Alastair Forsyth (born 5 February 1976) is a
Scottish professional
golf
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er.
Amateur career
Forsyth was born in
Glasgow, Scotland and grew up supporting
Rangers. He was a member of a winning Great Britain & Ireland
Jacques Léglise Trophy
The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has b ...
team in 1994 and he won the 1996 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
Professional career
Forsyth turned professional in 1998. He won the
MasterCard Tour Order of Merit in 1999, having won the
St Omer Open Championship (not a
European Tour
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event at the time) during the season.
Forsyth has played on the European Tour since 2000, after being medalist at the
qualifying school
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in 1999. In his debut season, he just missed out on the
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
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award, which went to
England
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's
Ian Poulter
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. His best season to date was 2003, when he finished 19th on the European Tour Order of Merit. His first tour victory came at the 2002
Carlsberg Malaysian Open and his second came at the 2008
Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal.
In May 2008, he overtook
Colin Montgomerie
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to become the highest ranked Scottish player on the
Official World Golf Rankings
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The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
. He tied for ninth place in the
2008 PGA Championship
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Pádraig Harrington won his second consecutive major and third overall ...
.
Amateur wins
*1996
Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Professional wins (11)
European Tour wins (2)
1Co-sanctioned by the
Asian Tour
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European Tour playoff record (2–1)
MasterCard Tour wins (1)
*1999
St Omer Open Championship
Other wins (8)
*1998
Scottish Under-25 Championship, Kilspindie Assistants Autumn Classic
*1999
Northern Open,
Scottish Assistants' Championship
*2000
Scottish PGA Championship
*2019
Northern Open,
Titleist & FootJoy PGA Professional Championship
*2022
Scottish PGA Championship
Playoff record
Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)
Results in major championships
''Note: Forsyth never played in the
Masters Tournament.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships
"T" = Tied
Team appearances
Amateur
*
Jacques Léglise Trophy
The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has b ...
(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1994 (winners)
*
European Youths' Team Championship
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(representing Scotland): 1996 (winners)
*
European Amateur Team Championship
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The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...
(representing Scotland):
1997
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Professional
*
World Cup
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(representing Scotland):
2002,
2003,
2004,
2008
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,
2009
*
PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2019
See also
*
2013 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
References
External links
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Scottish male golfers
European Tour golfers
Golfers from Glasgow
1976 births
Living people