Tom Forster
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Hometown:
- Northamptonshire, England
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- Year:
- Senior
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- High School:
- Prince William School
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- Major:
- Business
Bio
- 2020 All-SAC First Team
- 2019 PING/GCAA All-America Second Team
- 2019 PING/GCAA All-Southeast Region
- 2019 All-SAC First Team
- 2019 Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist
- 2018 PING/GCAA All-America Honorable Mention
- 2018 PING/GCAA All-Southeast Region
- 2018 All-SAC First Team
- 2018 SAC Tournament Top Medalist
- 2017 PING/GCAA All-America Third Team
- 2017 PING/GCAA All-Southeast Region
- 2017 All-SAC First Team
- 2017 SAC Freshman of the Year
2019-20: Became first Eagle in program history and third golfer in South Atlantic Conference history to land All-SAC first team honors in all four years of his career... Started in all six of the events he played in during the season... Posted the best scoring average for C-N on the season with a 71.1 clip through 18 rounds... Collected five-straight top 20 finishes with three in the top five... Won the fourth tournament of his career with a record-outing at the North Georgia Fall Invitational, scoring a career-best 201, marking the second-lowest 54-hole score in SAC history... Fired the team's lowest single round score of 65 at UNG, matching his previous career low... Left C-N with the best career-scoring average in program history (71.8) and 13 top five finishes... Held all four of the top spots for best single-season scoring average for the program by the end of his career (2019-20: 71.1, 2018-19: 71.5, 2017-18: 72.1, 2016-17: 72.2).
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank |
| Cougar Invitational Presented by Aflac | 09/23-24/2019 | 3 | 75-75-76=226 | +13 | t-70th/90 |
| UNG Fall Invitational | 9/30-10/1/2019 | 3 | 67-65-69=201 | -15 | t-1st/82 |
| Queens Invitational | 10/21-22/2019 | 3 | 72-68-71=211 | -2 | t-13th/104 |
| South Region Preview | 10/27-28/2019 | 3 | 69-69-69=207 | -9 | 2nd/78 |
| 2020 Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate | 02/10-11/2020 | 3 | 74-72-79=225 | +9 | 18th/104 |
| Hurricane Invitational | 02/24-25/2020 | 3 | 68-71-70=209 | -7 | t-5th/90 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 18 | 1279 Avg. 71.1 | -1 | - |
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2018-19: Added onto his career accolades list with a third-straight All-South Atlantic Conference first-team and PING/GCAA All-Southeast Region honors while also being named a Jack Nicklaus Award semifinalist and a GCAA/PING second team All-American... Started in all 10 events on the season... Led the team with a 71.5 scoring average... Landed in the top 10 of seven events with three in the top five... Won the third event of his career with a 12-under showing at the Southern Tide Classic, shooting a three-round total of 202, tying for the second-lowest 54 hole score in conference history while giving him a new career low score... He carded a team-low single round score of 67 three times on the year.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| Coker Fall Challenge | 09/10-11/2018 | 2 | 67-69=136 | -4 | 2nd/81 | 79-1 |
| Cougar Invitational presented by Aflac | 09/24-25/2018 | 3 | 73-69-69=211 | -2 | t-12th/90 | 78-11 |
| NSU Shark Invitational | 10/08-09/2018 | 3 | 78-68-74=220 | +4 | 8th/95 | 87-7 |
| Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate | 02/11-02/2019 | 3 | 76-74-72=222 | +6 | 11th/106 | 95-10 |
| Saint Leo Invitational | 02/25-26/2019 | 3 | 68-72-72=212 | -4 | 5th/72 | 67-4 |
| Southern Tide Classic | 03/04-05/2019 | 3 | 67-68-67=202 | -12 | 1st/75 | 74-0 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 03/17-19/2019 | 3 | 71-71-69=211 | -5 | 7th/90 | 83-6 |
| 2019 Tennessee River Rumble Intercollegiate | 04/01-02/2019 | 2 | 75-69=144 | E | 8th/114 | 106-7 |
| 2019 SAC Men's Golf Championship | 04/14-16/2019 | 3 | 72-74-73=219 | +9 | 10th/55 | 45-9 |
| NCAA DII South/Southeast Regional | 05/09-11/2019 | 3 | 80-73-71=224 | +8 | t-23rd/108 | 85-22 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 28 | 2001 Avg. 71.5 | E | - | 799-77 |
