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

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er. Fourie was born in

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. He turned professional in 1970 and spent his career playing mainly on the Southern Africa Tour 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 European Tour Order of Merit. He joined the

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in its 1992 debut season, and won the

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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 (12)

European Tour wins (1)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

Sunshine Tour wins (8)

*1972 State Mines Open *1973

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, Rothmans Medal *1974 Western Province Open *1975 Vavasseur International Natal Open,

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*1977 Newcastle Open, Botswana Pro-Am Open

Other South African wins (1)

*1970

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(as an amateur)

Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

European Senior Tour wins (2)

European Senior 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,

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

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

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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 Sportspeople from Pretoria 1939 births Living people {{SouthAfrica-golf-bio-stub