by Andrew Griffin | Sep 2, 2025 | Hampshire, International, News, Walker Cup
LONG Beach State golf coach Rob Murray has been delighted by the progress of Hampshire’s latest Walker Cup star Charlie Forster, following two outstanding seasons playing for the university on the south side of Los Angeles. Forster has helped lift Long Beach towards a...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 29, 2025 | Hampshire, International, News, Uncategorized, Walker Cup
IF you could choose any venue to make your Walker Cup debut – excluding Augusta – any serious student of the game would pick Cypress Point, on the Monterrey peninsula just south of San Francisco, where the US Amateur was played at the city’s famous Olympic Club last...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 29, 2025 | Walker Cup
AFTER being named as just the eighth player from Hampshire to have been selected for amateur golf’s equivalent to the Ryder Cup, Basingstoke’s Charlie Forster has spent the last few days getting grounded back in his comfort zone on the other side of the Atlantic. With...
by Andrew Griffin | Aug 21, 2025 | Hampshire, International, Walker Cup
BASINGSTOKE Golf Club’s Charlie Forster was “over the moon” to learn that he will become just the eighth player from Hampshire to appear in the Walker Cup, when Great Britain and Ireland face the USA at California’s stunning Cypress Point, next month. The 22-year-old,...
by Andrew Griffin | May 1, 2025 | England, Hampshire, International, News
BASINGSTOKE’S Charlie Forster has been selected for the international team that will face America in next month’s Arnold Palmer Cup, the biggest team event in US college golf. The in-form Long Beach State student is bidding to become the first Hampshire player to...
by Andrew Griffin | Mar 27, 2025 | Awards, England, Hampshire, International, News
CHARLIE Forster’s father Lance is convinced his son is on the right track to reach the pinnacle of amateur golf – an appearance in the Walker Cup. Having been a late-starter comparatively – only taking up golf seriously in his last two years at Perrins School, in...
by Andrew Griffin | Mar 4, 2025 | England, Hampshire, International, News
HAMPSHIRE’S Walker Cup prospect Charlie Forster got his 2025 season off to a flying start with victory in Vegas as his Long Beach State team took the team title in last month’s Lake Las Vegas Invitational. It was Forster’s second win in the States since first heading...
by Andrew Griffin | Jan 7, 2025 | England, Hampshire, International, News
CHARLIE Forster will become just the second Hampshire player to appear in the Bonallack Trophy when Europe’s top amateurs tee it up against the best Asian amateurs at Dubai’s Al Hamra GC, on Wednesday. The Basingstoke GC member, who made his debut for Great Britain...