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2017-18: Lauded a GCAA/Ping All-Southeast Region team member and All-America Honorable Mention... Named back-to-back All-South Atlantic Conference first-team selection... Played in all 11 events the Eagles took part in during the season... Landed in the top-10 in six events with a pair of victories... First career tournament win came at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate... His 203 at the Intercollegiate marked the second-lowest 54-hole score in SAC history... Second round score of 65 at the Intercollegiate marked the lowest round by a C-N player in the season... Top medalist at the SAC Championship at five-under thanks to a 68 in the final round... Tie for 15th at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional made him the first C-N golfer to advance to the national final this decade.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| Cougar Invitational presented by Aflac | 09/25-26/2017 | 3 | 72-73-74=219 | +6 | t-37th/90 | 53-36 |
| Fourth Annual UNG Fall Invitational | 10/02-03/2017 | 3 | 69-75-67=211 | -5 | 5th/76 | 71-4 |
| McDonough Cup | 10/30-31/2017 | 3 | 77-75-69=221 | +5 | t-9th/102 | 93-8 |
| The Kickoff Classic | 02/12-13/2018 | 3 | 72-69-72=213 | E | t-4th/92 | 88-3 |
| Saint Leo Invitational | 02/26-27/2018 | 3 | 68-77-73=218 | +2 | t-18th/72 | 54-17 |
| Panther Invitational | 03/04-06/2018 | 3 | 70-76-73=219 | +3 | 10th/68 | 58-9 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 03/18-20/2018 | 3 | 71-65-67=203 | -13 | 1st/84 | 83-0 |
| Tennessee River Rumble Intercollegiate | 04/03-04/2018 | 2 | 82-73=155 | +11 | t-32nd/90 | 58-31 |
| 2018 SAC Men's Golf Championship | 04/08-10/2018 | 3 | 71-72-68=211 | -5 | 1st/55 | 54-0 |
| NCAA DII South/Southeast Regional | 05/07-09/2018 | 3 | 67-70-77=214 | +1 | t-15th/108 | 93-14 |
| NCAA Division II Championship | 05/21-25/2018 | 3 | 77-75-72=224 | +8 | t-63rd/108 | 45-62 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 32 | 2308 Avg. 72.1 | E | - | 750-184 | |
2016-17: South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year and first-team selection...Crafted the fifth-best stroke average in the conference at 72.3...Ended the year on a streak of five consecutive top 10 finishes with six total to his credit for the season...Scored under par in five tournaments...Finished second at nine-under, two shots behind teammate Jake Headrick at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate...His second round 66 in Sevierville tied for the lowest 18 hole score by an Eagle during the year...Was two-under at the end of the 2017 NCAA South/Southeast Super Regional, the Eagles highest finisher...Only placed outside the top 20 twice in 11 competitions... Named to the GCAA/Ping All-America third-team, one of only two All-Americans in program history.
| Tournament | Date(s) | Rounds | Scores | Par | Rank | W-L |
| Saint Leo Invitational | 9/19-20/2016 | 3 | 69-70-74=213 | -3 | 7th/78 | 71-6 |
| NCAA DII National Preview | 10/03-04/2016 | 3 | 74-70-73=217 | +1 | t-24th/96 | 72-23 |
| State Farm Intercollegiate | 10/10-11/2016 | 3 | 76-75-73=224 | +8 | t-27th/81 | 54-26 |
| McDonough Cup | 10/31-11/1/2016 | 3 | 74-76-70=220 | +4 | t-18th/96 | 78-17 |
| Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate | 2/13-14/2017 | 3 | 72-71-74=217 | +4 | t-11th/83 | 72-10 |
| The Panther Invitational | 3/06-07/2017 | 3 | 76-74-74=224 | +8 | t-12th/87 | 75-11 |
| Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate | 3/19-21/2017 | 3 | 73-66-68=207 | -9 | 2nd/53 | 51-1 |
| UNA Spring Classic/Preview | 3/27-28/2017 | 3 | 69-74-72=215 | -1 | t-8th/96 | 88-7 |
| Tennessee River Rumble | 4/4/2017 | 1 | 71 | -1 | t-5th/71 | 66-4 |
| 2017 SAC Tournament Championship | 4/23-25/2017 | 1.5 | 72-35=107 | +1 | t-5th/60 | 55-4 |
| 2017 NCAA South/Southeast Super Regional | 5/8-10/2017 | 3 | 72-69-73=214 | -2 | t-8th/108 | 100-7 |
| SEASON TOTALS | 29.5 | 2129 Avg. 72.2 | E | - | 782-116 |
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High School: Participated in the ICT golf tour in 2014-15 and 2015-16...Qualified 5th for national finals in 2014-15 and 2015-16...Qualified 3rd for BSG national finals in 2014-15...Qualified 2nd for BSG in 2015-16...Qualified for the national finals in 2014-15 season...Named sports man of the year in high school in 2013-14...Played soccer in high school as well and was team captain.
Personal: Son of Chris Forster...Born May 21st, 1998...Majoring in Business... Member of the Royal Cromer Golf Club in Cromer, England.
News mentions
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Two Carson-Newman Eagles garnered All-South Atlantic Conference recognition on Wednesday, as announced by the league. Tom Forster landed first team honors and Alex Hodge picked up a second team accolade.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – While his teammates are taking part in the Panther Invitational, Tom Forster will be vying for a spot in the 2020 Mackenzie Tour with PGA TOUR Canada during a qualifying tournament March 3-6.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The halfway mark of the spring 2020 slate takes No. 22/23 Carson-Newman to the Sunshine State for the Panther Invitational at the Duran Golf Club in Viera, Fla. this week.
