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Full name
  
Alastair Forsyth

Masters Tournament
  
DNP

Height
  
1.88 m

European tour
  
2

Other
  
6

Role
  
Golfer

Former tours
  
PGA European Tour


Turned professional
  
1998

Name
  
Alastair Forsyth

Nationality
  
Scotland

U.S. Open
  
T60: 2008

Weight
  
89 kg

Professional wins
  
8

Alastair Forsyth Caddie Iain McGregor dies Madeira Open continues despite

Born
  
5 February 1976 (age 48) Glasgow, Scotland (
1976-02-05
)

Residence
  
Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Alastair Forsyth (born 5 February 1976) is a Scottish professional golfer.

Contents

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Amateur career

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Forsyth was born in Glasgow, Scotland and grew up supporting Rangers. He was a member of a winning Great Britain & Ireland Jacques Léglise Trophy team in 1994 and he won the 1996 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship.

Professional career

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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 event at the time) during the season.

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Forsyth has played on the European Tour since 2000, after being medalist at the qualifying school in 1999. In his debut season, he just missed out on the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award, which went to England's Ian Poulter. 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.

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In May 2008, he overtook Colin Montgomerie to become the highest ranked Scottish player on the Official World Golf Rankings. He tied for ninth place in the 2008 PGA Championship.

Amateur wins (1)

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  • 1996 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship

    • European Tour wins (2)

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    European Tour playoff record (2–1)

    Other wins (6)

  • 1998 Scottish Under 25's Championship, Scottish Assistants Championship
  • 1999 St Omer Open Championship (MasterCard Tour); Scottish Under 25's Championship, Scottish Assistants Championship
  • 2000 Scottish PGA Championship

    • Results in major championships

    DNP = did not play
    CUT = missed the half way cut
    "T" indicates a tie for a place.
    Yellow background for top-10.

    Team appearances

    Amateur

  • Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1994 (winners)

    • Professional

  • World Cup (representing Scotland): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009

    • References

    Alastair Forsyth Wikipedia
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