Published Date: 01 July 2008 ALASTAIR Forsyth's hopes of a trip to Royal Birkdale for this month's Open championship were dashed in a play-off in the international final qualifier at Sunningdale last night. The 32-year-old from Paisley slipped to a bogey-five at the first hole of a six-man shoot-out after narrowly missing out on an automatic place by a single shot. Forsyth had opened his 36-hole qualifying campaign with a rousing five-under 65 over t he Old course but the two-time European Tour winner slipped back in the afternoon with a damaging 71 which left him with a four-under aggregate of 136. That pushed the Scot into a sudden-death play-off with double Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal, Peter Baker, Ross McGowan, Simon Dyson and Chris Rodgers. Forsyth was the first to exit when he pulled his seven-iron approach to...
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