ALBANY, Ga. – Making a one-spot jump up the leaderboard on Tuesday by book-ending its week at the Hurricane Invitational with another round of 285 to go four-under at the Doublegate Country Club on Tuesday
ALBANY, Ga. – No. 22/23 Carson-Newman went one-under through the first 36 holes of the Hurricane Invitation to sit at sixth with two players in the top 20 on Monday at the Doublegate Country Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The first of back-to-back tournaments for No. 22/23 Carson-Newman tees off this week as the Eagles head to Albany, Ga. for the Hurricane Invitational, hosted by No. 1/2 Georgia Southwestern at the Doublegate Country Club on Monday and Tuesday.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – No. 24 Carson-Newman turned in its lowest round of the week to move up into a tie for seventh to close out the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate at the St. John’s Golf Club on Tuesday.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – With the first two rounds of the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate mostly in the books aside from one team still needing to finish due to darkness, No. 24 Carson-Newman sits at 10th with a 36-over outing on Monday at the St. John’s Golf Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – After 103 days away from action on the links, No. 24 Carson-Newman heads to the Sunshine State this week to light the candle on the five-event spring slate at the Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate as the St. John’s Golf Club in St. Augustine.
INDIANAPOLIS – As the spring season gears up this week for No. 24 Carson-Newman, the Eagles find themselves in the middle of the pack in the Southeast Region, sitting at fifth in the first installment of the NCAA Regional Rankings that were unveiled on Friday.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman men’s golf coach Randy Wylie announced his lone addition to the 2020 class in Jonathan Nielsen during the fall signing period.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – With two top-three finishes in the fall, including a win at the North Georgia Fall Invitational, No. 24 Carson-Newman gears up for a five-tournament spring slate that paves the way to the South Atlantic Conference championship in late April.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A four-under round on Tuesday for Carson-Newman with two Eagles in the top five helped it to bounce back for a third-place finish at the South Region Preview.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Tom Forster’s (Oundle, England) six-under performance Monday gave him a share of first-place while helping Carson-Newman to sit in sixth through the first two rounds of the South Regional Preview at the Irene Country Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Just one event sits between Carson-Newman and its winter hiatus as the Eagles head to Memphis, Tenn. this week for the South Region Preview, hosted by Christian Brothers University, at the Irene Country Club.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Carson-Newman fired its best round of the week with a 282 on Tuesday to close out the Queens Invitational in sixth-place.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – With two Eagles in the top 10 of the field, Carson-Newman used back-to-back rounds of 289 to sit in a tie for 11th through the first two rounds at the Queens Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Coming off of its first win of the season at the North Georgia Fall Invitational, Carson-Newman now gears up for its first of back-to-back events to wrap up the fall slate with a trip to the Queens Invitational at the Irish Creek Country Club in Kannapolis, N.C.
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Carson-Newman made up a seven-shot deficit heading into Tuesday by shooting a field-best 12-under final round of 276 to win the North Georgia Fall Invitational, led by co-champion Tom Forster at a career-best 201 total.
DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Tom Forster matched a South Atlantic Conference record low 36-hole score with a 12-under 132 to sit in second, helping Carson-Newman into second-place by the end of Monday at the North Georgia Fall Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Just days removed from its season-opener at the Cougar Invitational, Carson-Newman now turns its attention to another trip to the Peach State for the sixth annual North Georgia Fall Invitational, starting Monday at the Achasta Golf Club in Dahlonega, Ga.
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Alex Hodge (Knoxville, Tenn.) was one shot shy of scoring in the red for a third-straight round through Tuesday, tying for fourth at the Cougar Invitational presented by Aflac while No. 18 Carson-Newman finishes 14th.
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Alex Hodge (Knoxville, Tenn.) debuted with a bang for No. 18 Carson-Newman as his four-under day landed him in a tie for second, helping C-N to sit at 13th through the first two rounds of the Cougar Invitational presented by Aflac on Monday at the Country Club of Columbus.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The 2019-20 campaign gets underway a little later than usual this week as No. 18 Carson-Newman heads to Columbus, Ga. to take on a stacked field at the Aflac/Cougar Invitational.
NORMAN, Okla. – Heading into the 2019-20 campaign, Carson-Newman men’s golf sits at 18th in the nation in this season’s first edition of the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll, released on Friday afternoon.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman men’s golf coach Randy Wylie revealed his group’s four-event fall slate for the 2019-20 campaign that will take the Eagles to two familiar tournaments before checking in on South Atlantic Conference and NCAA Regional tournament competition.
PINEHURST, N.C. – In a field stacked with some of the top amateur golfers in the world, Carson-Newman men’s golfer Tom Forster finds himself in a solid tie for 18th heading into the start of match-play on Wednesday at the U.S. Amateur at the world-famous Pinehurst Resort and Country Club.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Before the 2019-20 Carson-Newman men’s golf season gets underway, Tom Forster will kickoff his senior year playing in the 119th U.S. Amateur at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C. August 12-18.
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