Full name Alastair Forsyth Masters Tournament DNP Height 1.88 m European tour 2 Other 6 Role Golfer | Turned professional 1998 Name Alastair Forsyth Nationality Scotland U.S. Open T60: 2008 Weight 89 kg Professional wins 8 | |
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Residence Glasgow, United Kingdom | ||
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Alastair Forsyth (born 5 February 1976) is a Scottish professional golfer.
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- Alastair forsyth round 1
- Alastair Forsyth Quotes
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- Amateur wins 1
- European Tour wins 2
- Other wins 6
- Results in major championships
- Team appearances
- References
Alastair Forsyth Quotes
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 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 event at the time) during the season.
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.
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)
European Tour wins (2)
^ Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record (2–1)
Other wins (6)
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
Professional