcastle Open, Botswana Pro-Am Open

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

European Seniors Tour wins (2)

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–2)

Results in major championships

''Note: Fourie only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing South Africa):

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

Commonwealth Tournament The Commonwealth Tournament was a men's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It was played roughly every four years, in 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971 and 1975. I ...

(representing South Africa): 1967 *Professional *Datsun International (representing South Africa): 1976 (winners)

References

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* * South African male golfers Sunshine Tour golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Winners of senior major golf championships Golfers from Johannesburg Golfers from Pretoria 1939 births Living people 20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-golf-bio-stub