Tom Forster
Tom Forster
Height: 6-0
Year: Senior
Hometown: Northamptonshire, England
High School: Prince William School
Major: Business

 

  • 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 -

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

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

 

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.