Alastair Forsyth

Alastair Forsyth
Personal information
Full nameAlastair Forsyth
Born (1976-02-05) 5 February 1976 (age 48)
Glasgow, Scotland
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationality Scotland
ResidenceGlasgow, Scotland
Career
Turned professional1998
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins11
Highest ranking83 (10 August 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Asian Tour1
Other9
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT9: 2008
U.S. OpenT60: 2008
The Open ChampionshipT47: 2004

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

Amateur career

Forsyth was born in Glasgow, Scotland and grew up supporting Rangers.[2] 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

Professional wins (11)

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 3 Mar 2002 Carlsberg Malaysian Open1 −17 (63-65-69-70=267) Playoff Australia Stephen Leaney
2 23 Mar 2008 Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal −15 (70-70-66-67=273) Playoff South Africa Hennie Otto

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2002 Carlsberg Malaysian Open Australia Stephen Leaney Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2008 Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal South Africa Hennie Otto Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2008 Estoril Open de Portugal France Grégory Bourdy, England David Howell Bourdy won with birdie on third extra hole
Forsyth eliminated by par on second hole

MasterCard Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 15 Jun 1999 St Omer Open −13 (73-70-69-67=279) 1 stroke France Anthony Grenier

Other wins (8)

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1999 Formby Hall Challenge Scotland Greig Hutcheon Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
U.S. Open T60
The Open Championship T59 T47 CUT T67
PGA Championship CUT T9 79

Note: Forsyth never played in the Masters Tournament.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2003
Match Play
Championship T40
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 32 2008 Ending 10 Aug 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Forsyth 'buzzing' about Tour return". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ "EGA Events, Results, European Team Championships, European Youths' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 13 January 2023.