R&A announces Peter Forster as 2021/22 captain

Mr Forster has been nominated by the past captains of the club and will begin his year in office with the traditional driving-in ceremony on the first tee of the Old Course on Friday, September 24.

Born in Edinburgh, Mr Forster was educated at Rannoch School followed by Agricultural College in Aberdeen.

Mr Forster became a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club in 1972.

He was elected to the club committee from 1999 to 2003 and became its chairman from 2001 to 2003.

He was appointed as a trustee of St Andrews Links Trust from 2004 to 2013 and served as its chair from 2009 to 2013. In 2020, he was elected chair of the inter-clubs liaison committee in St Andrews.

Mr Forster is also a member of The Ten Golf Club of St Andrews, Scotscraig Golf Club and the Seniors Golfing Society.

He is chief locust of the Locust Golf Society which was founded in 1964 by four members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. He is a member of the North East Fife Rotary Club and was made a Paul Harris fellow in 2019.

Aged 70, Mr Forster currently plays to a handicap of 18.

He is married to Mary and they have two children, Karina and Ross, and six grandchildren.

His other interests include fishing, hillwalking, skiing, snowboarding and tennis.

He has played rugby for Panmure Rugby Club and was its President from 1999 to 2001.