Background
Forsyth was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
Forsyth was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
Forsyth turned professional in 1998. Forsyth has played on the European Tour since 2000, after being medalist at the qualifying school in 1999. 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 Professional Golf Association Championship. 1996 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship European Tour (2) Other wins (6) DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place.
Yellow background for top-10. Amateur Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1994 (winners) Professional World Cup (representing Scotland): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009.