Alastair Forsyth (born 5 February 1976) is a Scottish professional golfer.
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 1996 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship
Professional wins (11) European Tour wins (2) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up13 Mar 2002Carlsberg Malaysian Open1−17 (63-65-69-70=267)Playoff Stephen Leaney223 Mar 2008Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal−15 (70-70-66-67=273)Playoff Hennie Otto 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian PGA Tour
European Tour playoff record (2–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12002Carlsberg Malaysian Open Stephen LeaneyWon with birdie on second extra hole22008Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Hennie OttoWon with birdie on first extra hole32008Estoril Open de Portugal Grégory Bourdy, David HowellBourdy won with birdie on third extra holeForsyth eliminated by par on second hole
MasterCard Tour wins (1) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up115 Jun 1999St Omer Open−13 (73-70-69-67=279)1 stroke Anthony Grenier
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) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11999Formby Hall Challenge Greig HutcheonLost to birdie on second extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009U.S. OpenT60The Open ChampionshipT59T47CUTT67PGA ChampionshipCUTT979 Note: Forsyth never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2003Match PlayChampionshipT40Invitational
"T" = Tied
Team appearances Amateur Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1994 (winners) European Youths' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 1996 (winners) European Amateur Team Championship (representing Scotland): 1997
Professional World Cup (representing Scotland): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2019
See also 2013 European Tour Qualifying School graduates
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