- John Fourie
John Fourie (born
23 August 1939 ) is aSouth Africa ngolf er.Fourie was born in
Johannesburg . He turned professional in 1970 and spent his career playing mainly on theSouthern Africa Tour and theEuropean Tour . He won ten times on the Southern Africa Tour, including one win as an amateur. In Europe he won the 1977Callers of Newcastle tournament and twice finished in the top twenty on the European Tour Order of Merit. He joined theEuropean Seniors Tour in its 1992 debut season, and won theSenior 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.Tournament wins
Southern Africa Tour
All in South Africa except the last listed:
*1970 South African Masters (as an amateur)
*1972 State Mines Open
*1973 TVL Open
*1974 Dunlop Masters, Western Province Open, Rothmans Medal (SA), Vavasseur International
*1975 Natal Open
*1977 Newcastle Open, Botswana Pro-Am OpenOther
*1977 Callers of Newcastle (European Tour)
*1992Senior British Open (which was not aChampions Tour senior major at that time), Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters (both European Seniors Tour)External links
* [http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=5947 Profile on the European Tour's official site]
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