Grant Forrest

Grant Forrest
Personal information
Born (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993
Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Nationality  Scotland
Residence North Berwick, Scotland
Career
College University of San Diego
Turned professional 2016
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2013, 2018
PGA Championship DNP

Grant Forrest (born 19 June 1993) is a Scottish professional golfer. He currently plays on the Challenge Tour. Forrest had a successful amateur career which included being runner-up in the Amateur Championship and playing in the 2015 Walker Cup.

Amateur career

Forrest had an exceptionally successful amateur career. He won the Scottish Amateur in 2012 and the St Andrews Links Trophy in 2014. He reached the final of the 2015 Amateur Championship where he lost 4&2 to Romain Langasque and played in the Walker Cup later the same year.

Forrest played college golf at the University of San Diego where he won four events.[1] He turned professional in late 2016.

Professional career

Forrest made his professional debut at the 2016 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, finishing tied for 41st place. He played on the Challenge Tour in 2017 with a best finish of tied for second place in the Hainan Open and finished 34th in the Order of Merit.[2]

Forrest played on the Challenge Tour again in 2018. In May he reached the final of the Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9, losing to Liam Johnston in the final by 1 hole.[3] The following month he lost to Stuart Manley in a playoff in the Hauts de France Golf Open, after making a bogey at the third extra hole.[4]

Amateur wins

  • 2009 Scottish Under 16 Championship
  • 2010 Scottish Boys Championship
  • 2012 Scottish Amateur
  • 2013 West Coast Conference Championship, Saint Mary's Invitational
  • 2014 The Farms Collegiate Invite, Seattle University Redhawk Invite, St Andrews Links Trophy
  • 2016 Battle Trophy

Source:[5]

Results in major championships

Tournament 201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ "San Diego Golf – Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "van Rooyen triumphs in Hainan". European Tour. 15 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Match Play 9 delight for Johnston in Spain". European Tour. 20 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Manley makes good on fortnight of form". European Tour. 17 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Grant Forrest". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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