Scorecard
Biography
- Senior PGA Championship Appearances
- 0
- Age
- 50
- Turned Pro
- 1998
- Hometown
- Glasgow, Scotland
Forsyth was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a member of a winning Great Britain & Ireland team in the Jacques Leglise Trophy in 1994, and he won the 1996 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship. 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 becoming a medalist at the 1999 qualifying school. 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.
Forsyth has played in 381 DP World Tour events, making 232 cuts. He has 42 top-ten finishes, two victories, and has earned a total of euro5,202,316.
2026 Notes: Made his first senior start finishing T-27th at the Staysure Marbello Legends.